ABOUT THE BRANCH & SECTIONThe Service Delivery Office (SDO) is an organisational unit within the Department of Finance's Shared Services Division.Working in partnership across the Australian Government, the SDO delivers corporate transactional processing and technical services to 15 government entity clients, enabling them to focus on their core business.The SDO's Enterprise Resource Planning system provides clients with integrated functional business processes such as HR, financials, procurement and business intelligence reporting. The SDO, as a fully cost recovered unit under the SDO Special Account 2018, operates on a continuous improvement basis to seek ongoing efficiencies and increase value for money for our clients.The SDO prides itself on its collaborative, supportive work environment where staff are actively encouraged to think innovatively to contribute to the development of shared service arrangements. The mix of contractor and permanent APS staff fosters public and private sector knowledge sharing to find new and efficient ways to add value for clients and the APS.A vacancy currently exists in the SDO's Client, Strategy and Enablement Branch, within the Client Strategy and Governance Team. The Team plays a key role in SDO governance, forward planning, decision making, risk management, client relationship management and SDO service optimisation.The Team's Project Delivery Office (PDO) works collaboratively with SDO clients to design responsive, client centric, reliable and professional projects that can range from simple IT function upgrades to new, highly complex and politically sensitive systems.
The key duties of the position include:THE OPPORTUNITYWorking in the PDO you will be responsible for supporting and driving clients' projects and change initiatives and will provide an important conduit between the PDO and its clients.The Project Manager is responsible for:
Application of project management techniques to coordinate and monitor client focused service delivery projects that meet both client and APS outcomes.Management of internal and external stakeholders to deliver system related projects on time, in scope and in budget.Development and application of efficient strategies and tactics, to ensure that all projects deliver fit for purpose solutions.Provision of verbal and high-quality written project status advice to internal and external governing bodies, including Project Boards.Provision of tactical, operational and strategic levels of engagement, decision making and advice through Project Workshops and other communication and engagement channels.Working collaboratively with other Project Managers within the PDO to ensure SDO resources are effectively allocated across projects.Maintenance and finalisation of project artefacts including project plans, statements of work, benefits realisation plans and other key documents.Making recommendations for continuous improvement in the PDO including sharing project management expertise, mentoring and training to other staff to build team capacity.DETAILED VACANCY INFORMATIONFor detailed information about this role, including the job specific capabilities, please refer to the downloadable vacancy pack, which can be accessed by clicking the hyperlink at the bottom of this page.
Under section 22(8) of the Public Service Act 1999, employees must be Australian citizens to be employed in the Australian Public Service (APS) unless the Agency Head has agreed otherwise, in writing.Successful applicants will be required to undergo the process to obtain and maintain, or continue to hold the required security clearance level for the role as indicated in the downloadable job pack. All Finance staff are required to have a minimum baseline security clearance prior to commencement.NotesThis recruitment process is being used to fill current and future vacancies. A merit pool of suitable applicants may be created which may be used to fill future vacancies should they become available over the next 18 months.
RecruitAbility 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 job. For more information visit: recruitability
Getting to know the Department of FinanceAs a central agency of the Australian Government, the Department of Finance (Finance) plays an important role in assisting government across a wide range of policy areas to ensure its outcomes are met. Finance supports the government's ongoing priorities through the Budget process and fosters leading practice through the public sector resource management, governance and accountability frameworks. Finance plays a leading role in advising the government on many of its strategic priorities. We do this through our professional and considered approach to providing advice, developing policy, delivering services and engaging with our clients and stakeholders. Finance's key areas of focus are:- Budget- Business Enabling Services- Commercial- Governance and Resource Management
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