Project Manager at Mission Australia

• Full Time, Permanent Role offering $130,000 + Super + Salary Packaging
• Location: National Office, Sydney
• Hybrid role offering Work from Home options

Life at Mission Australia

When you join the team at Mission Australia, you become part of a community who are determined to end homelessness and ensure people in need can thrive. United by our Christian purpose and values, we stand together with anyone who needs us, for as long as they need us. Find out more about us and our purpose.

Your Opportunity

Our Project Management office has an opportunity to available for a Project Manager to support our Corporate Services teams. This role offers variety in your day-to-day tasks seeing you manage and execute multiple projects at once varying from Service Design, Business Cases to Building new Missions Australia Sites and Services. As the Project Manager you will be responsible for the end-to-end execution of the projects and will work closely with your team and the business to manage and influence key stakeholders across our organisation.

Your key responsibilities will be to:

• Develop key project management deliverables (including but not limited to project management plan, quality plan, project scope and project plan)
• Seek input from relevant teams, scope and plan projects identifying activities, tasks and deliverables, milestones, constraints, dependencies, issues, risks, etc. to enable successful delivery of stated objectives
• Manage project delivery, including issues, risks and dependencies in accordance with the plan and ensure change management procedures are adhered to
• Provide accurate timely reporting of financial, risk, and overall project status to relevant stakeholders across the organisation
• Develop, contribute to and update the project business case and provide guidance to the business regarding business case development
• Prepare presentations and other collateral for stage gate approvals, governance & other relevant purposes and ensure all appropriate approvals are obtained

• Ensure that project-related organisation change management impacts (people, process and technology) are understood, communicated and managed appropriately
• Facilitate strategic ideas into tangible deliverables

Requirements for Success

• 5+ years’ in a similar Project Management role with significant and demonstrated experience in components of multiple implementations
• Excellent stakeholder liaison skills in controlling the planning and implementation of multiple projects
• Ability to build strong partnerships across business units with great negotiation skills
• Clear concise engaging communication style
• Strong Project methodology execution skills
• Experience with some or all the following systems: Prince 2, Waterfall, Agile, Microsoft Suite (including Project Management Software, Excel & Visio)
• Change Management experience is highly desirable

Before starting work with us, you will need to undertake a national police history check, qualifications, and referee checks, and have a clearance to work with children/vulnerable people. 

Our culture  

Our innovative and inclusive culture will ensure you feel valued at Mission Australia as you help Australians in need and develop in your career.  

We’re committed to the safety and wellbeing of each other and the people we serve. 

 We recognise and respect diversity. So, whoever you are, if you’re skilled and actively support our purpose and values, you would be welcome at Mission Australia. 

 Find out more about a career with Mission Australia. 

 We encourage applications from people with disability and Indigenous Australians.

If you have a disability and need support to submit your application, please email talentattraction@missionaustralia.com.au. 

Your benefits

• Rewarding work – every day you know you’re making a real difference

• Not-for-profit salary packaging, reducing your tax (details via AccessPay)
• Generous discounts with health insurance and major retailers 
• Free external, confidential counselling and access to chaplaincy support.
• Extra leave available including an additional public holiday and the opportunity to purchase further annual leave

 How to apply 

Click “Apply now”. We will respond to your application. 

Applications are shortlisted as they are received. Please apply as soon as possible to be considered.