Senior Project Manager - First Nations Framework

About the role

Randstad is recruiting a Senior Project Manager in Brisbane, Queensland, for a six-month engagement. The role leads the day-to-day planning, governance and delivery of a major First Nations relationships, responsibilities and delivery framework, working closely with executive leadership and building stakeholder relationships within a collaborative team.

Key responsibilities

• Establish and maintain project schedules, risk and dependency registers and milestone tracking.
• Coordinate stakeholders across internal business units, subject matter experts and governance bodies.
• Prepare executive briefings and reporting materials.
• Facilitate collaborative workshops.
• Support core strategic deliverables such as the delivery framework, governance structure, maturity model and implementation roadmap.

Required profile

• Proven track record of delivery and attention to detail.
• Ability to deliver tangible outcomes in an ambiguous, complex environment.
• Experience working with state government departments, statutory bodies or large matrixed organisations, including understanding of cabinet/ministerial processes, steering committees and public sector assurance gates.
• Desirable: experience working for government.

Required skills

• Mastery of end-to-end project management controls (PRINCE2, Agile or hybrid), including work breakdown structures, critical path schedules, milestone tracking and RAID.
• Turning policy concepts and executive intent into artefacts such as delivery frameworks, maturity matrices, governance charters and multi-year roadmaps.
• Familiarity with Australian First Nations frameworks, Cultural Heritage and Native Title processes, Indigenous Procurement Policies, supplier diversity and social procurement targets.
• Advanced workshop facilitation skills.