Project Manager- Contract

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Contract role for about 6 months with 6 months possible extensions| upto $942 per day| Ipswich

Summary about this job

Programme & Project Management

Company: Davidson Technology

Location: Brisbane

Work type: Contract/Temp

Salary: n\a

Phone: +61-3-3661-1595

Fax: +61-2-4666-7437

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Contract role for about 6 months with 6 months possible extensions| upto $942 per day| Ipswich

Engagement deliverables

The project manager will be expected to deliver and receive approval for several project artefacts, including, but not limited to:

  • Revised business case
  • Project Initiation Documentation
  • Organisation Change Management Plan
  • Test Plan
  • Risk Management Plan
  • Project registers
  • Regular status reporting
  • Detailed design

Key duties and responsibilities

  • Lead project teams in the delivery of complex projects (typically with significant business, political, or high-profile impact, and high-risk dependencies), ensuring that realistic project, quality, change control and risk management processes are maintained
  • Manage and control resources, operational and capital costs against the project budget and manage expectations of all project stakeholders
  • Actively support business change, act as a single point of contact for senior stakeholders and facilitate relationships between them
  • Promote the change vision to staff at all levels of the business operation, and keep a focus on business objectives
  • Work with senior people responsible for the line business operation to ensure maximum business operations improvements are made as the project delivers its products into operational use
  • Maintain the business case for funding the program/project and confirm continuing business viability of the project/program at regular intervals.
  • Manage project risk. Carry out risk assessment for identifying potential risk events, quantifying and documenting the probability of occurrence and the impact on the project and/or the business.
  • Prepare briefing material and regular performance reports for key stakeholders.

Key selection criteria

Qualifications

  • A working knowledge of PRINCE2 project methodology is highly regarded
  • A working knowledge of and/or accreditation in Agile project delivery is an advantage
  • Hold a current motor vehicles drivers’ licence
  • Significant experience leading multi-disciplinary project teams in the delivery of complex projects
  • Significant experience managing major IT projects, as an enabler to business change that spans several functional areas in large, complex organisations
  • Significant experience managing competing stakeholder expectations and priorities to control scope, secure project resourcing, and maintain buy-in.
  • Demonstrated significant experience in the application of suitable project management methodologies, processes, and controls to ensure that projects and programs are delivered on time and budget and are fit-for-purpose.
  • Proven significant experience in the development of high quality project documentation, including business cases, project plans, quality, communication and procurement plans, work packages and reports
  • Demonstrated extensive experience in managing project budgets, including the ability to forecast cash-flows and maintain financial reporting requirements.
  • Proven significant experience in developing market engagement and procurement strategies, and managing procurement activities in relation to IT projects
  • Demonstrated significant experience in managing vendor and service provider contracts in the execution and delivery of IT projects
  • Demonstrated significant experience leading and mentoring project teams to achieve project outcomes

To apply, click the link and upload your current resume in Microsoft Word format only (.doc or .docx). If you would like to have a confidential discussion, please contact Nisha Kumar on 07 3023 1024, quoting ref no. JO-1806-89846. Want to know more about Davidson? Visit us at www.davidsonwp.com

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