Project Manager, New South Wales Government

We are looking for a Project Manager in New South Wales Government, Australia.

As the Project Manager, your role will be to manage a range of projects and initiatives over their full lifecycle, within the Department's Project Management Excellence (PME) framework and the Government's procurement environment. In the role, you will:

• assist the director or senior project director on project delivery in respect of infrastructure build projects
• independently project manage the delivery of major, large-scale projects and initiatives
• establish project governance and reporting requirements
• initiate and maintain effective stakeholder management and communications, using informal and formal channels of communication
• develop, implement and manage appropriate project controls
• provide specialist professional advice, leadership and guidance to the project team members and provide day-to-day delegation of work packages.

About you

As our ideal candidate, you will have:

• experience working in a large scale cultural institution infrastructure project delivery environment
• demonstrated knowledge and experience in managing the successful delivery of projects through the full project lifecycle, preferably in a public sector procurement environment (or similar)
• experience in applying structured project management methods, with a preference for PRINCE2
• experience in using relevant project management tools such as MS Project
• outstanding leadership skills with the ability to problem solve to ensure positive outcomes in a project environment.
• The ability to negotiate with communities and navigate politics is a must have

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