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Save the Children International Project Manager Australia Save the Children Jobs 2024

Save the Children International looking for “Project Manager”. Applicants with an Advanced degree may apply on or before 19-Jul-24.

The Save the Children International has published a job vacancy announcement on 09/07/2024 for qualified applicants to fill in the vacant post of Project Manager to be based in Melbourne , Australia. For more jobs, please visit https://unjoblink.org

Company Name: Save the Children International

Job Title: Project Manager

Duty Station: Melbourne , Australia

Country: Australia

Application Deadline: 19-Jul-24

Responsibilities:

Tracking Code

4577-689

Job Description

There’s something special about spending your days alongside like-minded people, just as committed to purposeful work as you. At Save the Children Australia, we attract bright and big-hearted people who are inspired to make a difference. Together, we are fearless in our pursuit of making lasting change for the children and communities who need it most.

 

Save the Children and 54 reasons: A place where your purpose matters.

It takes all types of personalities and talents to drive our organisation– yours included. We value a healthy work-life balance and ensure our people feel connected to each other and our impact. Learn from inspiring people and grow from a connection to our strong local and global networks. From our programs to our support services – this is the place to realise your purpose.

A place to make a difference:

Here you’re empowered to make a difference in children’s lives by learning, sharing and collaborating to find new ways to solve problems.In this full time, 2 year maximum term role, you’ll work as a part of our Group Operations team in our brand new Melbourne CBD head office to help us create lasting change for children everywhere. The Project Manager plays an important role in delivering on our vision of a better world for children. Whether it’s being responsible for supporting the successful delivery of operational and technology projects in Save the Children Australia’s project pool or working closely with the technology team and business and product owners to deliver projects, you’ll be contributing to our commitment to children in Australia, the Pacific and around the world.

 

You will make a difference by performing the below duties:

· Project Management: Managing the end-to end delivery of strategic projects, focusing on technology implementations and continuous improvement.

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· Data Hub Project Execution: Lead and execute projects to support our Data Hub initiative, ensuring effective gathering and documentation.

· Requirements Gathering: Plan and conduct requirements gathering sessions using techniques like workshops and user surveys, interviews, documenting outcomes thoroughly.

· Stakeholder Collaboration: Partner with Business and Service Owners to develop minimum acceptance criteria and ensure milestone completion

· Change Management and Adoption: Lead the adoption of modern change delivery methods (e.g., MoSCoW, MVP, Kanban, Scrum) and create change activities to support stakeholder adaptation.

 

A place to feel valued:

Your deep expertise in successfully managing projects from planning through to execution, delivering on time/on budget and working closely with cross-functional project teams is invaluable. We recognise your contribution and provide you the support to ensure you can bring your best, knowing here you have the space and opportunity to grow.

 

Bringing your best every day, means having:

· Proven ability to navigate and thrive in complex change and project delivery environments.

· Experience working closely with Technology teams and an ability to facilitate communication and collaboration between technology and business teams

· Strong business requirements collection, and process/workflow analysis skills including understanding of traceability

· Proven experience of using and leading change management activities including change impact assessment, stakeholder management, managing resistance, building change capacity

 

Ideally, you will also possess experience in Human Centred Design / UX design, experience with SaaS and cloud technology solutions & Agile Project Management/Scrum Master Experience.

 

A place to belong:

It takes all types of people to do the challenging work we do. We are diverse personalities, backgrounds and talents, embracing our differences as one strong and united team. We see and celebrate the unique value you bring to our organisation, and offer a range of rewards for your effort, including:

· Opportunity to work on additional projects to enable you to stretch and feel connected to programs in a different way

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· Individual learning plans to help map and deliver on your career development.

· Internal employment and development opportunities

· A modern, up to date working space. Or the opportunity to work from home (WFH), or both!

· Kids are welcome! We understand the demands of working parents and we have safe, accessible spaces where our little people can relax while their mums or dads help other children and families,

· Support for workplace wellness, including access to our free, confidential Employee Wellbeing Program

· Celebrate and feel supported in your diversity. We’ve established internal networks to support our diverse workforce, foster inclusion and allow you to bring your whole self to work (if that’s what you want!) (Pride@Save, Parents and Carers@Save, Mental Wellness Alliance, Disability@Save, First Nations Advisory Commitee).

· Full salary packaging benefits (please use this link to see how much this benefit could mean to you!)

· Extra leave to use in a range of ways to ensure you’re able to perform at your optimum

Follow this link for the full list of our employee benefits.

 

Does this sound like the place for you?

We’d love to hear from you. Submit your cover letter and resume below.

 

Applications close 4pm AEST, Friday 19^th July 2024. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis and the ad may close before the scheduled date should we find a suitable candidate, so don’t delay in submitting your application!

 

Position Description – Project Manager

For more information about this position, please contact Raehanna Reed on Raehanna.reed@savethechildren.org.au. Or for more information about a career at Save, visit our Careers Page.

 

*We understand the need for work-life balance. We’ve advertised this role as full time, maximum term but if you’re looking for something different, please let us know. We offer flexible hours, remote working, and individual flexibility plans to ensure we’re providing you a personalised career.

 

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We have tested our application process with diverse groups in mind, with the intent to ensure it’s straightforward and accessible for all to apply. Diversity and inclusion are fundamental to our culture and improve our ability to reach our most vulnerable client groups. But we also know there is no one-size fits-all when it comes to recruitment – so if we didn’t quite hit the mark for you, please let us know at people.culture@savethechildren.org.au. We’re dedicated to ensuring Save the Children Australia is a place where everyone can feel supported – no matter your race, ethnicity, gender, age, disability, sexuality, neurodiversity, culture and beliefs.

 

Save the Children Australia is a child-safe organisation. All employees are required to undergo a National Police Check, a Working with Children Check, and sign our Child Safeguarding Policy and Code of Conduct. We also support the Inter-Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. You can read about the Scheme and our commitment to Safeguarding here.

 

Save the Children is committed to providing and maintaining a safe working environment for its employees and client groups, consistent with our obligations under OH&S legislation.

 

If you are having any issues with uploading your application for this role, please contact people.culture@savethechildren.org.au for further support.

Job Location

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia