AddressApplications close at 11:30pm AEST on Sunday 19 May 2024 (late applications will not be accepted).
The Australian Sports Commission is embarking on the Green and Gold decade. An exciting time filled with international sporting competitions on home soil, including the Men’s and Women’s Rugby World Cup, and culminating in the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games. We have an ambitious new Strategic Vision and we need the best players on our team to help us deliver real results for the sporting sector and all Australians.
Are you up for the challenge?
About the team – The Technology Coordination team owns the ASC Technology Group’s program of work management practice and has oversight of the delivery of complex technology projects across the organisation and sporting system. It has responsibility for the Group’s project establishment and governance, budget management and procurement, reporting, resource demand and capacity tracking, and oversees compliance to its practice methodology.
About the role – Working to the Director, Technology Coordination you will support the delivery of the ASC Technology Group’s program management practice and oversee the delivery of complex technology projects across the ASC and sporting system.
You will collaboratively support virtual delivery teams by ensuring teams toolsets and delivery methods are maintained and sound, and by delivering confidence to the Executive through transparent and contemporary reporting. Responsibilities include:
- Manage the Technology Group - Front Door mailbox and ensure work requests are actioned in line with PMO and Group practices.
- Manage the triage and assessment process for incoming requests, and maintain a view of current priorities vs request demand vs resource skill and capacity.
- Facilitate data capture from project teams and manage a program roadmap consisting of pipeline and committed work.
- Oversee project manager and scrum master deliverables to ensure Group expectations are met and planned activities and deliverables align and demonstrate traceability to program objectives and organisational strategies.
- Maintain a register of critical dependencies, risks and issues and other delivery obstacles which threaten program commitments.
- Maintain the Group resource plan, software assets and procurement activity, and advise on areas of improvement.
- Establish and maintain a central location of delivery practice material, pipeline and project information, and facilitate the creation of instructional guides, playbooks, etc to assist and inform delivery teams on the processes and activities required to plan, design and deliver projects.
- Manage the production of required project reporting material to ensure information is contemporary, accurate and delivered within the required timeframes.
- Mange the program risk management register and ensure alignment with organisational risk management procedures and the PMO.
- Coach and mentor staff to support them enhance their skills, improve team performance, better adapt to change, feel empowered and confident achievers.
About you – The successful candidate must have experience using project management methods in a technology arena. They must have a can-do attitude and demonstrate an ability to maintain successful relationships across ASC. You will have:
- 5-10 years proven experience leading diverse teams delivering projects or similar business outcomes to fixed timeframes.
- Experience using project management techniques and methods to deliver outcomes.
- 2-5 years’ experience managing software assets, procurement and contracts maintenance.
- Experience using performance measures to assess project or similar practice compliance and facilitating delivery status reports for Executive audiences.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, and a passion for coaching or mentoring staff.
This position is offered as an ONGOING position.
Why work with us?
We have offices located in Canberra, Melbourne and Sydney. Across all locations, we offer:
- Options for flexible working arrangements.
- Annual allowances towards training based on individualised career goals.
- Access to a customised ASC L&D calendar for ongoing professional and career development.
- Generous superannuation scheme with up to 15.4% employer contributions.
- Corporate discount on AIS Shop merchandise.
- Access to Clearinghouse for Sport, an information sharing platform for Sporting professionals.
Additionally, our Canberra campus offers:
- Free onsite parking
- Onsite facilities including café, dining hall, gym, and swimming pool.
- Priority placement for your children to access the award winning, onsite AIS Caretaker’s Cottage Childcare Centre.
If you have any questions about this opportunity, please contact:
- Contact Officer: Lara Lever, Senior Advisor to Chief Technology Officer
- Phone number: 0403 719 ***
- Email address: **********@ausport.gov.au
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