Description

Prestigious University in Canberra is seeking an experience IT Project Manager to work with a project team lead by a business steward and a technical steward and includes a technical lead, business analyst, test manager, database adminstrator. The team will directly liaise with SMEs from Centre, College/School academic and professional staff responsible for the curriculum lifecycle.

As a Project Manager, you will

• focus on delivery of an upgrade project to improve the Curriculum Management System.
• have extensive stakeholder engagement experience whilst also demonstrating a successful track record of managing internal and external delivery partners situated on and off shore, budgets and resources.
  • Project Management;
  • Monitoring, control and reporting;
  • Creation of project artefacts;
  • Management of the project schedule;
  • Vendor and contract management; and
  • Budget management.

Essential skills and experience

• Graduate qualifications in project management and information technology or equivalent environment or an equivalent combination of experience and education/training with minimum three years experience. Accreditation in P3, MSP, Prince2, PMBOK or equivalent will be highly regarded.
• Extensive experience in ICT project management including completing multiple projects on time, within budget and delivering high quality outcomes.
• In preparing high quality professional business case submissions and project management artefacts in accordance with best practice project management principles.
• Demonstrated high level of interpersonal, negotiation and communication skills, both written and oral, including demonstrated ability to liaise effectively with internal and external key stakeholders.
• Highly developed analytical, problem solving and organisational skills with an ability to meet priorities, competing deadlines and use of sound judgement in decision making.
• Demonstrated ability to work as part of a team of people, to provide consistent, responsive and high quality administrative and project support.
• Ability to use management information systems, as well as proficiency in the Microsoft Office suite of programs.
• High level of understanding of equal opportunity principles and occupational health and safety and a commitment to their application in a university context.

For you to qualify

• Australian citizen.
• Preferably with a Baseline Security Clearance.
• Amenable for a fixed term 9 month contract engagement.
• Work full time and on site in Canberra ACT.