About this job
About the Department:
The Department of Education (DoE) is committed to delivering responsive services focused on equity and excellence to Queenslanders and their communities. We promote equity and excellence by our commitment to respect, protect and promote human rights. Our objectives are: a strong start for all children, every student realising their potential, fair and safe workplaces and communities, capable people delivering our vision. Our vision is one of equity and excellence in a progressive, high performing education system that realises the potential of every student.
About the role:
The department is commencing a project with the aim to replace its existing Teacher Relief management system with a Saas solution. As the Project Manager you will oversee the scoping and implementation stages of the project, including any data migrations and integration with the department's Core HR/Payroll solution, which requires the lead and management of governance activities to meet the timelines identified for successful project delivery. As the Principal Project Manager, you will:
- Lead and manage the ICT Project Delivery and Support teams to engage with the business for the provision of ICT initiatives and projects and provide expertise relating to commencing or running ICT projects from a governance perspective.
- Work with the business at the ideation stage to ensure alignment between possibility and expectation through effective needs analysis, benefits expectations with defensible scope and budget estimation to deliver the business need and achieve successful business and project outcomes.
Responsibilities include:
- End-to-end Project Management of significant and complex ICT projects (applications and ICT technical) aligning to business requirements and enabling the business to achieve benefit realisations.
- Be accountable for project team delivery and performance particularly in relation to Schedule, Resource allocation, Budget and Risk.
- Provide strategic advice to senior management and the business team on specific issues related to business needs as it impacts business priorities and ICT Governance and ICT project requirements.
- Manage shared resource assignments across a number of projects, in conjunction with other governance and technology areas.
Please refer to the attached role description for any mandatory requirements for this position.
To Apply:
- Attach a brief resume including contact details for 2 referees (referees should have an understanding of your relevant work history)
- Attach a 1-page written statement about how your achievements and capabilities meet the requirements of the role.
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).
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