About this job
About Us:
You will work for an organisation that values its people and promotes leadership and innovation. We respect professionalism, embrace diversity and a balance between work and life commitments. You will be actively supported as an individual and will have access to a range of flexible work options, an employee assistance program and learning and development opportunities.
About the team:
In establishing the Transformation Management Office, we strive to become a trusted enabler of organisational transformation. We aim to build a culture of collaboration, accountability, and excellence, ensuring that transformation initiatives are successfully supported and delivered, driving sustainable value and lasting impact across the division.
As this is a newly formed team, you will have a unique opportunity contribute to its successful establishment. Your contributions will have an immediate effect on the team's success, allowing you to take pride in building something meaningful.
Role specific accountabilities
We are looking for someone who has strong project, program or portfolio management experience, or experience establishing or working within a transformation office. Experience and passion in deriving data-driven insights and producing eye-catching data visualisations for stakeholder consumption will position you to succeed in this role.
For this role, key accountabilities include:
- Data Analytics and Visualisation:
- Leverage data analysis techniques to extract actionable insights from program data, ensuring informed decision-making.
- Create dynamic dashboards and visualisations to track key performance indicators and provide transparency across stakeholders.
- Identify, document, and track interdependencies across the portfolio, proactively resolving conflicts and bottlenecks.
- Program coordination and administration
- Collaborate with program and project managers to define clear program milestones, deliverables, timelines, and resource allocation.
- Support the establishment and operation of the Transformation Management Office (TMO), ensuring alignment with the division's objectives and government priorities.
- Governance, reporting and oversight
- Establish and maintain robust governance processes, ensuring compliance with standards and timely delivery of high-quality reports to senior stakeholders.
- Facilitate collaboration across teams to ensure cohesive delivery of projects, identifying and managing interdependencies and risks.
- Scheduling and Dependency Management:
- Develop, maintain, and manage detailed program schedules using MS Project or similar tools, ensuring alignment across multiple workstreams.
There are no mandatory qualifications for this role, however prior experience in supporting projects, programs or portfolios and/or experience in applying change management methodologies would be advantageous.
Please view the Role Description for a full list of responsibilities.
This position is a Temporary Full-time role, commencing from 20 January 2025 to 31 December 2026.
Interested? To Apply:
- Attach a brief resume including contact details for 2 referees (referees should have an understanding of your relevant work history).
- Provide a maximum 2 page response for how you meet the role specific accountabilities above.
We welcome all applicants to share any support needed to ensure our recruitment process is inclusive.
Applications remain current for 12 months from the closing date and may be considered for appointment to identical or similar vacancies within the Department.
Applications from recruitment agencies will not be accepted.
When working in regulated employment an employee must have a current Working with Children Clearance (blue card) issued by Blue Card Services.
Salary rate shown is reflective of full-time (1.0 FTE).
The Department of Education is a family inclusive workplace. Click here to find out more about our Inclusion and Diversity strategies.
ered for appointment to identical or similar vacancies within the Department.Applications from recruitment agencies will not be accepted.
When working in regulated employment an employee must have a current Working with Children Clearance (blue card) issued by Blue Card Services.
Salary rate shown is reflective of full-time (1.0 FTE).
The Department of Education is a family inclusive workplace. Click here to find out more about our Inclusion and Diversity strategies.