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Job Name

Senior Project Manager: To manage a number of WebSphere portal upgrades.

Senior Project Manager: Managing Infrastructure

Australian Tax Office-Executive Level 2: Project Manager, Health and People Management Review

Senior Project manager: Managing investments

Junior Poject Manger: Direct marketing and Web soultions

Brief description

Project managers have versatile roles and can be found in any industry, whether in finance or manufacturing. In general, a project manager is given the responsibility for the overall success of the project.

The project manager has to accomplish tasks such as overall objectives, goals and budgets. Furthermore, they do not necessarily have to complete these tasks on their own and tend to manage a team of staff that assists with the completion of these jobs. Therefore, efficient and effective management is required from project managers because they are held accountable if the project is not performing well or a failure. (lifecyclestep.com, 2007).

A project manager is a facilitator. Their key role is to ensure that the members of their software project team are aware of their job and can perform it. A project manager works closely with management to ensure the required resources and support are provided. Often they will also be the team mediator who deals with team issues that impact negatively upon the teams productivity. The project manager is responsible for making decisions in such a way that risk is controlled and uncertainty is minimized (Mariosalexandrou, 6th August, 2007) 

The essential skill is have a broad understanding of the current technolgy environment to implemant security controls for ICT systems.(youthcentral.vic.gov.au, 12th august, 2007)

Australia's largest online digital media agency is looking for an experienced Sydney based Project Manager who will be responsible for delivering interactive projects on time and within budget. This position has expected growth opportunities to Senior Project Manager, Project Director.

The Senior Project Manager will be the driver for several mission-critical project across the organisation (e.g. search platforms, billing systems, CRM, infrastructure ...). Reporting directly to the organisation's IT Manager, your project management experience will be highly relied-upon as you ensure our client's systems meet the evolving need of their on-line industry.

My Client is a large privatised government organisation focused on managing and delivering the end-to-end delivery of large, strategic ICT projects, encompassing both applications and infrastructure projects.

Management and staff work together with a common purpose and shared objectives to achieve both the Government and organisational goal of delivering safe, secure, reliable and clean passenger transport services.  The culture is one that is safety based, customer focused and quality driven.(Mycareer.com.au, 16th August,2007).

My client, an award winning software vendor providing development services to high end clients currently seek a Project Manager to deliver a number of large and exciting projects for exciting high profile and well known clients.

The Australian Tax office is looking for a project manager in the review of the Health and People management area.  You will be involved in selecting a consultant, identifying areas for review and developing strategies to assist in improving occupational health and safety within the office.  To succeed in this role you will have knowledge and experience in HR practice or relevant corporate and learning management systems.  An influential communicator with strategic approach, you will demonstrate personal drive and integrity while delivering results. (www.apsjobs.gov.au, 16thAugust, 2007) The Australian Tax office is seeking a director for the national team, they will be in charge of approximately 45 employees who focus on low and medium complexity conduct, performance and health matters. The position also manages the Early Intervention team and the Case Support team. The area is newly established and the occupant of the position will need to work closely with the team and the other EL2s in Health and People Management to review current work practices and identify improvements. Stakeholder management and communication with clients are critical parts of this role. Knowledge of human resource management practices and legislation, with particular emphasis on health, safety and wellbeing, rehabilitation and performance management, is required. (www.ato.gov.au, 7thAugust, 2007).

Duties & responsibilities of this role

Roles

-  Deliver completed interactive projects on time and within budget

-  Develop budgets and schedules and monitor them during the project lifecycle

-  Ensure final deliverable meets the quality expectations of the stakeholders

-  Manage stakeholder expectations and communication flow

-  Manage and deliver Information Technology projects with various clients (Seek.com.au, 4th August, 2007)

-  Create IT project delivery plans and proposals (Seek.com.au, 4th August, 2007)

-  Coordinating project reporting across streams (Seek.com.au, 2007)

 Project Design

-  Controlling systems design and project planning activities related to large applications and infrastructure developments.

-  Controlling quality methodologies to ensure that IT solutions meet the required business and technical standards.

-  Managing complex/large ICT projects of critical strategic importance to the business.

-  Managing all associated project integration activities.

