Principal Project Manager

Principal Project Manager – Talent Pool

• Talent Pool creation for future ongoing and temporary vacancies
• Location: Parramatta CBD with access to hybrid work arrangements
• Salary from $139,787 to $161,663 + super and annual leave loading
• Diverse and inclusive organisation with generous leave entitlements including flex leave and access to Fitness Passport

About us

The Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ) is the lead agency under the Stronger Communities Cluster. DCJ works to enable everyone's right to access justice and help for families through early intervention and inclusion, with benefits for the whole community. Stronger Communities is focussed on achieving safe, just, inclusive and resilient communities by providing services that are effective and responsive to community needs.

Your role

The Principal Project Manager is responsible for leading and managing the risk, quality and progress of ICT projects to organisational standards, and ensuring projects are completed on time, on budget, to quality standards, and within agreed scope.
  

What you’ll do

• Lead and manage the planning and delivery of multiple concurrent critical, highly complex and/or large projects
• Manage permanent and/or ad hoc teams to ensure project outcomes are achieved
• Regularly communicate with key stakeholders to ensure project outcomes are met
• Manage resource pool across various projects to ensure maximum utilisation
• Develop and implement project management plans to ensure the success of the project

What we’re looking for 

• Relevant tertiary qualifications and demonstrated expertise in the application of appropriate project management methodologies
• Strong influencing skills, proficient in building and maintaining effective relationships with a wide variety of stakeholders, both internal and external, across all levels of an organisation
• Effective time-management skills and the capability to work independently within tight-timeframes in a complex project environment 
• Demonstrate people and resource management experience

Download the role description.

We focus on hiring people who share our commitment and goals of inclusion, collaboration, adaptability, courage and integrity. If you meet the essential requirements and the role resonates with you, please apply – you do not need to meet every desired requirement for us to want to talk to you.

We do work that really matters

Working for the Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ) provides lots of opportunities to make a real difference. We collaborate with other agencies and community partners, to improve lives and realise the potential of children, adults, families and communities. We're focused on breaking, rather than managing, disadvantage. It’s work that really matters.

Apply now and join Australia’s top public sector employer where we will support you and provide an exciting and flexible working environment!

Are you ready to join us?

Click apply, attach an up-to-date résumé (maximum 5 pages) and a cover letter (maximum 3 pages) addressing the 2 targeted questions below with a brief outline on how you meet the requirements of the role:

Targeted Question 1- There will be times when you will be working on more than one client project at a time. How will you ensure that the needs of all your clients are handled?

Targeted Question 2 -Describe one of your most challenging projects so far. Why was it challenging and what did you do to overcome difficulties?

Applications close 22nd May 2024 at 11:59pm AEST.

Got a question?

For more information about the role or what it’s like to work for DCJ, please contact the hiring manager Nathalee Tiufino via nathalee.tiufino@dcj.nsw.gov.au.

If you’ve got a question about applying or would benefit from an adjustment in the recruitment process to help you perform at your best, please call Jodie McGlinn on 02 9765 3958 or via jodie.mcglinn@dcj.nsw.gov.au  

Visit Recruitment adjustments on the DCJ website to learn more.

Inclusion and Diversity lies at the heart of how we recruit

We continue to hire great people with a wide variety of skills, experience and backgrounds. This includes people with disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People, women, people identifying as LGBTIQ+, culturally and linguistically diverse people, carers and other diversity groups.

To find out what DCJ are doing to build an inclusive and diverse workforce, visit Inclusion and diversity on the DCJ website.

Other Information

A talent pool will be created for future ongoing and temporary roles and is valid for a period of up to 18 months.

For more information visit Your recruitment journey on the DCJ website.

Thank you for your interest in this role. We look forward to receiving your application.