Application closing date: Wednesday, 04 December 2024 • 11:59pm, Canberra time Estimated start date: Monday, 06 January 2025 Location of work: ACT Working arrangements: The candidate may negotiate flexible working arrangements with their supervisor.
Length of contract: 12 Months Contract extensions: 2x 12 Months Security clearance: Must have Top Secret Positive Vetting (TSPV) clearance Rates: $140 - $160 per hour (inc. super) The Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) is a statutory agency in the Defence portfolio that defends Australia against global threats and advances our national interests through the provision of foreign signals intelligence, cyber security and offensive cyber operations as directed by the Australian Government.
Candidates must be willing to undergo ASD's Organisational Suitability Assessment (OSA) prior to engagement.
An OSA is a policy requirement and is conducted to determine a person's suitability to work for ASD.
It requires a psychological assessment, involving a questionnaire and interview.
Candidates should consider their preparedness for questions that may include the following topics: personal relationships; living circumstances; personal values; financial situation; physical and mental health history including substance use; any civil/military record.
Project Managers will be required to plan and manage the delivery of projects.
ASD requires a highly organised, dynamic Project Manager with excellent communication skills who is outcome oriented to take responsibility for the planning and implementation of highly complex ICT infrastructure and capability projects. Key duties and responsibilities may include, but are not limited to: Take full responsibility for leading and managing activities for planning, development and implementation of projects and systems to meet organisational requirements Advise and ensure improvement and enhancement of organisational project methodologies Lead and manage capability lifecycles of systems development or enhancements Plan, initiate and manage procurements to support program and organisational requirements Lead and manage large stakeholder groups focused on business outcomes Lead and manage project review and reporting mechanisms; project financial management; change control and quality reporting Coordinate project resourcing according to priorities Identify and manage project/program risks and issues Technical Skills required: Formal qualifications in Project Management; procurement; finance Essential Criteria Financial management: Level 4 (SFIA)Monitors and maintains financial records to agreed requirements for compliance and audit.
Assists with identifying and calculating process, service, project and component costs for financial planning and budgeting.
Collates required financial data and reports for analysis and to facilitate decision-making.
Organisational change management: Level 5 (SFIA)Develops the change management approach and a change management plan in collaboration with sponsors, users and project teams.
Creates and implements action plans to ensure everything is ready for the change before going live.
Acquires change management resources and develops their capabilities to deliver the required changes.
Gathers feedback to allow timely improvements to the change management plan and approach.
Assesses risks and takes preventative action.
Develops and communicates tailored change management plans for senior stakeholder groups.
Provides guidance and makes suggestions to support change sponsors.
Project management: Level 5 (SFIA)Takes full responsibility for the definition, approach, facilitation and satisfactory completion of medium-scale projects.
Provides effective leadership to the project team.
Adopts appropriate project management methods and tools.
Manages the change control process and assesses and manages risks.
Ensures that realistic project plans are maintained and delivers regular and accurate communication to stakeholders.
Ensures project and product quality reviews occur on schedule and according to procedure.
Ensures that project deliverables are completed within agreed cost, timescale and resource budgets, and are formally accepted, by appropriate stakeholders.
Monitors costs, times, quality and resources used and takes action where performance deviates from agreed tolerances.
Requirements definition and management: Level 4 (SFIA)Defines and manages scoping, requirements definition and prioritisation activities for initiatives of medium size and complexity.
Contributes to selecting the requirements approach.
Facilitates input from stakeholders, provides constructive challenge and enables effective prioritisation of requirements.
Establishes requirements base-lines, obtains formal agreement to requirements, and ensures traceability to source Stakeholder relationship management: Level 5 (SFIA)Identifies the communications and relationship needs of stakeholder groups.
Translates communications/stakeholder engagement strategies into specific activities and deliverables.
Facilitates open communication and discussion between stakeholders.
Acts as a single point of contact by developing, maintaining and working to stakeholder engagement strategies and plans.
Provides informed feedback to assess and promote understanding.
Facilitates business decision-making processes.
Captures and disseminates technical and business information.