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Salary- Business Enabling Services Group / Shared Services Division / Policy and Governance Branch
- APS 6 ($90,802 - $110,821) | Ongoing & Non-ongoing | Full-time & Part-time
- Canberra, ACT
The Policy and Governance Branch within the Shared Services Division is responsible for driving cross-government policy and governance outcomes. The Project Management Office (PMO) is being established in the Policy and Governance Branch to support smaller non-corporate Commonwealth entities to assess ERP uplift requirements and choose solutions that best meet entity needs and budgets. The PMO will consult with smaller entities to identify those needing a technology uplift. It will then help those entities choose a solution that best meets needs and budgets, and work with entities to prepare a consolidated budget comeback to support the required smaller entity ERP technology uplifts.
ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY
This is an opportunity to join a new PMO from its establishment. We are looking for self-motivated and proactive team players who think creatively and look for solutions to complex issues. Working in the PMO will offer high profile, cross-agency exposure. You will develop comprehensive skills in project management, stakeholder engagement, communication, whole-of-government frameworks and Cabinet processes. You will work with entities from across the Commonwealth to increase awareness of and build capability of entities ERP capabilities using technology solutions that best meet their needs.
Key responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Providing support to the team leader in carrying out the duties of the PMO.
- Supporting the team structure establishment, and onboarding staff.
- Providing support towards a desktop analysis across all in-scope Commonwealth entities including a current state and future needs assessment.
- Supporting entities to consider options and choose technology solutions that best meet their needs and budgets.
- Using information on each entity to; detail the expected benefits to be achieved; how they will be realised and measured; and when they will occur.
- Working collaboratively with stakeholders to achieve desired outcomes and to provide updates regarding the status of work.
- Developing and maintaining project documentation.
- Supporting the development of a Business Case and Cabinet submission.
- Proactively managing and reporting on timeframes, risks and issues.
- Working collaboratively within the PMO and with other entities.
- Taking responsibility to help the team meet objectives and progress and meet milestones.
- Promoting consistency and quality outcomes across all work.
For 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.
ELIGIBILITY ADVICE & CANDIDATE NOTES
- 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.
- These roles are being advertised as both ongoing and non-ongoing. A position may be offered as ongoing or non-ongoing subject to operational requirements and/or candidate preference. Where a non-ongoing position is offered, the role will be filled for a specified term of up to 12 months. A specified term may be extended up to a maximum period of 18 months.
- For questions relating to the online lodgement of your application, please email the Recruitment team via
