The University of Notre Dame Australia Careers

Project Coordinator, IT

Project Coordinator, IT
Based in either Sydney or Fremantle campus
Full-time opportunity, Continuing Contract

• Join a national university committed to excellence in education, scholarship and research
• Supportive Staff and work environment
• HEW Level 6 $88,988 to $94,182 pa (Base) Fremantle + 14.25% superannuation
• HEW Level 6 $99,474 to $107,690 pa (Base) Sydney + 14.25% superannuation

About the university

The University of Notre Dame Australia is a private Catholic University with over 1,000 permanent staff providing an exceptional educational experience to over 12,000 students across our Fremantle, Broome, and Sydney campuses, as well as clinical schools in Victoria and New South Wales.

About the office/school

Our Information Technology Office is committed to fostering a culture of innovation and engagement across the University. We serve as trusted advisors, proactively identifying and prioritising continuous improvement
initiatives and delivering impactful digital technology changes. Our goal is to ensure a resilient and forward-thinking IT environment that consistently meets the evolving needs of our community.
 
About the role

The Project Coordinator will be responsible for coordination and administration of a varied and diverse portfolio of IT and Technology-centric projects that underpin the Universities student and staff experience. With demonstrated skills in resource management, scheduling, and prioritisation, you will collaborate with cross functional teams to ensure successful delivery of the project portfolio. Working with IT Project Managers in building robust project schedules that can be used to effectively manage resources and forecast costs, you will support the delivery of the IT Portfolio to ensure high quality outcomes for UNDA students and staff, whilst assisting in developing and maturing the project management and delivery practices and tools.

Key Responsibilities

• Developing and maturing demand and delivery practices and processes, including workflows, JIRA service management, and prioritisation.
• Supporting Project Managers through the whole project lifecycle, particularly providing project templates, checklists, best practices, use of service management tooling and lessons learnt documentation to ensure all projects are managed consistently and PMs are enabled to manage documentation effectively.
• Coordinate and facilitate communication between cross functional teams.
• Monitoring and reporting on portfolio progress, escalating early identification and correction of portfolio-level issues that may impact performance.
• Develop, review, and oversee the processes associated with progress reporting, proposals, and presentations across the portfolio in addition to suggesting and implementing improvements.

Qualifications, skills & experience

• A degree with subsequent relevant experience, or extensive experience and specialist expertise or broad knowledge in technical or administrative fields, or an extensive combination of relevant experience and or/ education/ training.
• Demonstrated experience in supporting enterprise-level technology projects and programs.
• Expertise in risk management, issue resolution, resource management and activity prioritisation

Benefits

• Generous training and development opportunities
• Friendly and collaborative working environment
• Fast paced environment with opportunity for professional growth

How to apply

Please apply online with a resume and cover letter outlining your suitability for the role.

Previous applicants need not apply.

Applications closing date: 10 December 2024

For further information on how to apply, please visit: How to apply | Notre Dame

Applicants are expected to have current and valid work rights in Australia.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are encouraged to apply.      

The University of Notre Dame Australia seeks to increase the diversity of our workforce to better meet the different needs of the University and its stakeholders and to improve equal opportunity outcomes for our staff.

Contact us

Please direct your queries regarding this role to Tripti, Tripti.shukla@nd.edu.au

Unsolicited contact from recruitment agencies will not be entertained.