Project Scheduler

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Detail information about job Project Scheduler. Terms and conditions vacancy

• CBD Location
• Initial contract through till end of December

Join this large, Government department focused on the health and wellbeing of the public across a project aimed to deliver improved workforce management solutions.

As an integral part of this project team, the Project Scheduler will you support large scale, complex multi stream delivery project scheduling activities by ensuring an experienced level of scheduling / reporting documentation and support that meets business and project team requirements.

As the successful candidate you will be responsible for:

• Manage a large-scale product based master schedule with dependency and milestone integration with individual rollout schedules maintained by Project Managers, using Microsoft Project or other tools as required.
• Provide expert support to Project Managers and Stream Leads to ensure schedules contain the required structure and level of detail, and are maintained up to date to ensure accurate project reporting.
• Develop specialised/customised charts and views that ensure the scheduling of implementation activities are responsive to customer and project needs and sustainable in a state-wide implementation environment.
• Provide critical path reporting to Project Leadership and proactively identify schedule exceptions and engage with project managers to ensure mitigating activities are captured.
• Provide scheduling services contributing to the achievement of successful and effective team outcomes.
  

To be considered, you will have demonstrated experience across:

• Recent and continuous experience as a scheduler within a large complex ICT / business project(s)
• Wide range experience in all stages of the project life cycle, with the ability to develop and adapt schedules to meet business objectives
• Experience in building large and complex schedules projects with a central master schedule maintaining the overall source of truth through milestone and dependency
• Extensive experience with Microsoft Project
• High levels of knowledge of project management methodologies (preferably PRINCE2).
• High level oral and written communication skills for use in a project team environment.
• Ability to work within a multi-disciplinary specialist project team.
• Ability to work in a team environment developing effective working relationships with stakeholders, including coaching and mentoring skills.

If you have the necessary skills and experience and are looking for you next project, then please APPLY NOW or contact Tiffany at Eden Ritchie Recruitment on 07 3230 0018.