• Establish a new PMO within Australia's largest national provider of autism-specific educational services
• Maximum term 3 year contract, full time role
• Excellent tax effective PBI salary packaging benefits
• Based in Frenchs Forest, NSW

Aspect is committed to providing an autism friendly workplace and supporting an inclusive and diverse workforce. It is through this commitment that we encourage and welcome applicants from all backgrounds to apply.

Aspect's School Network: 

Autism Spectrum Australia (Aspect) has grown to become Australia's largest national educational program for children on the autism spectrum.  Aspect currently has 9 independent schools operating across 50 locations in NSW and South Australia that cater for over 1,200 students. We have more than 100 specialist Autism classes hosted on the grounds of partnership schools in less specialised settings.

About the role: 

This newly created position is an exciting opportunity to establish a Project Management Office within Aspect, and play a key role in supporting the organisation to deliver on significant growth plans and an existing, varied multi-million dollar project portfolio. The PMO Manager will review, implement and manage the project management framework by refining and developing strategies, standardised processes, policies, tools and systems, in order to build project management capability across Aspect that supports the delivery of the organisation’s core strategies.

Working closely with the Executive and other key stakeholders, the PMO Manager will ensure a consistent project management approach is adopted and delivers continued benefits across all parts of the organisation. To view the full position profile, please click here.

Key Responsibilities: 

• Utilise, review and refine the agreed tools and templates used to implement Aspect’s PMO framework.
• Provide both strategic and tactical project management advice and reports to the Aspect Executive regarding major capital projects.
• In particular, work closely with the Head of Property and the Development and Acquisitions team, to provide project management that supports timely delivery of the Aspect Education Capital Plan (2019-2024) to ensure grants received can be acquitted in a timely manner.
• Work with Aspect managers and teams to build their capability around project management including coaching and practical support in planning and reporting.
• Identify key stakeholders and project dependencies, and work with relevant departments to ensure plans can be carried out effectively and dependencies are resolved timely and within agreed budget.
• Develop and utilise appropriate reporting tools to provide timely and accurate financial and performance reporting.
• Identify risks affecting the delivery of project outcomes and where necessary deploy contingencies to ensure completion of projects.

Skills, experience and qualifications:

• At least five years’ experience in project management, with demonstrated effective leadership and management of change
• Knowledge of WHS legislation, regulations and codes
• Demonstrated effective self-leadership
• High-level knowledge of dedicated project management tools and relevant MS applications including Visio, MS Project, Excel and Word.
• Tertiary qualifications in project management, business or other relevant qualification
• NSW Working with Children Check clearance for paid employment

A National Police Check clearance is a requirement and Aspect will arrange this. 

What we offer: 

A competitive package will be based on relevant qualifications and experience. As a Public Benevolent Institution (PBI), Aspect employees receive tax-effective salary packaging opportunities including $15,899 each year tax free, increasing the value of your take-home pay. Click here for a summary of some of the benefits you can access when working at Aspect.

To apply: 

Please include your resume, a cover letter and complete the candidate questionnaire as part of Aspect's online recruitment process.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are encouraged to apply.

Enquiries should be directed to: Madeleine Peace, Inclusion and Recruitment Manager on 0411 382 617.

More information about Aspect: www.autismspectrum.org.au.

Autism Spectrum Australia (Aspect) is committed to providing an environment free from abuse, neglect and exploitation of the people we support.