Job Summary
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- Job posted on: 14th Apr 2021
You're a passionate Agile practitioner excited about taking Save the Children, who is relatively new to agile, on the agile project management journey. You have demonstratable operational planning skills. Strategic, but still amply able to roll your sleeves up and lead a project through all stages. You thrive on developing collaborative relationships and are equally comfortable supporting a project team as you are working with senior executives. You're a leader with experience coaching partially allocated team members who have little agile experience.
We're ambitious, creative and outspoken. We stand up for children's rights. We want all children to be educated, healthy and live a life free from violence. We run programs in Australia and overseas and, if there's a disaster - like an earthquake, drought or conflict - we are there on the ground.
In this fixed-term position (3-5 days per week for 9 months, with potential for extension), based in Carlton, you'll be a core contributor to the delivery of projects from within the Save the Children Australia portfolio. The portfolio is central to driving strategic change and innovation. It incorporates a variety of small and large-scale projects delivering everything from system implementations and process improvement through to business model diversification and mergers and acquisitions. You'll be part of our Strategy and Transformation team and report to our Director of Strategy and Transformation.
You will make an impact by:
You have a proven track record in delivering critical and complex projects with the ability to bring creative solutions and process improvements to the table. You're an adaptable, highly organised all-rounder, with a high level of attention to detail and a collaborative and can-do manner. You're agile and willing to shift focus when priorities change and are equally comfortable working in a team environment or independently on prioritised tasks.
This role requires:
It's the feeling of knowing that your work is contributing to making the world a better place for children and working with others who feel the same. In addition to a connection to social causes, you will have access to:
We'd love to hear from you. Submit your cover letter and resume by clicking on one of the buttons in the 'Apply' section.
Position Description - Project Manager
At Save the Children, we seek a workforce that is as diverse as our society - in ethnicity, gender, age, sexuality, cultures and beliefs - and reflects the communities we work in. We believe diversity and inclusion are fundamental to our culture and core values and we demonstrate this commitment through all our employment practices. Our inclusive workplace culture contributes to making Save the Children a great place to work. We encourage people from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander backgrounds to apply.
Save the Children Australia is a child-safe organisation. All employees are required to undergo a National Police Check, a Working with Children Check(where necessary), and sign our Child Safeguarding Policy and Code of Conduct.
Save the Children Australia supports the Inter-Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. If you are successful in your application, we will request consent to access HR held information pertaining to your last 5 years of employment. You can read about the Scheme and our commitment to Safeguarding here.