Corporate PMO Manager

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Work type: Permanent Full Time
Classification: MSP
Categories: Business Strategy & Improvement

About the role
As the leader of the PMO centre of excellence, you will lead the establishment of consistent program and project governance practices and ways of working across the organisation. You will also oversee a portfolio of corporate programs and projects including the implementation of the City’s Service Planning Framework by establishing and leading the Service Review Program of work from prioritisation through to program and project coordination, management, and delivery. 

Key responsibilities include:

• Developing departmental capabilities to meet the requirements of its future strategic goals.
• Establishing and managing a centralised project management system to provide visibility, reporting, and control over the City's programs and projects, to aid prioritisation and governance.
• Leading the planning, engagement, and procurement process with external organisations to deliver service reviews, while coordinating internal subject matter experts, and service delivery and enablement leaders.
• Motivating and providing strong operational leadership to the department by fostering an inclusive, customer focused and accountable culture.
• Managing and coaching a team of leaders and professionals.
• Developing and implementing a standardised project governance framework based on project size and risk, that is applicable to all projects across the City’s PMOs, conduct periodic reviews of the framework to ensure it remains relevant and effective.
• Develop a comprehensive program plan for the implementation of the City’s Service Planning framework, guiding the coordination while providing valuable inputs in the development as a PM subject matter expert.
• Lead the establishment, program coordination and management of a service review program.
• Guide the design and implementation of standardised reporting systems across all PMOs that generate dashboards for monitoring and effective reports.
• Manage and balance the needs of key stakeholders to ensure department priorities are met and the services provided to customers by the team meet customer expectations.
• Provide subject matter or expert advice to the Directorate, ELT, and other leaders across the organisation. 
• Manage and optimise the allocation of resources within the PMO, ensuring efficient utilisation of the capabilities across the priority projects.
• Implement robust monitoring and reporting mechanisms to track project performance, presenting regular updates to executive leadership.

About you
To be successful in this role, you will have demonstrated program or project management office experience with the ability to lead large, complex projects to quality outputs, within tight deadlines and budget.

• A tertiary qualification in Project Management, Business, or related field and significant professional experience in Project/ Program Management in a comparable organisation.
• Senior leadership experience in leading a Program Management Office.
• Demonstrated project management experience with the ability to lead large, complex projects to quality outputs, within tight deadlines and budget.
• Strong knowledge of project management methodologies, tools, and best practices.
• Demonstrated experience in establishing project reporting systems and in planning and delivering service review projects.
• Demonstrated people management skills to support, influence and foster a productive team culture.
• Accomplished negotiation, writing, presentation and public speaking skills to influence stakeholders and achieve support for department outcomes.
• Well-developed problem solving and stakeholder management skills with the ability to build cooperation and partnerships.
• Proven track of leading teams through change ensuring strong stakeholder engagement throughout the process. 
• Demonstrated skills in business planning and management, budget development, financial and resource management, and complex reporting in accordance with strategic goals and KPIs.
• Experience in utilising project management software tools.

If this sounds like the role for you, then click apply now 

Create our future together at the City of Greater Geelong
At the City of Greater Geelong, we are committed to working together for a thriving community. We do this by delivering over 130 services to our rapidly growing population and working hard to protect and improve what it is that makes Greater Geelong on Wadawurrung Country such a great place to live, work and study.

We’re going through an exciting period of change that will help us serve our community better. From digital modernisation to the contemporary, sustainable office we've built in Central Geelong, now more than ever is a great time to join our team at the City of Greater Geelong.

Our Community is made up of diverse people from all walks of life, and it’s important to us that our workforce represents and celebrates this strength.

We encourage great people from all backgrounds to join us. We encourage authenticity, because inclusion makes us stronger. 

If you’re excited about working together to create a Clever and Creative Greater Geelong, and joining a workplace where all people can thrive, then hit apply – we’d love to meet you

We particularly welcome and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with diverse culture and linguistic backgrounds and people with disability.

A career with us
Central Geelong-based City employees are now based in our new Civic Precinct, Wurriki Nyal. Meaning ‘speak and talk together’ in local Wadawurrung language. Wurriki Nyal sets the benchmark for what a sustainable, inclusive and culturally safe workplace can be, including industry leading sustainability standards, a flexible and people-focused design, safe and inclusive spaces and public realm.

We’re committed to supporting better accessibility for our customers and our people. We encourage you to talk to us about any adjustments or additional support you may require during the recruitment process, as well as how this role can be flexible for you. 

We offer:

• salary sacrificing and novated lease options
• cultural and ceremonial leave
• study leave
• paid parental leave (16 weeks primary and six weeks secondary) and superannuation payments on all 52 weeks primary parental leave
• IVF, surrogate and miscarriage bereavement leave
• training and career development opportunities
• a healthy and safe environment
• our employee wellbeing program
• corporate membership rates at Swim Sport and Leisure facilities
• unlimited access to LinkedIn Learning 

Applications and Enquiries

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Advertised: 16 May 2024 5:00 PM AUS Eastern Standard Time
Applications close: 02 Jun 2024 11:55 PM AUS Eastern Standard Time

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