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Form of work Due to recent changes to departmental arrangements, this department is now called the Department of Housing, Local Government, Planning and Public Works.
As the Manager, People Projects, you will be responsible for driving critical initiatives within our business unit. Your responsibilities will include a dynamic range of tasks, adapting to the evolving priorities of People & Culture. You will engage with all areas of the People & Culture team, designing and executing projects that align to our functional objectives.
Success in this role demands agility. You need the ability to diagnose and bring structure to our challenges, and adeptness in change and stakeholder management.
You will collaborate across the People and Culture functions, and lead in a flexible resourcing model to support delivery of key projects that support the delivery of strategic departmental priorities.
This position offers a unique opportunity to immerse yourself in varied aspects of HR and making tangible contributions to our functional goals.
What you will be doing- Develop, lead and manage multiple people priority projects simultaneously, spanning all People and Culture functional areas.- Ensure that People and Culture projects are accomplished on time, on budget and with a high level of quality by applying Agile or related methodologies, a successful governance program and advanced HR subject matter expertise.- Develop and sustain collaborative working relationships across the business unit and organisation, engaging in effective consultation and collaboration with senior and executive-level stakeholders to ensure seamless project execution.- Employ lateral thinking and analytical skills to address complex problems, escalating issues where necessary.- Provide expert strategic and tactical advice, with a focus on organisational change management, ensuring all necessary change management elements are embedded in plans, related policies, processes and procedures.- Provide leadership and oversee the communication of relevant information to all stakeholders in a positive manner to ensure changes are understood and to foster commitment to these changes.- Ensure that change management related risks and issues are promptly identified and effectively managed through the development of appropriate risk management strategies and initiatives.- Oversee project team resources responsible for implementation of work packages and activities ensuring the development of project plans, briefing papers, progress updates and appropriate and effective communications with key executive stakeholders.
Applications to remain current for 12 months.
