Geoscience Australia | Delivery Manager – Space Division | Canberra

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Geoscience Australia acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Australia and recognises the continuing connection to lands, waters, and communities. We pay our respects to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders Cultures and to elders past and present.
About usGeoscience Australia is Australia's pre-eminent public sector geoscience organisation. We are the nation's trusted advisor on the geology and geography of Australia. We apply science and technology to describe and understand the Earth for the benefit of Australia. We apply our diverse professional expertise, our deep and trusted knowledge, our national-scale Earth observation infrastructure, and our strong partnerships, to the opportunities and challenges that face our nation.
Geoscience Australia has a long history of bringing the benefits of space down to Earth. By providing Australian industries, governments, and researchers better access to space data, our Space Division is helping create jobs, drive economic growth, support disaster response and recovery, and sustainably make use of our land and marine environments to overcome several challenges to meet the needs of the future.
The Australian Government is investing in a world-class analysis platform for satellite imagery and other Earth observations. Digital Earth Australia (DEA) delivers a unique capability to process, interrogate, and present Earth observation data in response to these challenges.
Our cultureOur strength lies in our people, including our diversity in backgrounds, skills and experiences, and the way we work together to respond to the emerging needs of our work. We value diversity in gender, backgrounds, culture, and experiences of our employees and are committed to providing an inclusive workplace culture that ensures everyone has equal opportunity to contribute, participate and progress. Applications from people who reflect this diversity are encouraged.
Our workplace is committed to the health, safety and wellbeing of our employees and offers a variety of flexible working arrangements to enhance flexibility, including remote working arrangements.
What we can offer youWhen you work at Geoscience Australia you will have access to a range of benefits and the opportunity to experience a workplace culture that truly values and promotes diversity, inclusion, equity, and belonging. To learn more about our competitive salary, free onsite parking, generous flexible working arrangements and the role you can play in growing our culture here.
The roleAs Delivery Manager in DEA, you are critical in helping uplift our capabilities and maintaining a positive, productive, and collaborative working environment. These include capabilities in project planning, reporting and change management; risk management; product development and delivery; as well as benefits realisation management. Uplift capability focus will be two-pronged: 1) within the RPD's Directorate and 2) across the Program. Within the Directorate you will be working with six multidisciplinary teams focused on improving our project management capabilities as well as our product and service delivery. Across the Program you will be interfacing and collaborating with two other Directorates: 1) Services and Support and 2) the Value Management Office (VMO). The Program has several initiatives and frameworks that need implementing and championing within the Directorate, which you will help lead and/or assist with. These include the Project Management and Governance Framework (PMGF), Quality Framework; Benefits Realisation Management Framework (BRMF) as well as implementing recommendations endorsed by the Senior Leadership Group (SLG) from the various working groups.
In this role you will:Lead implementation of new/improved practices and continuously refine collaboration in our project planning and reporting processes by embedding the endorsed PMGF; developing Quality Framework and BRMF etc. Use the most appropriate project management practices depending on project being managed; DEA uses a mixture of Prince2 and Agile, with some waterfall projects. This may include partaking and/or leading rituals (i.e. retrospectives, showcases, stand-ups etc.) where warranted to ensure optimal project delivery.Foresee and resolve blockers affecting delivery of our projects and business-as-usual activities led and/or contributed by the RPD Directorate. This means closely collaborating and cooperating with the other Directorates and the VMO as required in all phases of inception, planning, reporting and delivering of our work plan.Facilitate and/or participate in exploration workshops to collaboratively and cooperatively solve problems with a diverse team of specialists. These might include Earth observing and spatial scientists, software engineers, project/team leads, and/or subject matter experts. If problems cannot be solved at the team level, work with the RPD Director, and/or wider Program's leadership team via the Senior Leadership Group and/or DEA Management Committee to resolve.Ensure we align and assist with continuously improving the governance, planning and reporting expectations of DEA and Geoscience Australia from the RPD Directorate's perspective by working closely with the VMO. This includes contributing to reporting at organisational, program and work (i.e. project & BaU) levels on risk, benefits and finances, as well as registering lessons learned. Also, developing, maintaining and/or improving documentation and/or templates pertaining to our business process and/or delivering our work plan.On the administrative level maintain and continuously refine use of collaborative tools such as JIRA, Miro, and Office 365 as required.To be successful in the role you will:Understand program objectives and ensure plans are aligned.Work collaboratively with DE directorates and teams of diverse specialists to explore and resolve issues. This includes working with the RPD's Director, the SLG and/or DMC depending on the timing of issues needing resolution and/or decisions.Explore important issues constructively and stand by your own position when required.Involve people, encourage them and recognise their contributions.Consult and share information to ensure others are kept informed of issues.Maintain awareness of best practice in delivery management approaches as well as project management.Required skills, knowledge, experience and/or qualificationsExperience working in Agile delivery management and/or Project Management roles using either SAFE, Prince2 and/or Scrum frameworks.Experience working under pressure with conflicting priorities in delivering Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and/or government programs.Demonstrated good people skills with ability to work with a diverse range of people with scientific and/or engineering backgrounds.Demonstrated planning, organisational, and change management skills.Demonstrated ability to work with limited direction and show good judgment.Excellent communication skills both written and oral.Are you unsure about applying?Did you know that a Hewlett Packard internal report found that men apply for jobs when they meet an average of 60 percent of the job requirements? Women and other people from diverse backgrounds tend to only apply when they check every box. If you think you have what it takes, but don't necessarily meet every single point on what we are looking for, please still apply or get in touch with the contact officer to learn more about the role.
To ApplyPlease visit the careers page of our website to submit your application via our e-Recruit system. Your application should include:
Your resume (no more than 3 pages).A brief statement (no more than 500 words) outlining your transferable skills, experience and capabilities related to the role and the value you would bring to Geoscience Australia.To learn more about applying for roles within the Australian Public Services please review, 'Applying for an APS job: cracking the code'.
To be eligible to apply for this position you must meet the below eligibility criteria:
Be an Australian Citizen at the closing date of application.The successful applicant must be able to obtain, hold and maintain a security clearance of an appropriate level relevant to this role.Commencement of employment is subject to the successful applicant undergoing and satisfying pre-employment screening, which includes a police history check.RecruitabilityRecruitAbility applies to this vacancy. Under the RecruitAbility scheme you will be invited to participate in further assessment activity for the vacancy if you choose to apply under the scheme; declare you have a disability; and meet the minimum requirements for the position. For more information, please visit the Australian Public Service Commission website.
Hearing or speech impaired applicants are invited to use the National Relay Service by contacting 133 677, and requesting to be connected with our Recruitment team on 02 6249 9777 to obtain selection documentation.
Technical AssistanceIf you require technical assistance, call Human Resources on (02) 6249 9777 or email ******. A merit list/pool may be created from this process. If you are successful for the merit pool, your details may be shared with other Australian Public Service agencies unless you choose not to have your details disclosed.
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