Job No.: 677776

Location: Melbourne CBD

Employment Type: Full-time

Duration: 12-month fixed-term appointment

Remuneration: $116,075 - $128,126 pa HEW Level 08 (plus 17% employer superannuation)

• Amplify your impact at a world top 50 University
• Join our inclusive, collaborative community
• Be surrounded by extraordinary ideas - and the people who discover them

The Opportunity

Is your goal to drive sustainable finance initiatives and manage complex, cross-system projects? We’re looking for a dynamic Senior Project Manager to lead the end-to-end delivery of our innovative programs.

Why You'll Love This Role:

• Impactful Work: Collaborate with global financial systems to achieve strategic business outcomes.
• Leadership Opportunities: Provide expert advice and support change initiatives, while potentially supervising a growing team.
• Diverse Responsibilities: From project conception to final delivery, you'll manage all aspects of project management, including planning, resource allocation, and risk mitigation.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Build and maintain strong partnerships with key stakeholders, ensuring project success through effective communication and collaboration.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage projects using current methodologies, ensuring timely and budget-friendly delivery.
• Implement change management strategies to support project outcomes.
• Source and assign project resources, including managing contracts with external providers.
• Provide expert advice to senior management on complex project issues.
• Transform project requirements into structured plans with clear deliverables and success metrics.
• Prepare comprehensive reports and presentations for senior management.
• Network and liaise with stakeholders to support project objectives.
• Identify and mitigate project risks and issues.

What you’ll need to succeed:

• Excellent project management skills with a proven record of successfully managing all aspects of medium to large scale projects
• Advanced computer literacy, particularly with current project management software
• Experience in finance or sustainable finance, or a strong interest and proven ability to quickly grasp key issues within the industry
• High-level relationship management and consulting skills with the ability to interact, influence and negotiate with a variety of stakeholders
• Well-developed planning and organisational skills with the proven ability to establish priorities, allocate resources and meet deadlines
• Professional communication experience especially in preparing documentation and delivering effective presentations

Are you ready to make a difference in sustainable finance? Apply now and be part of a team that's reshaping the future!

About Monash University

At Monash, work feels different. There’s a sense of belonging, from contributing to something groundbreaking – a place where great things happen.

We value difference and diversity, and welcome and celebrate everyone's contributions, lived experience and expertise. That’s why we champion an inclusive and respectful workplace culture where everyone is supported to succeed.

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Monash supports flexible and hybrid working arrangements. We have a range of policies in place enabling staff to combine work and personal commitments. This includes supporting parents.

To Apply

Please submit a current copy of your resume along with a cover letter in which you address how you meet the Key Selection Criteria.

For instructions on how to apply, please refer to 'How to apply for Monash Jobs'.

Diversity is one of our greatest strengths at Monash. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, culturally and linguistically diverse people, people with disabilities, neurodivergent people, and people of all genders, sexualities, and age groups.

We are committed to fostering an inclusive and accessible recruitment process at Monash. If you need any reasonable adjustments, please contact us at [email protected] in an email titled 'Reasonable Adjustments Request' for a confidential discussion.

Your employment is contingent upon the satisfactory completion of all pre-employment and/or background checks required for the role, as determined by the University.

Enquiries: Ryan Cook, Program Impact Manager, Climateworks Centre, contact [email protected], using the subject line: Senior Project Manager - Sustainable Finance enquiry via EthicalJobs.

Position Description: Senior Project Manager.