Project Management

-  Developing and controlling project schedules and planning activities to ensure modules and programs are completed according to established project milestones.

-  Managing and leading a team(s) of employees (up to 25 staff) in complex/large IT projects.

-  Managing all associated project integration activities (including contracted resources) and systems integration.

-  Establishing, managing and reporting on the project budget.

-  Analysing budget variances and recommending appropriate action.

-  Managing full testing and implementation activities to ensure a quality product is delivered.

 Project Mentoring

-  Mentoring ICT employees on relevant project management methodologies that ensure a consistent, professional approach to all ICT projects.

-  Providing leadership, guidance and support to project members so they have a clear understanding for the drivers and constraints on the project solution.

-  Providing leadership and communication to project members regarding all aspects of ICT strategies, plans, enterprise architecture, standards, policies, security, commercial, legal and statutory requirements.

-  Arranging for the training and development of other Project Managers and leading discussions with the virtual team.

-  Overseeing smaller outsourced ICT projects.

 Relationships

-  Coordinating and effectively communicating with other specialists, vendors, clients and senior management.

-  Negotiating project scope and liaising with business regularly.

-  Reporting project progress to management and business stakeholders. (Mycareer.com.au 16th August, 2007)

Leadership

-  Lead teams, mentor/advise Associate Project Managers and Assist Senior Project Managers

-  Manage the performance of staff within the project (Seek.com.au, 4th August, 2007)

-  Ensure proper project management and SDLC methodologies are followed (Seek.com.au, 4th August, 2007)

-  Set and enforce project management standards (Seek.com.au, 2007)

Scope and Risk Management

-  Identify and assess scope changes and their impact on the schedule and budget

-  Define and manage team expectations regarding scope of work and responsibilities

-  Early identification of any issues that could impede successful delivery

-  Quality and risk management (Seek.com.au, 4th August, 2007)

Budgeting / scheduling / quality / resource management

-  Co-ordinate across departments to manage day-to-day workflow to ensure timely delivery of projects within scope and budget

-  Develop and manage all production schedules, projections, specifications, and budgets for assigned jobs

-  Reconciliation and analysis of projected vs. actual time/budgets and control of any variances

-  Input of schedule, budget, assumptions, and scope considerations for all Statements of Work (SOW) and Change Orders

-  Participate in the Quality Assurance process to ensure projects are delivered to agreed upon specifications

-  Work together with Client Management to help identify new opportunities with clients

-  Establish budgets and forecast (Seek.com.au, 4th August, 2007)

-  Manage resource allocation and utilisation to ensure accurate project delivery (Seek.com.au, 4th August, 2007)

-  Collaborate with sales and support pre-sales activites (Seek.com.au, 4th August, 2007)

-  Manage and coordinate risks, issues and dependencies between work streams (Seek.com.au, 2007)

-  Provide central coordination and resource planning across all projects (Seek.com.au, 2007)

Asset Management

-  Accurately identify, obtain, and manage all necessary assets in a timely manner for projects

-  Coordinate appropriate legal releases for appropriate assets 

Duties:

-  Lead and manage the work and resources of a team of professionals to efficiently achieve business outcomes.

-  Lead projects to deliver short-term and long-term improvements using recognised project management processes.

-  Identify and analyse risks to the achievement of business outcomes and, with key stakeholders, develop strategies to address these risks (in line with a project management framework).

-  Provide assurance and advice on relevant policy areas and systems and oversee the operations of the Tax Office and Australian Valuation Office (AVO) payroll.

-  Identify and implement changes to improve business processes and enhance the client experience.

-  Establish, promote and maintain effective networks and relationships with both internal and external stakeholders and represent the area in relevant forums.

-  Lead and develop a geographically dispersed team and apply all relevant Tax Office policies including the taxpayers' charter. (www.ato.gov.au, 7th August, 2007)

Responsibilities:

1. Shapes strategic thinking

-  Inspires a sense of purpose and direction.

-  Focuses strategically.

-  Harnesses information and opportunities.

-  Shows judgment, intelligence and common sense.

2. Achieves results

-  Builds organisational capability and responsiveness.

-  Marshals professional expertise.

-  Ensures closure and delivers on intended results.

3. Exemplifies personal drive and integrity

-  Demonstrates public service professionalism and probity.

