Project Manager

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• Proud of what we do - Our services are used by society's key players
• Working with Government customers
• Flexible working environment

Project Manager, Local Government

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About Us

Civica builds software and provides IT and digital transformation services to support some of the most important organisations in our communities; like schools, libraries, local councils and state agencies. We work with some of the largest health fund providers bringing their services into the digital age. Our products are market leaders, some of them are globally renowned.

Our team is proud to work within the sectors we do, where we make a real difference, contributing to the growth of the societies that we live in and accelerating the digital transformation of the public sector and associated markets. Want to join us and help continue our mission?

About The Role

The successful Project Manager will work within the Local Government division for Civica. This person will be responsible for the successful initiation, execution and finalisation of project plans to deliver products and services to external clients.

The successful person will be willing to travel within Australia and internationally to work on major projects. Furthermore, a valid Australian driver’s license will be required for travelling to rural locations where transport is limited.

Responsibilities

• The PMP will contain completed statements and schedules for:
  • Business and Project Objectives,
  • Scope – product and services, inclusions and exclusions, in accordance with the client engagement agreements (contract) and standard deployment models,
  • Budget and Payment Plan,
  • Risk Management Register,
  • Project Structure, Role Definition and Communications Plan,
  • The timeline of the project, extracted from the Microsoft Project.
• Projects will be planned using Microsoft Project and include full details of tasks, resources, milestones, dependencies, timeframes, and task completion status.
• Projects will be managed to ensure corporate and client expectations are met in relation to regular communication, set timeframes for delivery, minimizing conflicts and identifying risks.

About You

• 5 years’ minimum experience within a project management environment; either working as a project manager and/or project administration
• Project management experience required in working across:
  • IT and Software implementations
  • Client-vendor relationships

• Desirable: PMBOK and/or Prince2 (and similar) qualification
• Ability to work in a team environment and autonomously
• Ability to negotiate outcomes with internal and external stakeholders
• The discipline to comply with processes and methodology
• Good decision making and problem solving
• Excellent written and oral communication (English)
• Excellent time management
• Strong attention to detail

Your Benefits

At Civica we believe our people are our biggest asset and we pride ourselves on cultivating a supportive and modern working environment; whilst providing you with the tools you need to get the job done. We will offer what you would expect in today’s modern work environments:

• Join a growing and successful business
• Genuine career development
• Flexible working conditions
• We are big on sharing celebratory moments, and they often involve cake! (We do gluten free options) – Friday Happy Hour is also a thing

What Next?

Do we sound like a good match? If so then we would love to hear from you! Please include a cover letter outlining how your experience, aspirations and values are a match, along with your resume and we will take it from there.

Civica is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.