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Project Manager - Flexible Location

Life Without Barriers (National)
  • 12 Month Maximum Term Full Time

About the Organisation

Make a real difference in the lives of vulnerable Australians with this unique opportunity to provide both corporate expertise and community support. With a focus on people, not profit, Life Without Barriers’ corporate services team partners with our direct support staff, clients, and their families to ensure we continue our mission to change lives for the better.  If a truly inclusive, collaborative, and fast-paced work environment sounds like your next career move, this is an opening not to be missed.

Life Without Barriers is a leading social purpose, not for profit organisation of 8,000 employees working in more than 500 communities across Australia. We support children, young people and families, people with disability, older people, and people with mental illness. We work with people who are homeless, refugees and asylum seekers.   

We want to employ people who reflect the diversity of our clients to ensure we can support each client's individual needs and wants. We encourage people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background and people with disability to apply.

About the role

Newly created position, providing strategic and tactical project management in implementing transformative initiatives including practice improvement and the inclusion of client voice within our Victorian Disability Accommodation Services.

This is a 12-month maximum term full time contract which can be located anywhere in Australia. However, given the focus of the projects will initially be based in Melbourne and will include consultation with clients and families, the successful candidate may be expected to travel if located in interstate.

Key Responsibilities

  • Successfully manage the development, planning, execution, and delivery of projects in supporting the change program within the Victorian Disability Accommodation Services
  • Develop project briefs and service proposals which describe scope, deliverables, high level solution options, project plan, and identify resources estimates and skills required
  • Manage and track project meetings and ensure that deliverables meet planned timelines
  • Promote a culture of successful project delivery via effective planning and management strategies
  • Prepare Project Status reports
  • Identify project risks and mitigation strategies and communicate these as required.

Skills & Experience

  • Proven project management experience in high demand environments with sound knowledge of Project Management methodologies and best practice
  • Demonstrated experience in supporting high-level projects and project delivery in a national, large or high transactional organisation
  • Demonstrated experience in managing competing priorities and to deliver outcomes within agreed timeframes and quality standards
  • Ability to identify workable solutions in applied settings
  • Strong analytical ability and attention to detail
  • Strong influencing and relationship building skills

Successful candidates will be required to clear all state-based probity checks; including but not limited to a National Criminal History Record Check and NDIS Worker Screening Check.

Please note: To be considered for and appointed to a position at Life Without Barriers, you must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or hold a valid medical exemption certificate. You will be required to provide evidence of your vaccination status during the recruitment process.

Benefits:

  • Opportunity to work for one of Australia’s largest, national, leading social purpose organisations
  • Work from anywhere, including your own home
  • Up to $15,900 of your annual salary tax free
  • Monthly rostered days off

How to Apply

Include your resume and covering letter in one document, click ‘Apply’ and follow the prompts. For any enquiries including persons with disability that require adjustments, contact Mikaella Latimore at [email protected], using the subject line: Project Manager - Flexible Location enquiry via EthicalJobs.

Life Without Barriers supports the Royal Commission into violence, abuse, neglect, and exploitation of people with disability. We believe people with disability need to be heard and for these experiences to influence how support services like ours are delivered. View our statement here https://bit.ly/2GzZGWA

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