Senior Program Scheduler

Marvel Professional Services; Canberra; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Marvel Professional Services in Canberra seeks a Program Scheduler to develop and maintain integrated program and project schedules, ensuring milestones, dependencies and critical paths are accurately tracked.

You will collaborate with the Program Manager, delivery leads and stakeholders to forecast demand, assess risks, and support decision-making, with a focus on governance, change control and scalable reporting across large transformation programs.

Qualifications

• Experience developing and maintaining complex integrated schedules for large programs or multiple concurrent projects.
• Advanced proficiency with enterprise scheduling tools such as Microsoft Project and Project Online.
• Strong knowledge of critical-path analysis, schedule baselining, dependency management, schedule risk and change control.
• Experience analysing schedule performance and preparing accurate reports, dashboards, forecasts and executive‑level insights.
• Ability to collaborate with program and project managers, technical teams, business stakeholders and vendors.
• Strong attention to detail, analytical capability and written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to identify schedule risks and constraints and provide practical recovery or mitigation options.
• Experience on large transformation programs across government and/or the private sector.
• Experience scheduling ICT or digital transformation programs in a government or similarly complex environment.
• Relevant qualifications or certification in project management, program controls or scheduling.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain and control integrated program and project schedules, including milestones, dependencies, critical paths, resource assumptions and key decision points.
• Work with program and project managers to establish realistic activity durations, sequencing, delivery baselines and workforce requirements.
• Maintain a consolidated view of current and forecast demand across projects, workstreams and operational commitments.
• Assess, sequence and prioritise new demand against program outcomes, dependencies, available capacity and delivery constraints.
• Develop and maintain resource‑capacity forecasts by role, skill set, team and delivery period.
• Monitor schedule performance, resource utilisation, variances and trends, and provide advice on impacts and recovery options.
• Identify and track cross‑project dependencies, capacity gaps, resource contention, bottlenecks and scheduling conflicts.
• Prepare evidence‑based options for reprioritisation, resource levelling and schedule adjustments.
• Coordinate schedule, demand and capacity updates with stakeholders.
• Prepare schedule, milestone, critical‑path, demand, capacity and forecast reports and dashboards.
• Maintain schedule quality through change & version control.
• Support scenario planning, impact assessments and continuous improvement of scheduling and capacity planning practices.

Skills

Schedule management

Critical-path analysis

Stakeholder communication

Risk assessment

Resource forecasting

Education

Project management certification

Tools

Microsoft Project

Project Online

Excel

Job description

Marvel Professional Services – Canberra ACT

The Program Scheduler is responsible for developing, maintaining and assuring integrated program and project schedules that support effective planning, sequencing, dependency management and delivery oversight.

Working closely with the Program Manager and delivery leads, the role provides timely schedule analysis, identifies emerging risks and constraints, and supports informed decision-making.

Key Responsibilities

Develop, maintain and control integrated program and project schedules, including milestones, dependencies, critical paths, resource assumptions and key decision points.

Work with program and project managers to establish realistic activity durations, sequencing, delivery baselines and workforce requirements.

Maintain a consolidated view of current and forecast demand across projects, workstreams and operational commitments.

Assess, sequence and prioritise new demand against program outcomes, dependencies, available capacity and delivery constraints.

Develop and maintain resource‑capacity forecasts by role, skill set, team and delivery period.

Monitor schedule performance, resource utilisation, variances and trends, and provide advice on impacts and recovery options.

Identify and track cross‑project dependencies, capacity gaps, resource contention, bottlenecks and scheduling conflicts.

Prepare evidence‑based options for reprioritisation, resource levelling and schedule adjustments.

Coordinate schedule, demand and capacity updates with stakeholders.

Prepare schedule, milestone, critical‑path, demand, capacity and forecast reports and dashboards.

Maintain schedule quality through change & version control.

Support scenario planning, impact assessments and continuous improvement of scheduling and capacity planning practices.

Mandatory Requirements

Experience developing and maintaining complex integrated schedules for large programs or multiple concurrent projects.

Advanced proficiency with enterprise scheduling tools such as Microsoft Project and Project Online.

Strong knowledge of critical‑path analysis, schedule baselining, dependency management, schedule risk and change control.

Experience analysing schedule performance and preparing accurate reports, dashboards, forecasts and executive‑level insights.

Ability to collaborate with program and project managers, technical teams, business stakeholders and vendors.

Strong attention to detail, analytical capability and written and verbal communication skills.

Ability to identify schedule risks and constraints and provide practical recovery or mitigation options.

Experience on large transformation programs across government and/or the private sector.

Additional Technical Skills and Experience

Experience scheduling ICT or digital transformation programs in a government or similarly complex environment.

Relevant qualifications or certification in project management, program controls or scheduling.

About Marvel Professional Services

Marvel Professional Services is an Australian-owned professional services and recruitment company specialising in delivering high-quality ICT and professional capability to Defence and Australian Government clients.

We work closely with our consultants throughout their engagements and value long-term professional relationships, transparent communication and ongoing contractor support.

At Marvel Professional Services, we are dedicated to nurturing a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace. As advocates of Equal Opportunity Employment, we aim to cultivate a culture that values and empowers every employee, irrespective of their cultural heritage, age, gender identity, neurodiversity, disability, family responsibilities, religious beliefs, or sexual orientation. We encourage applications from veterans, individuals returning from career breaks, persons with disabilities, and those identifying as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander.