Project Manager

Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission; Canberra; On-site; AUD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission in Canberra seeks a Project Manager to oversee partner projects within the NCIS Program, ensuring delivery against agreed outcomes. You will coordinate stakeholders across government and partners, develop and maintain project governance, plans, and reporting, applying Agile and PRINCE2 where appropriate.

Responsibilities include risk and issue management, budget and schedule oversight, and formal governance attendance.

Qualifications

• Experience leading complex programs and managing outcomes.
• Strong governance, risk, and financial oversight.
• Proven ability to coordinate multiple priorities across teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage one or more partner projects contributing to NCIS outcomes.
• Develop business cases, project plans, risk management plans and governance papers.
• Coordinate stakeholder engagement and governance forums; report to senior forums.
• Deliver procurement activities and ensure alignment with ICT program frameworks.
• Apply Agile and PRINCE2 principles within ACIC practices.

Skills

Project leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Agile methodologies

PRINCE2

Risk & issue management

Governance & reporting

Education

Project Management qualification

ICT qualification

Job description

Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission – Canberra ACT

The Opportunity

The Project Manager role is responsible for the management oversight responsibility of partner projects to deliver against agreed outcomes for the NCIS Program at the direction of Partner Adoption Director and NCIS Program Manager.

As the key liaison between the NCIS Program and State Partners, the Project Manager is responsible to direct and support partner projects:

• Provide review, feedback and quality assurance of partner project artefacts; investment proposals, plans, schedules, reports, registers and other related project management documents to ensure appropriate management of scope, schedule, budget, quality, risk and issue management processes to ensure outcomes are delivered.
• Develop and maintain partner project budgets, and track costs and expenditure to deliver the project within tolerances.
• Identification and management of risk and issues for national escalation.
• Engage with an extensive array of stakeholders on any given project.
• Plan and facilitate stakeholder engagement activities for the NCIS Program in cohesion with the NCIS Stakeholder Manager.

The key duties of the position include:

As a Project Manager you will:

• Lead and manage one or more partner projects that contributes to the NCIS Program’s outcomes and objectives, in accordance with the ACIC's ICT program and project management framework and ensure projects integrate with the ACIC's business.
• Develop high quality documentation including business cases, project plans, risk management plans, and other project management control documentation in accordance with ACIC policies and standards.
• Design, schedule and coordinate activities to achieve key project objectives and deliverables
• Develop and implement effective project monitoring, financial reporting, governance and risk management arrangements using corporate tools and applications.
• Engage with stakeholders from various projects. Establishing and maintaining strong relationships with internal and stakeholders to ensure access to resources and alignment with other interrelated projects, and external (business partners) stakeholders to ensure current and emerging needs are addressed.
• Deliver and support procurement activities.
• Formally attend the governance board meetings, prepare reports, advice and recommendations for presentation at more senior governance forums
• Apply a comprehensive knowledge of the principles, practices and theories as they relate to effective project management, with particular regard to Agile and PRINCE2 methodologies, together with the ability to apply these within the ACIC.

Desirable skills and experience:

• Demonstrated experience in the successful management and delivery of technology and business transformation related projects, preferably in a law enforcement and/or intelligence context, with experience in:
• product based planning
• managing multiple projects concurrently
• National and cross-agency integration projects.
• Specialised knowledge and experience across multiple project methodologies including waterfall and Agile.
• Demonstrated ability to work with a high degree of independence and professionalism, including the ability to prioritise and undertake a varied workload and respond positively and flexibly to change.
• Strong interpersonal skills, including both oral and written communication, in addition to strong stakeholder engagement skills with a demonstrated ability to quickly build trust and effectively manage expectations.
• Qualifications: Project Management and/or Tertiary ICT qualifications or equivalent/demonstrated experience are highly regarded.

Skills and Capabilities

We invite applications from people with the following experience, skills and attributes:

• Demonstrated experience leading and managing complex projects or programs to deliver strategic business outcomes.
• Strong project management capabilities, including planning, scheduling, governance, risk and financial management.
• Experience developing high-quality project documentation, including business cases, project plans, governance papers and reporting artefacts.
• Proven ability to coordinate multiple priorities and deliver outcomes within complex and dynamic environments.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and relationship management skills, with the ability to build and maintain effective partnerships across government, law enforcement and external organisations.
• Strong communication, negotiation and influencing skills, including the ability to provide advice and recommendations to senior stakeholders and governance forums.
• Experience applying project management methodologies and frameworks to support successful project delivery.
• Ability to identify, manage and escalation project risks, issues and dependencies to support informed decision-making.
• Experience supporting procurement activities and delivering outcomes within government governance and compliance frameworks.
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively across multidisciplinary teams and coordinate activities across interconnected projects and work streams.
• Sound judgement, problem-solving skills and the ability to operate with a high degree of autonomy and professionalism.
• Knowledge of Agile and PRINCE2 project management methodologies is highly desirable.
• Experience delivering technology-enabled business transformation initiatives and working within ICT delivery environments is highly regarded.

Eligibility

• Citizenship – To be eligible for employment with the ACIC, applicants must be an Australian citizen.
• Security Clearance - The Australian community expects ACIC employees to maintain the highest levels of security and integrity. Successful applicants will be required to obtain and maintain a minimum Negative Vetting Level 1 security clearance.
• Pre-Employment Screening – All candidates must satisfy an Organisational Suitability Assessment (OSA) prior to being offered employment at the ACIC. Please refer to the ACIC’s Character Standards for further information.

Notes

The ACIC is committed to diversity and inclusion. We celebrate and champion diversity to ensure we reflect the community we serve, and pride ourselves on our vibrant culture. We welcome applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, women, people with disability, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, those who identify as LGBTIQ+, neurodiverse, mature aged employees and carers.

More information about our conditions is available in the ACIC Enterprise Agreement 2024-2027 on our website.

Getting to know the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission (ACIC)

The Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission (ACIC) is Australia’s national criminal intelligence agency. Our vision is an Australia hostile to criminal exploitation.We work with our national and international partners to conduct investigations and collectintelligence to combat serious and organised crime, cybercrime and national security threats.We develop and maintain national information and intelligence sharing services and systems for use by state, territory and Commonwealth law enforcement agencies. We also deliver nationwide background checking services to support employment or entitlement decisions to keep the Australian community safe.The ACIC Board provides strategic direction to the ACIC and represents Commonwealth, state and territory law enforcement and other regulatory agencies.Our purpose is to protect Australia from criminal threats through coordinating a strategic response and collecting, assessing and disseminating intelligence and policing information.