-  Engages with risk and shows personal courage.

-  Commits to action.

-  Displays resilience.

-  Demonstrates self-awareness and a commitment to personal development.

4. Cultivates productive working relationships

-  Nurtures internal and external relationships.

-  Facilitates cooperation and partnerships.

-  Values individual differences and diversity.

-  Guides, mentors and develops people.

5. Communicates with influence

-  Communicates clearly.

-  Listens, understands and adapts to audience.

-  Negotiates persuasively.

6. Knowledge and experience

-  Demonstrated knowledge and experience in HR practice and/or relevant corporate and learning management systems.

Job requirements

Generic skills required

-  Knowledge of project management methodology (e.g. WBS, Earned Value Analysis, risk & issue management, change management etc.) and software development methodology - SDLC (System Development Life Cycle)

-  Knowledge of collaboration tools, e.g. eRoom administration, iMeeting hosting, etc.

-  Project Management Professional (PMP) Certified advantagous

-  Demonstrate strong management, high productivity, excellent interpersonal and team motivation skills (Seek.com.au, 4th August, 2007)

-  Good team player with great communication skills (Seek.com.au, 4th August, 2007)

-  Extensive project management experience of multiple, complex ICT projects including controlling the planning and implementation of large ICT projects.

-  Demonstrated ability to establish and adhere to strict project timeframes.

-  Proven ability to develop project briefs, project plans and proposals for work

-  Gathering requirements and making estimates of resources, time and cost.

-  Proven experience in working in a team environment.

-  The ability to work autonomously within established methodologies and standards.

-  Proven written and oral communication skills and demonstrated effective customer liaison including effective leadership, coordination and influencing skills.

-  Negotiation and dispute resolution skills.

-  Strong conceptual and strategic planning abilities.

-  Planned and coordinated a program of work with several initatives of different priorities, timelines and resourcing needs (seek.com.au, 2007).

Work Experience

-  Minimum 3 years Web or IT Project Management experience

-  2 years project management experience on small to medium projects within a finance environment.

-  Commercial experience of 5 years minimum at a Project Manager level, responsible for IT projects over $1 million (Government project related experience preferred) (Seek.com.au, 4th August, 2007)

-  Hands-on experience of other Microsoft office suite of applications (Powerpoint, Word, Access, Visio, etc.).

-  Strong expertise in Microsoft Project and Excel.

-  Proficient in Microsoft applications such as Project, Word, Excel and Powerpoint (Seek.com.au, 2007)

-  Strong experience managing large Portal upgrade projects (preferably with IBM Websphere Portal & Websphere Workplace Content Management).

-  Strong experience in Project Planning, Project Monitoring & Control, Configuration Management, Requirements Management, Measurement and Analysis, Decision Analysis & Resolution, Risk Management, Supplier Management, Validation & Verification.

-  Experience with the management of large, complex projects experience coordinating cross function activities.

-  Experience with multi-vendor coordination.

-  Experience developing and supporting applications utilizing DB2.

-  Strong experience in the management of application & performance testing activities.

-  Proven track record in delivering complex IT solutions (Seek.com.au, 4th August, 2007).

-  Experience in managing project staff (Seek.com.au, 4th August, 2007).

-  Previous experience in finance (particularly accounting systems)  (Seek.com.au, 4th August, 2007).

-  Experience with software development and supervision of SDLC activities (Seek.com.au, 4th August, 2007).

-  Managed Commercial / Retail projects with the value of $25Mil+(Mycareer.com.au,7th August,2007).

-  Recent experience in a Financial Services environment (seek.com.au, 2007).

Academic Qualification

-   Batchelor of Arts / Batchelor of Science with a major in Computer Science, Organizational Design, or Business Administration an advantage.

-  Quality undergraduate degree in engineering, business, IT or science;  (Mycareer.com.au, 7th August,2007).

- Qualified accountant with good financial accounting understanding (Seek.com.au, 2007).

Other requirements

-  Australian Residents ONLY (Mycareer.com.au, 16 August,2007). 

PRINCE2 Certification

PRINCE2 stands for PRojects IN Controlled Environments and was first developed by the UK Government in 1989 to standardise the delivery of IT projects.  (www.ogc.gov.uk/methods_prince_2__benefits.asp, 20th August, 2007).  PRINCE2 is used extensively by some of the Commonwealth Departments such as areas in the Department of Defence for project delivery.  It is a management methodology that can be tailored to fit small and large project and provides the controls and processes needed to get the support and the resources you, as a project manager need, to sucessfully deliver a project.  PRINCE2 certification consists of 2 levels - Foundation and Practitioner. 

Although PRINCE2 is recognised worldwide, many organisations do not use PRINCE2 due to the management overhead that they perceive is involved.  This perception is unfounded in many areas as PRINCE2 processes can be structured to suit the organisation.

Salary

$208-234K (Seek.com.au, 2007)

$130-180K + super  (Mycareer.com.au, 16th August,2007)

Up to $130, 000 + super (Seek.com.au, 4th August, 2007)

$90 380 - 102, 468 plus super (www.apsjobs.gov.au, 16th August, 2007)

$140,000 pkg (Mycareer.com.au, 16th August,2007)

Base salary of $40,000. This is for a graduate 'enrty level' postion [mycareer.com,18^thAugust^ ^07] 

Industry/Organisation

 Job Sales & Marketing, IT Technical, Accounting & Finance and Support Staff across all levels of skill and experience.

IT industry: Peak Placements, private company.

Australian Tax Office, Government.

AIPM

The Australian Institute of Project Management(AIPM) is the peak body for project management in Australian. It is the only national project management body in Australian with chapters in each state and territory. What does AIPM do? AIPM try to help project manager improve their special skill, knowledge and competence to be a best project manager. ("Who is AIPM", EXCELLENCE IN PROJECT MANAGEMENT2006 P03)

Sector & Subsector: IT and Telecommunications: Project Manager for Infrastructure

Ambit RecruitmentT+O+M Recruitment is representing a leading investment bank from the private sector.

Job Listings

Website MyCreer (www.mycareer.com.au, 9th, July, 2007)Sector &
Subsector
IT and Telecommunications: Project Management,
IT and Telecommunications: Analyst / Programmer,
IT and Telecommunications: Consultant / Functional Consultant
Ref No.
375876
Work Type
Full Time
Location
Canberra CBD, ACT 2600
Date Posted
Mon 09/07/07
Closing Date
Not Specified

Ad Placed By  GEMTEQ Executive (www.gemteq.com.au, 9th, July, 2007)
 

Website: SEEK Australia's # 1 Job Site (http:///www.seek.com.aute: SEEK Australia's # 1 Job Site (http:///www.seek.com.au)

Sector & Subsector: IT and Telecommunications: Project Management
Date Posted: Wed 01/08/07

Closing Date: Not Specified

Ad Placed by: S2M Executive

Location: Sydney

Work Type: Full Time

Industry Type: Private

URL: http://it.seek.com.au/users/apply/index.ascx?Sequence=16&PageNumber=1&JobID=10083878\\

SEEK.com.au, Project Manager for Peak Placements, 4th August, 2007, http://it.seek.com.au/users/apply/index.ascx?Sequence=92&PageNumber=1&JobID=10069315

Website: PS Gazette (http://www.apsjobs.gov.au)

Sector: Australian Tax Office: Health and People Management

Closing Date: Thursday 16th August

Location: Various

Work Type: Full time non ongoing 6 month contract

Industry Type: Public Service

Reference: ApsJobs,Project Manager Health and People management review, Retrieved August 7 2007, from http://www.apsjobs.gov.au/SearchedNoticesView.aspx?Notices=10350483&tid=1\\ 

URL: http://www.apsjobs.gov.au/SearchedNoticesView.aspx?Notices=10350483&tid=1\\

http://mycareer.com.au/jobs/sydney-2000-nsw/it-telecommunications/project-management/5337669+project+manager.aspx

Sector & Subsector: IT and Telecommunications: Project Manager for Infrastructure

Work Type: Full Time 

Location: Sydney Metro, NSW 

Date Posted: Thu 16/08/07 

Closing Date:  Not Specified

Ad Placed By:  Ambit Group

Industry: Private

 URL: http://www.seek.com.au/advhomes/tektonsyd/2139_4.htm

URL: http://jobs.careerone.com.au/texis/jobsearch/details.html?id=46af0b8148d600&q=project%20manager&qMile 

