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Process and Project Lead - St Nicholas Support Office
Posted: 06/09/2024
Closing Date: 06/10/2024
Job Type: Permanent - Full Time
Location: Newcastle West
Job Category: Consulting and Strategy, Education, Childcare & Training, Information & Communication Technology, Project Management
Come join our Strategic Projects team, focused on growth and continuous improvement, and help us design and implement improvements for families, staff, and the community.
St Nicholas provides education services spanning early education, out of school hours care, and vocational education.
As an employee of St Nicholas, you will have access to a range of benefits, including:
$1,000 staff referral bonuses ($1,500 for eligible positions)
1 week shutdown over Christmas and New Year annually (includes 3 days of additional paid leave + public holidays)
Paid Industry-leading training and professional development opportunities
Corporate benefits, including EAP, flu injections, reduced gym membership, and more
Modern office space located in Newcastle West
The purpose of this position is to identify and perform diagnostics on business processes, practices, and projects to articulate gaps and opportunities for improvement for St Nicholas.
Under the direction of the Executive Manager – Strategic Projects, this role will hold responsibility for supporting project management and delivery of improvement streams including solution design and review of current processes, technologies, and resources. The role requires the incumbent to analyse, evaluate, and make recommendations to improve St Nicholas through building strong relationships and thorough understanding of all St Nicholas processes, practices, and projects.
The role requires the candidate to collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather requirements and map new processes to support St Nicholas in delivering its strategic objectives.
The incumbent commits to always working within Work Health and Safety guidelines and Code of Conduct whilst in the employ of the Catholic Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle.
Desired Skills and Experience
EXPERIENCE/CRITERIA
Demonstrated experience in leading business process improvement, including the ability to identify risks, analyse data, and provide advice and recommendations.
The ability to communicate ideas with both technical and non-technical staff, including the ability to develop and deliver effective presentations.
Sophisticated interpersonal skills including the ability to build and maintain effective working relationships with all stakeholders, and to negotiate, liaise effectively, and influence staff across a large and complex organisation.
Demonstrated ability in managing complex projects with many interdependencies, to achieve quality project and process outcomes.
Ability to travel to all services within and outside the Diocese as required.
Demonstrated enthusiasm and ability to adopt and learn about new systems, processes, and technologies.
The ability to handle multiple competing priorities and meet deadlines under time pressure.
Demonstrated understanding of change management strategy and techniques to support organisational change (Desirable).
QUALIFICATIONS
A combination of relevant experience and/or tertiary qualification in a relevant discipline
Current Working with Children Check (WWCC)
Current Class C Driver's Licence
National Criminal History check clearance
Experience working within a matrix-style organisational structure and multi-disciplinary teams (Desirable)
If you genuinely share our passion for Childhood Education, we would love to hear from you!
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