Description

The Adecco Group is the world's leading provider of HR solutions. We deliver recruitment and career services to organisations and individuals across the employment life cycle. In Australia, Adecco has over 50 years of industry experience, making us the most qualified provider and a leading supplier of casual and permanent staff.

Client Details

The Adecco Group is the world's leading provider of HR solutions. We deliver recruitment and career services to organisations and individuals across the employment life cycle. In Australia, Adecco has over 50 years of industry experience, making us the most qualified provider and a leading supplier of casual and permanent staff.

Description

This role is a permanent, full-time position reporting to the Head of Projects (Process & Automation). The role of the Project Manager is to plan, execute, and finalise projects according to set deadlines and within budget. This includes acquiring resources and coordinating the efforts of team members and third-party contractors or consultants to deliver projects according to plan. The Project Manager will define the project's objectives and oversee quality control throughout its life cycle.

The Project Manager will also shape, lead, and influence key stakeholders and users through interpersonal skills, negotiation and communication, address issues, and manage team members across GBS and the business.

Key Accountabilities:

Strategy & Planning
• Define project scope, goals, and deliverables that support business goals in collaboration with senior management and stakeholders.
• Effectively communicate project expectations to team members and stakeholders in a timely and clear fashion.
• Liaise with project stakeholders on an ongoing basis.
• Set and continually manage project expectations with team members and other stakeholders.
• Plan and schedule project timelines and milestones using appropriate tools.
• Track project milestones and deliverables.
• Determine the frequency and content of status reports from the project team, analyse results, and troubleshoot problem areas.
• Define project success criteria and disseminate them to involved parties throughout project life cycle.
• Conduct project post-implementation reviews, document lessons learned in the appropriate register and create recommendations report to identify successful and unsuccessful project elements.

Resource Acquisition & Deployment
• Estimate the resources and participants needed to achieve project goals.
• Draft and submit budget proposals and recommend subsequent budget changes where necessary.
• Where required, negotiate with other department managers a time commitment for required personnel from within the company.
• Determine and assess need for additional staff and/or consultants and, once approved, make the appropriate decisions on recruitment, if necessary, during project cycle.

Operational Management
• Direct and manage project development from beginning to end.
• Develop full-scale project plans and associated communications documents.
• Delegate tasks and responsibilities to appropriate personnel.
• Identify and resolve issues and conflicts within the project team.
• Identify and manage project dependencies and critical path.
• Develop and deliver project status reports, proposals, and presentations as required.
• Proactively manage changes in project scope, identify potential crises, and devise contingency plans.
• Coach, mentor, motivate, and supervise project team members and contractors and influence them to take positive action and accountability for their assigned work.
• Build, develop, and grow any business relationships vital to the success of the project.
• Drive and manage day to day project activities, including:
• Planning and organising meetings
• The preparation and distribution of all necessary pre and post-meeting documentation (agendas, drafts, minutes)
• Monitoring and progressing project deliverables ensuring targets, timelines, controls, and quality parameters are met.
• Ensuring project registers and logs are well maintained, up to date and regularly reviewed.
• Achieving consensus through negotiation and conflict resolution.
• Establish new committees and review membership of existing committees as required for approved projects.
• Ensuring Teams Project Channels are up to date and well maintained e.g., all project documentation added with version control in place, stakeholder and committee records, and all logs and registers are current.

Leadership and Relationships
• Leadership of internal project team allocated to the project, this includes business SMEs and IT resources.
• Maintain strong external relationships with key stakeholders that include business SMEs external to the project team, senior managers, and executives.
• Ensure projects are delivered within agreed parameters and Wilson Group project management methodology.
• Work with other Wilson Business stakeholders to support organisational business objectives including:
• Active participation in team and departmental activities to support and drive continuous improvement.
• Regular liaison and constructive collaboration with internal stakeholders.
• Respond to external enquiries within agreed timeframes.
• Be an advocate for change, actively promoting projects and the benefits the resulting change will bring to the business.

Profile
• 5+ years' direct work experience in a IT project management capacity, including all aspects of process development and execution.
• Strong familiarity with project management frameworks such as PMBOK, Prince2 or Agile.
• Strong familiarity with project management and collaboration software such as MS Project, MS Teams and SharePoint
• Demonstrated experience in identifying key project problems and working with stakeholders to prepare and commit to action plans.
• Demonstrated experience in preparing and presenting project delivery strategies, plans and other relevant activities to diverse groups including business, technical management, and testers.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills and the ability to deal effectively with both technical and non-technical people, at all levels.
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail.
• Effective leadership, coordination, motivational, negotiation and dispute resolution skills.
• Flexible and responsive to change, operating at a high pace.
• Stakeholder engagement skills including strong influencing and relationship skills and the ability to liaise and partner closely with internal business unit leaders.
• Excellent problem solving and critical thinking skills.
• Ability to bring a project to successful completion through political sensitivity.

Job Offer

-Attractive annual base salary between $130,000 - $150,000 + 11% superannuation
-Hybrid working environment (3 days in the office, 2 days remote/WFH)
-Ongoing training and opportunities are also on offer to those looking for continuous development.

How to apply

To find out more about this exciting opportunity and have a confidential discussion, please email directly at [email protected] or call me on 0473 109 501 .

To submit your application please apply now!

Successful applicants can expect a recruitment process that consists of initial screening and interview conducted by Adecco, before being submitted for client interview, and background checks (medical, police check, and reference).