Website: SEEK Australia's # 1 Job Site (http:///www.seek.com.au)

Sector and Subsector: Financial Controller: Managing Investments

Work Type: 12 month contract

Location: Sydney - Inner

Date Posted:     Wed 15/8/07

Closing Date: Not Specified

Ad Place by: T+O+M Recruitment

Industry type: Private
URL: http://www.tom.net.au/Content_Common/index.aspx

URL: http://www.seek.com.au/users/apply/index.ascx?Sequence=20&PageNumber=1&JobID=10211115

 Website [www.seek.com.au, 19th, August.2007]

Classification IT

Sub-classification Project manager

Advertiser E Services Holdings Pty Ltd

Work Type Fulltime

Area Melbourne-Inner

Listed 13^th August 2007

URL:www.seek.com.au/users/apply/index.ascx?Sequence=48&PageNumber=1&JobID=10189923&
 

Other References used

Australian Tax Office: Project manager Health and People Management Review

Commonwealth of Australia (2007), The Australia Tax Office, Career Centre Retrieved August 7 2007, from http://www.ato.gov.au/careers/content.asp?doc=/content/87521.htm&page=1&H1

Commonwealth of Australia (2007), The Australia Tax Office, Career Centre Retrieved August 7 2007, fromhttp://www.ato.gov.au/careers/content.asp?doc=/content/87521.htm&page=5&H5

Commonwealth of Australia (2007), The Australia Tax Office, Career Centre Retrieved August 7 2007, fromhttp://www.ato.gov.au/careers/content.asp?doc=/content/87521.htm&page=6&H6

Commonwealth of Australia (2007), The Australia Tax Office, Career Centre Retrieved August 7 2007, fromhttp://www.ato.gov.au/careers/content.asp?doc=/content/87521.htm&page=7&H7 

Civil Aviation Safety Authority. (02 August 2007). Project Manager - Alchole and Other Drug. Retrieved 06 August 2007. http://www.casa.gov.au/jobs/

 Lifecyclestep (2000-2006), The role of a Project manager, 15^th August, 2007, http://www.lifecyclestep.com/open/407.1TheRoleoftheProjectManager.htm

Mariosalexandrou (2002-2007), Project Manager Definition, 6th August, 2007, http://www.mariosalexandrou.com/definition/project-manager.asp

Mycareer.com.au/www.ambit.com.au, Maneging Infrastructure, 16th August,2007, http://mycareer.com.au/jobseeker/search/results.aspx?s=101&l=3&c=6&sc=73&sm=1

http://jobs.careerone.com.au/texis/jobsearch/details.html?id=46af0b8148d600&q=project%20manager&qMiles

http://www.seek.com.au/advhomes/tektonsyd/2139_4.htm

Office of Government Commerce (2007), OGC - PRINCE2, 20th August, 2007,  http://www.ogc.gov.uk/methods_prince_2__whatisit.asp 
Mycareer [2007] Graduate Salaries, Retrieved 18^th august 2007

From-http://content.mycareer.com.au/salary-centre/it-telecommunications 

Differences observed

Project Manager - Alcohole and other Drug (PM-AOD) for the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (www.casa.gov.au/jobs/, 02 August 2007)

In contrast to the above position, this is a Commonwealth Government appointment. Most noticable is that the above position does not specify such things as the orginisation the applicant is applying for or specific projects they will be undertaking, just a outline of the tasks they will be performing (which would be arguably what most Project Managers wouldbe doing). This position explains specifically what the project is concerned with and what duties will be performed including programs they will be working on such as Drug and Alcohole Management Plans (DAMP), a background to the orginisation and how it impacts the position. The main advantage of this position is that an applicant can research their prospective employer, something that may be important to someone applying for a poition at this level. Other noticable differences of this position is:

-   the salary is much lower for public service positions $90,000 - $105,000+ (negotiable), noting that salaries for Project Managers are significantly above the average wage,

-  A project Manager is the senior member of the project team and requires strong leadership abilities, in contrast to a Project Officer who takes on a more supportive role,

-   describe the detils of the position concerned and that it concentrates on the implementation of a specified Legislation and Regulations (Civil Aviation Act and Civil Aviation Safety Regulations),

-   this position makes no mention of academic or tertiary qualification required where other positions require specific qualifications, and

-   the slection criteria is more relevent to their respective sub-headings.

