Resourcing Manager

Nova Systems; Canberra; Hybrid; AUD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology firm in Canberra seeks a Resourcing Manager to oversee its resource planning and workforce deployment. This pivotal role involves aligning resources with project demands, enhancing productivity, and strengthening stakeholder relationships. Ideal candidates have experience in resourcing management, strong analytical skills, and the ability to influence outcomes. This position offers a hybrid working environment and a comprehensive benefits package including generous parental leave and professional development allowances.

Benefits

Generous Parental Leave

Professional Development Allowance

Flexibility in working conditions

Employee Assistance Program

Social activities throughout the year

Qualifications

• Experience managing resourcing planning and deployment in a project-based environment.
• Proven ability to influence decision-makers for effective outcomes.
• Experience in establishing new processes and educating others.
• Strong understanding of utilisation metrics and productivity drivers.
• Advanced skills in analytical reporting using relevant tools.
• Familiarity with workforce modelling to support business development.

Responsibilities

• Lead Nova’s enterprise resource planning function.
• Partner with leaders to forecast resource needs.
• Analyse workforce trends to improve productivity.
• Oversee deployment of internal consultants and subcontractors.
• Support bids and tenders with timely resourcing planning.
• Promote internal mobility and development opportunities.

Skills

Resourcing planning

Stakeholder engagement

Analytical skills

Workforce productivity metrics

Relationship building

Education

Tertiary qualifications in Business, HR, or Project Management

Tools

Excel

Resource Management or ERP systems

Job description

Ranked #8 “Best Places to Work 2024”

Work with a great team of professionals and enjoy hybrid working conditions

Newly created pivotal role to optimise our internal resourcing

About the Role

We have a newly created opportunity for a Resourcing Manager to lead Nova’s enterprise-wide resource planning and workforce deployment function. This pivotal role ensures our people and partners are effectively aligned to project demand, balancing internal capability, subcontractor engagement, and future workforce needs.

Reporting to the Director of Talent & Capability, you’ll have the ability to shape the approach and lead the resourcing team to effectively forecast resource needs, drive utilisation, and enable proactive internal mobility. Your analytical insight and ability to influence will help shape how Nova plans and delivers its projects across Defence, Engineering, and Digital Services sectors.

This role will suit someone with experience leading resourcing or workforce planning in a consulting, project delivery, or Defence environment. You will enjoy developing new approaches and frameworks and be able to combine and analyse data, generate workforce insights and build highly effective stakeholder relationships, to bring people from across the business together to achieve best for business outcomes.

What You’ll Be Involved With

• Lead Nova’s enterprise resource planning function, providing insights on capacity, demand, and utilisation.
• Partner with Finance and Business Leaders to forecast resource needs aligned with pipeline activity.
• Analyse workforce trends to improve utilisation and productivity.
• Oversee the deployment of internal consultants and subcontractors across projects.
• Drive an integrated and consistent approach to resourcing and workforce visibility.
• Strengthen subcontractor partnerships and ensure smooth onboarding and offboarding.
• Support bids and tenders with accurate, timely resourcing planning inputs and advice.
• Collaborate with People, Commercial, and Project teams to align resources to business priorities.
• Promote internal mobility and workforce development opportunities.
• Provide clear reporting and recommendations to senior leaders on utilisation and workforce trends.

What We Would Like From You

Demonstrated experience managing resourcing planning and deployment in a matrixed, project-based, or consulting environment.

Proven ability to build highly effective relationships and influence decision-makers to drive effective resourcing outcomes.

Experience in establishing new processes, tools and ways of working, and educating people on how to leverage them.

Strong understanding of utilisation metrics and workforce productivity drivers.

Advanced analytical and reporting skills using Excel and resource or project management tools.

Skilled stakeholder engagement across all organisational levels.

Familiarity with professional services automation tools ( Resource Management or ERP systems.

Experience in workforce modelling and planning to support bids and business development.

Tertiary qualifications in Business, HR, or Project Management (Defence sector experience desirable).

Australian citizenship with eligibility for AGSVA Security Clearance.

With people being our point of difference, we deliver on promises, reward good work, champion professional growth and support flexibility, all within a diverse and inclusive culture that recognises moments that matter.

Life at Nova is our collection of employee benefits, designed to meet the many and varied needs of our people.

Just a few of the great benefits you will have access to are :

• Generous Parental Leave : Primary Carers receive 20 weeks paid leave; Partner Carers receive 4 weeks. Full superannuation contributions for up to 52 weeks
• Professional and Personal Development : Up to $5,000 per year of allowance with PD leave included. Up to $750 per year can be used towards wellbeing such as a gym membership or assets related to wellbeing activities
• Additional Leave : Ranges from - Reserve, Loyalty, Emergency Services, Purchased (up to 2 weeks), and Community Service
• Flexibility : We promote a culture that encourages and enables flexible ways of working that support our people
• Dress For Your Day : We empower our people to determine their outfit for the activities of the day which allows for personal expression that builds trust
• Reward & Recognition Program : Offering exclusive discounts from hundreds of major retailers, helping you to save on groceries, petrol, holidays, and more
• Employee Assistance Program : for employees and family members
• Annual Nova employee engagement : Great way to connect more broadly and strengthen your internal networks and have some fun!
• Wellbeing Hub with access to health and fitness content
• Access to Defence Health and Travel Insurance
• Free Flu Vaccination annually
• Novated Leasing and Salary Sacrifice
• Nova Employee Company Share Offer
• An inclusive, collaborative, and supportive culture
• Social activities throughout the year, we even dress up at times, think Safari – we don’t like to take ourselves too seriously!

You can view the full range of benefits on our website.