Senior Project Manager. 12 Month Max Term Contract - Full Time - Newcastle

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About the Organisation
Life Without Barriers is a leading social purpose, not for profit organisation of 5,600 employees working in more than 440 communities across Australia. We support children, young people and families, people with disability, older people and people with mental illness. We work with people who are homeless and refugees and asylum seekers.   
  
We want to employ people who reflect the diversity of our clients to ensure we can support each client's individual needs and wants. We encourage people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background and people with disability to apply.
   
About the role
Senior Project Manager position now available to join our Shared Services team on a 12 month maximum term contract. You will project manage the transfer of hundreds of employees from one payroll and HRIS to another. Situated in Newcastle CBD, this role is perfect for a highly experienced Project Manager with a proven history of delivering multiple pieces of work simultaneously (from initiation through to implementation).
    
Key Responsibilities

• Manage the development, planning, execution and delivery of nominated programs and projects utilising project management systems, tools and change management frameworks
• Develop project briefs and service proposals
• Develop and manage program/project-level budget, schedule and resource allocations
• Identify program/project/business risks and develop mitigation strategies
• Prepare accurate executive level program/project status reports
• Manage the overall delivery of multiple initiatives
• Develop and actively contribute to the continuous improvement of Life Without Barriers project management tools and systems
• Build justifications for business investment
• Build communications strategies for projects

  
 Skills & Experience

• Tertiary qualifications in business, information technology, project management or similar areas
• Demonstrated experience in a generalist HR role
• End to end program / project management experience in a high demand environment with multiple key stakeholders and priorities
• Previous experience writing business cases
• Ability to demonstrate successful establishment of new business capabilities and achieving tangible business benefits and outcomes
• Proven ability to successfully deliver multiple positive project outcomes
• The ability to influence and work collaboratively with a range of stakeholders

  
Successful candidates will be required to clear probity checks including National Criminal History Record Check and Working with Children Check (where relevant to the role).
   
     
How to Apply
Include your resume and covering letter in one document, click ‘Apply’ and follow the prompts. For any enquiries including persons with disability that require adjustments, contact [email protected]
  
Applications close at midnight on Tuesday 24th July, 2018.