Australian Tax Office Project Manager - Health people Management Review The main difference in the above job applications is that the project manager's duties and salary vary between industries and the departments within the industry.
 The successful project manager for this allocated position will be responsible for:
 

• Corporate occupational health and safety and wellbeing activities
• Injury management with respect to compensable and non compensable injuries, and
• Provision of advice to Tax Office employees on the above issues. In contrast to the above positions, this is a government position non ongoing for a period of 6 months, with possible extension.
   To become an employee of the Australian tax office you must be an Australian citizen and pass the standard security clearance.
   In comparison:
   
• This role also requires the project manager to work closely with other teams/departments within the Australian Tax Office.
• The successful applicant will have to abide by regulatory framework and policies set by the Australian Tax office.
• Build and maintain relationships with internal and external stakeholders
• The Selection Criteria complex, well evidenced examples are applicable.
•  No academic qualifications are needed, however experience in the appropriate field is necessary.

 Senior Project Manager - Managing Infrastructur

The main differences to the above job advertisements are that, the successful Senior Project Manager's duties and responsililties are:

• Controlling systems design and project planning activities related to large applications and infrastructure   developments.
• Controlling quality methodologies to ensure that IT solutions meet the required business and technical standards
• Mentoring ICT employees on relevant project management methodologies that ensure a consistent, professional approach to all ICT projects.
• Australian Residents ONLY (Mycareer.com.au, 16 August,2007)
  In comparison:  
• This role also requires the project manager to work closely with other teams/departments within the Australian Tax Office.
• The successful applicant will have to abide by regulatory framework and policies set by the Australian Tax office.
• Build and maintain relationships with internal and external stakeholders
• The Selection Criteria complex, well evidenced examples are applicable.
• No academic qualifications are required, however experience in the appropriate field is necessary.
• This role is a government position, non ongoing for a period of 6 months, with possible extension.
• To become an employee of the Australian tax office you must be an Australian citizen and pass the standard security clearance.
• No academic skills restriction, however experience on task is minimum requirements (www.gemteq.com.au,4th,August,2007)
  
  
• For person to be a prject manager in W/sphere, you need to be Australian citizen or permanent residen (www.gemteq.com.au,4th,August,2007)
  

Other observations:

• In answering Public Service Selection Criteria, it is difficult to know how much information is enough and how much is too much.  Some areas do not like to see more than half a page response to a question while others want greater detail.  This makes it rather difficult when responding to job advertisements and should be taken into consideration when applying for the above Commonwealth job.
• Sometimes a job that is advertised already has someone acting in the position, and the process of advertising is only a matter of procedure and hence you may not get the job unless you are an exceptional candidate in comparison to the acting incumbent. 

Project Manager - Managing Investments

In contrast to some of the other advertisements posted up this job is based on a 12 month contract as opposed to full-time/permanent work offered from the other clients listed ont his page. To an extent, this could explain why the salary may be higher then the one's offered by other clients. Furthermore, this project management job is involved in the banking/finance industry, which tends to have higher salaries then other industries, therefore explaining the very high salaries offered.

In comparison to the public sector job from CASA, the salary offered by this client is twice the amount offered from the public service. CASA offers a salary of 90-105k whereas the banking client offers a salary of 208-234k.
Another explanation in regard to higher salaries offered by this client could be with the location of the job. Generally, this may have something to do with geographic location. Jobs in metropolitan Sydney tend to have higher wages when compared to Canberra. This may be due to a number of factors, but most notably the more expensive living expenses when living in inner Sydney.

Junior Project Manger

The differences, which I noted where

• Salary, Graduates get one third of what other project managers get. Base salaries start at $40,000 [mycareer.com,18^th,august,2007]
  
• Work experience preferred is less than other project managers, normally 6-12 months for a graduate sometimes none.  [www.seek.com.au, 19th, August.2007
•  On the job training is given to all entry level positions
•  Roles and responsibilities are simmilar except in a less senior fashion. 
  
  
  

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