Position overview

The Senior Project Manager is responsible for managing a number of major capital projects, ensuring that they are delivered on time and within budget, with minimal impact to clinical services and hospital operations in a live hospital environment. This will include a range of construction projects involving demolition works, construction of new health facilities, refurbishment of existing health facilities and major equipment procurements. A key element will be engaging and negotiating with internal and external stakeholders to deliver agreed project outcomes and manage stakeholder expectations, including CHS’s infrastructure delivery partner, Infrastructure Canberra.

Key Responsibilities

Specific responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following.

1. Lead the planning and development of new capital projects, ensuring project objectives, scope, budgets, and outcomes are clearly defined, and aligned with stakeholder expectations.
2. Deliver and manage approved capital projects, ensuring that project documentation is developed, and scope, time, cost, safety, and quality aspects of projects are monitored and controlled.
3. Manage the procurement activities associated with the delivery of capital projects, including the preparation of consultant engagement briefs and tender packages for design and construction activities, ensuring that feedback is sought from various stakeholders, and compliance with all relevant standards, codes, policies, and procedures.
4. Monitor capital projects, ensuring that milestones and performance indicators are met, issues/risks are proactively identified with appropriate mitigation strategies implemented, and stakeholders are informed.
5. Manage project budget allocation and expenditure, including preparation of monthly financial status reports for capital projects.
6. Maintain positive working relationships with project stakeholders, ensuring they are consulted and involved in project design and delivery coordination, including regular information updates, to deliver agreed project outcomes and minimise impacts to clinical services.
7. Undertake other duties appropriate to this level of classification which contribute to the operation of the organisation.

Competencies

Specific competencies include but are not limited to the following:

• Flexible, adaptable and comfortable with a changing working environment.
• Strong interpersonal and negotiation skills, and the ability to develop and maintain positive working relationships across CHS and with external stakeholders.
• Able to respond to and prioritise competing and often urgent requests in a calm and efficient manner, while maintaining high work standards and accuracy.
• Commitment to achieving positive outcomes for clients and the CHS organisation.

Qualifications

Essential

Positions classified as an Infrastructure Officer require the occupant to hold recognised qualifications and/or experience in one or more of the following fields:

• Hold a relevant professional qualification in Engineering, Architecture or Project Management or accreditation with a professional body recognised within Australia; or
• Hold a relevant building degree; or
• Have significant building or infrastructure knowledge and/or project management experience.

Desirable

• General Construction Induction Card (White Card) for working on a construction site.
• Have an understanding of how the National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) indicators align with this role.

Experience

Essential

• Experience in planning, design and delivery of infrastructure projects is highly desirable and will be an advantage.

Desirable

• N/A

Prior to commencement

Appointment to this position is conditional on being granted and retaining appropriate clearances:

• Undergo a pre-employment National Police Check.

Important information

All employees are required to:

• Adhere to the Canberra Health Services Values and the ACT Public Service Code of Conduct.
• Act in accordance and comply with all relevant Safety and Quality policies and procedures.
• Comply with all relevant competency standards.

CHS is leading the drive to digitally transform health service delivery in Australia through the implementation of a territory wide Digital Health Record. Computer literacy skills are required which are relevant to this role as you will be responsible for completing required documentation and becoming a proficient user of the Digital Health Record and/or other Information Technology systems; once proficient, you will need to remain current with changes, updates, and contingencies.

What you Require (Key Selection Criteria)

These are the key selection criteria for how you will be assessed in conjunction with your resumé and experience.

1. Experience and demonstrated ability in procurement, project, and contract management of medium to high-risk construction projects within time, cost and scope targets.
2. Demonstrated ability to analyse problems and to identify solutions in collaboration with others that address risks to the delivery of construction projects.
3. Proven high level stakeholder management skills, including the ability to engage with internal and external stakeholder groups, through well-developed facilitation, interpersonal, conflict resolution, and negotiation skills.
4. Knowledge of government procurement and budget processes, or demonstrated ability to quickly acquire this knowledge, for project, and contract management.
5. Demonstrates understanding of, and adherence to, safety and quality standards, Work Health and Safety and the positive patient experience. Displays behaviour consistent with CHS’s values of reliable, progressive, respectful, and kind.

Work environment description

The following work environment description outlines the inherent requirements of the role and indicates how frequently each of these requirements would need to be performed. Please note that the ACT Public Service is committed to providing reasonable adjustments and ensuring all individuals have equal opportunities in the workplace.