Project Management Lead

Do you like to lead the delivery of corporate-wide projects? Can you drive and influence project delivery and enact change? If so we want to hear from you!
Our organisation

We exist to deliver reliable, high-quality water, wastewater and waste recovery services to ensure the economy and liveability of the central Gippsland region.

We are focused on:

Maintaining affordable quality water and wastewater services for our customers
Our sustainable future and future of the region
Continuing to strengthen the important role we play in our local communities.
There are many benefits in working for us, we offer:

Competitive salary
Ongoing training and development opportunities
Work variety
A positive environment
Work/life balance, with the opportunity to negotiate flexible working arrangements.
We focus on building the capability and culture of our people into a more highly skilled, professional, customer focused and efficient organisation.

Our reward and recognition framework has been developed to support a constructive culture and is focused on consistently recognising and encouraging the demonstration of our values as well as outstanding performance.

We do truly meaningful work within a supportive and inclusive culture that encourages you to make the most of your talents.


The role

The Project Management Lead partners with the business to plan and deliver a suite of corporate projects in alignment with our strategy, corporate plan and Portfolio Management Framework. These projects support transformation and deliver value to our internal and external customers.


What you’ll bring

A relevant tertiary qualification and experience in project management.
Demonstrated leadership and experience in end-to-end delivery of corporate and technology projects including preparation of project briefs, resource planning, management of quality (scope), systems and processes, and governance.
Ability to actively identify, document, monitor and escalate risks, actions, issues, and decisions (RAID).
Ability to provide timely high-level advice to management on project related issues that show understanding of technology integration and broader architecture.
Skills to liaise and work with a wide range of internal stakeholders including facilitating meetings and workshops to collaboratively deliver projects.
Experience delivering technical components of projects whilst ensuring alignment with change management activities to support people during the change.

Freedom

We offer a variety of flexible arrangements to suit our employees varied needs and the business, including purchased leave, varied start and finish times, working from alternative locations and accrued days off. We understand that Gippsland Water and our customers benefit from enabling our employees to achieve balance in work and life.


How to apply

For specific enquiries relating to this position, please contact Elisabeth Howson, Transformation and Delivery Lead on 0436 +67 77+.

We will be reviewing applications as they are received.

Applications close on Monday 5 May 2025.

Before applying, we encourage you to read the position description and reach out to us.

If you are excited about this opportunity, please submit a cover letter along with a copy of your current resume.

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