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Form of workLocation:: Canberra
Sectors: ICT
Employment type: Contract
Salary: Negotiable
Contact name: Ciara Furlong
Contact email: ciara@clearedict.com.au
Job reference: BBBH1174_1678946149
Published: 4 days ago
Startdate: June 2023
RFQ-ASD-75-2023
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STATEMENT OF WORK
Nominated Candidate
Role Capability Planning Manager - Multiple Positions
Contract Commencement Date 30 June 2023
Contract Expiry Date 30 June 2025
Purpose of Services: Professional Services (Clause 7.11)
Role Description The Australian Signals Directorate (ASD), is delivering cutting?edge capabilities to Defence through a variety of different programs and projects. To help facilitate this, ASD's Portfolio and Transformation Division has a requirement for Capability Planning Managers.
These roles have a broad range of duties to assist the Capability Planning and broader Portfolio & Transformation Program. Duties include the generation of strong strategic advice regarding the capability portfolio, including advice on Portfolio management, planning, cost models, budget strategies and commercial approaches.
The Capability Planning Manager will work across and within integrated teams, and will interpret business and technical requirements to support the development of solution options and procurement approaches.
SFIA Level of Responsibility Required
Description Below The Specified Person will be expected to demonstrate attributes of SFIA Level of Responsibility 6.
SFIA Skills Required
Description Below PROF 6
PRMG 5
FMIT 4
SORC 4
Other Skills and Knowledge Statement of Suitability Against Other Skills and Knowledge
Experience building complex costing and pricing models in MS Excel.
Demonstrated experience of the Defence Capability Lifecycle and IIP project planning.
Capability planning, demonstrating strong analytical and problem solving, communications and stakeholder engagement abilities.
Acquisition and project management competencies.
Procurement experience (preferably in a Defence context).
Major Responsibilities: Statement of Suitability Against Major Responsibilities
Lead the implementation and delivery of portfolio, programme and project office services. Undertake and/or provide advice on capability planning, project management and support leading and managing activities to plan, develop and implement projects and systems to meet organisational requirements.
Engage with programs and projects to develop, review, provide advice and/or report on cost models, influence direction, seek input and feedback from stakeholders along the way.
Advise on and contribute to the formulation of budget strategies, procurement strategies, solution options, commercial approaches and tender evaluations, to support production of high quality estimates and the delivery of capability against business requirements.
Lead and manage teams as required, building the team's capabilities through mentoring, training, and driving development of subject matter expertise. Manage large stakeholder groups focused on business outcomes.
Lead and manage program and project financial management, change control and quality reporting, from a Portfolio perspective. Identify portfolio financial risks and opportunities, and provide strategic advice regarding potential mitigations.
Develop capability lifecycle documentation and broader standards/guidance/models to support the Portfolio & Transformation functions.
Other Features of the Role (e.g. location, travelling, shift hours,) Service Provider Response
The role is based in Canberra with minimal travel.
Clearance required: TSPV
SFIA Core Competencies
SFIA Level Of Responsibility 6
Autonomy Has defined authority and accountability for actions and decisions within a significant area of work, including technical, financial and quality aspects. Establishes organisational objectives and assigns responsibilities.
Influence Influences policy and strategy formation. Initiates influential relationships with internal and external customers, suppliers and partners at senior management level, including industry leaders. Leads on collaboration with a diverse range of stakeholders across competing objectives within the organisation. Makes decisions which impact the achievement of organisational objectives and financial performance.
Complexity Contributes to the development and implementation of policy and strategy. Performs highly complex work activities covering technical, financial and quality aspects. Has deep expertise in own specialism(s) and an understanding of its impact on the broader business and wider customer/organisation.
Business skills Demonstrates leadership in organisational management. Understands and communicates industry developments, and the role and impact of technology. Manages and mitigates organisational risk. Balances the requirements of proposals with the broader needs of the organisation. Promotes a learning and growth culture in their area of accountability. Leads on compliance with relevant legislation and the need for services, products and working practices to provide equal access and equal opportunity to people with diverse abilities. Identifies and endorses opportunities to adopt new technologies and digital services. Creatively applies a wide range of innovative and/or management principles to realise business benefits aligned to the organisational strategy. Communicates authoritatively at all levels across the organisation to both technical and non-technical audiences articulating business objectives. Learning and professional development - takes the initiative to advance own skills and leads the development of skills required in their area of accountability. Security, privacy and ethics - takes a leading role in promoting and ensuring appropriate working practices and culture throughout own area of accountability and collectively in the organisation.
SFIA Professional Skill Level Description
PROF 6 Leads implementation and delivery of portfolio, programme and project office services. Defines the approach/policy and sets standards for the support provided for managing and monitoring portfolios, programmes, and projects. Manages resources to ensure delivery of effective services/resources in line with current and planned demand. Reviews and improves the delivery portfolio, programme and project office services.
PRMG 5 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.
FMIT 4 Monitors and maintains all required financial records for compliance and audit to all agreed requirements. Assists all other areas of IT with their financial tasks, especially in the areas of identification of process, service, project and component costs and the calculation and subsequent reduction of all IT service, project, component and process failures. Contributes to financial planning and budgeting. Collates required financial data and reports for analysis and to facilitate decision making.
SORC 4 Reviews business cases (requirements, potential benefits and options) and determines appropriate procurement routes. e.g., open market or collaborative framework. Using market knowledge to inform specifications, ensures detailed pre-qualification questionnaires and tender invitations are prepared. Collects and collates data to support collaboration and negotiates terms and conditions to reflect the scale of requirements and encourage good performance. Evaluates tenders based on specification and evaluation criteria, prepares acceptance documentation and advises on contracts and service level agreements. Monitors and reports on supplier performance, information security, customer satisfaction, and market intelligence. Investigates, resolves or escalates problems. Implements supplier service improvement actions and programmes.
