Starting salary from $82K; package up to $120K
The Australian Bureau of Statistics is seeking to recruit several Senior Project Management Officers to work in our IT Work Program Management Section. These are permanent roles at the APS 5 and APS 6 classification levels.
About the Senior Project Management Officer roles Senior Project Management Officers coordinate workforce management activities and actively contribute to projects and strategic plans to address workforce and related financial matters.
As a Senior Project Management Officer, your responsibilities may include:
Leading Initiatives: use project management methods and project management tools including agile methodologies to coordinate, monitor and evaluate various workforce management activities. Report Preparation and Coordination: develop high-quality presentations, contributing to and preparing business management reporting, workforce reporting, project/ portfolio documentation and proposal papers for an executive audience. Administrative Services: deliver support across several services, including preparing professional correspondence, managing knowledge basis systems, maintaining registers and databases, and organising actions. Budget & Resource Management: work with key stakeholders in TSD and the finance team to undertake policy and resource analysis, support budget requirements and planning for TSD sections, programs and projects. Stakeholder Engagement & Communication: foster productive relationships with internal and external stakeholders, ensuring effective communication and collaboration. Process Development: initiate, implement and refine work processes as needed to improve organisational efficiency. Note: The APS 6 Senior Project Management Officer role has responsibility for more complex work and staff management.
What we are looking for (selection criteria) You should be able to demonstrate, or have high potential to develop, the following skills, qualities and experience:
Ability to communicate effectively with a broad range of stakeholders and build working relationships to achieve outcomes. Utilise and develop networks, with the ability to inform and influence. Self-motivation and resilience to respond in a positive and flexible manner to change. Possess a positive attitude, curiosity and willingness to engage and deliver. Be proactive and use a solution-oriented mindset to solve problems with the ability to navigate challenges and make timely decisions. Ability to multitask, manage priorities highly organised with attention to detail. Demonstrated experience in leading initiatives using project management methods. Qualifications and knowledge of project management software products and frameworks such as Prince2 would be highly regarded. Ability to utilise analytical capability to interpret information and make informed recommendations. Experience working with large data sets to develop higher level strategy or executive reports that tell the story would be highly regarded. Knowledge of the following would be advantageous; financial management information systems (i.e. OneGov), Microsoft package (i.e. Excel, PowerPoint, PowerBI). How to apply To apply, you will need to upload your current resume, provide referee details and respond to the following:
In no more than 600 words, provide examples of how you have demonstrated the skills and qualities to undertake the responsibilities of either role. Please refer to the selection criteria and attempt to address all criteria in your response.
You must be an Australian citizen at the time you apply.
Applications close at 11:30 p.m. (AEDT) on Monday 27th January 2025.
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