Project Director needed to oversee & manage a project team under multiple streams with close consultation & coordination with all stakeholders & SMEs
Government ICT project services organisation based in Darwin and delivering complex, high value, and / or high-risk ICT programs and multi-year digital transformation initiatives is seeking a Project Director for ensuring the successful management, oversight and delivery of a major business transformation project focusing on solution requirements, procurement, configuration, delivery and implementation.
The Project Director will be required to oversee and manage a project team under multiple streams with close consultation and coordination with all stakeholders and subject matter experts to deliver solutions which achieve agreed business outcomes. The resource will prioritize human-centered principles to ensure that the solutions meet the needs and expectations of our diverse stakeholders. This role requires a strategic thinker who can drive change and inspire cross-functional teams to deliver exceptional results.
Project Overview
The Education Management Transformation Program (EMTP) will deliver a range of contemporary education management technologies to streamline and improve ways for capturing, sharing, analysing and reporting data across the Northern territory.
The first stage will provision and implement a modern and consolidated (jurisdictional) solution with enhanced student enrolment and attendance capability to provide a holistic view of each student across the Northern Territory, their location, achievements and performance and their wellbeing. Consolidating data from a range of sources, it will better support students to engage with education and support a more student-centred focus. The first stage also includes establishment of underpinning data and integration technology infrastructure to support these capabilities.
Essential Skills And Experience
- Demonstrated experience in successfully managing and implementing a multi-year, multi-million-dollar IT transformational project in a complex enterprise environment.
- Demonstrated experience in the procurement of digital solutions to meet organisational requirements
- Significant experience in project management with emphasis on strong project governance, planning and control, risk and issue management.
- Demonstrated ability to champion human-centered design principles throughout the project lifecycle, ensuring that solutions are user-friendly, intuitive, and aligned with stakeholder needs.
- Strong leadership and change management skills with experience in end-to-end delivery of significant business system and complex business change and transformation projects.
- Strengths in business requirements gathering, analysis, problem solving and coordination.
- Excellent communication and facilitation skills for team management and strong stakeholder engagement with ability to establish and maintain relationships with people at all levels.
- Demonstrated experience in building, managing and leading high performance teams to deliver high quality, customer focused outcomes.
- High level written and verbal communication.
- High resilience and self-discipline.
- Knowledge and utilisation of Prince2 project management methodology is preferred.
- Formal qualifications in Project Management, IT or similar
Desirable Qualities Required Of Candidate(s)
- Prior experience working in and/or knowledge of the Education sector.
Personal Qualities Required Of Candidate(s)
- High level social and written skills with ability to effectively communicate with team members and stakeholders.
- Ability to work in a large team environment with members of diverse cultures and backgrounds.
- Self-starter with high personal drive and a positive attitude.
- Behaves in a respectful and professional manner, maintaining high integrity and transparency when delivering work.
- Excellent problem solver and critical thinker.
- Promotes teamwork and collaboration by engaging stakeholders and team members.
The successful applicant will be required to be based in Darwin for the duration of the contract.