About our client:
Our client is a large government organisation dedicated to supporting community safety and positive outcomes for people across Queensland. They play an important role in delivering essential public services and maintaining high standards of professionalism, integrity, and accountability.
About the role:
The Master Scheduler will be responsible for developing and maintaining the portfolio-wide schedule, managing dependencies across multiple workstreams and vendors, and ensuring accurate reporting for governance forums. Working closely with EPMO, Strategic Transformation and the Delivery Teams, they will play a key role in keeping the program aligned, on track, and proactively managing risks.
Key Responsibilities include:
Schedule Management
- Develop and maintain a comprehensive program-wide schedule across all workstreams and releases.
- Ensure alignment between individual project schedules and the overarching program timeline.
- Regularly update, track, and communicate schedule changes to stakeholders.
Dependency Management
- Maintain a program-wide dependency register across internal teams, vendors, and partners.
- Identify schedule conflicts, risks, and blockers early and escalate appropriately.
- Facilitate the resolution of dependency issues through collaboration with delivery teams.
Reporting & Governance
- Produce accurate schedule and dependency reporting for governance forums and steering committees.
- Support program governance by ensuring schedule integrity, transparency, and traceability
- Use tools such as the PPM Tool and PowerBI for tracking, reporting, and documentation.
Stakeholder Engagement
- Work closely with portfolio and project teams to validate timelines and dependencies.
- Collaborate with project directors, project managers, change managers and business leaders to ensure alignment with organisational priorities.
- Provide clear, structured communication to support decision-making and program visibility.
The Successful candidate
- Proven experience in program scheduling and dependency management within large scale enterprise transformation office.
- Strong proficiency in scheduling apps such as PPM Tool and management dashboards such as PowerBI
- Excellent analytical, organisational, and communication skills
- Ability to manage complex schedules, resolve conflicts, and maintain accuracy under pressure
- Experience working in Public Safety environments and large transformation programs (highly desirable)
- Knowledge of Agile and hybrid delivery methodologies
- Familiarity with risk management and governance frameworks
Located in Brisbane with a Hybrid working arrangement.
Role to commence ASAP – Contract initially until end June 2026.
How to Apply
Please upload your resume to apply. We will be in touch with further instructions for suitably skilled candidates. Please note that you will be required to complete selection criteria to complete your application for this role.
Call George Wright on 0480 011 549 or email georgew@whizdom.com.au for any further information.
Candidates will need to be willing to undergo pre-employment screening checks which may include, ID and work rights, security clearance verification and any other client requested checks.
