About the Company:
Our client is a high-profile Australian Government organisation operating at the forefront of national security, cyber defence and advanced technology. They play a critical role in protecting Australia from global threats and supporting national interests through cutting edge cyber and intelligence capabilities.
About the role:
A Project Manager leads the successful delivery of projects by driving progress, coordinating people and resources, and ensuring outcomes are achieved with clarity and purpose.
Role Responsibilities:
- Lead and manage multi‑disciplinary teams, coordinating project activities and supporting strategic planning, governance, and workforce management.
- Provide effective team leadership through clear communication, defined performance expectations, and consistent guidance.
- Oversee project schedules, risks, budgets, and resources, and prepare high‑quality briefings, reports, submissions, and progress updates.
- Apply established technical, operational, professional, and project management practices to ensure effective delivery.
- Identify risks and opportunities and incorporate them into planning, decision‑making, and priority setting.
- Build and maintain strong stakeholder relationships, communicating with influence and negotiating to achieve outcomes.
What you will bring:
- Proven ability to take responsibility for defining, planning, and delivering medium‑scale projects, providing effective leadership, applying appropriate project management methods, managing change control and risks, maintaining realistic plans, and ensuring deliverables meet agreed cost, time, quality, and resource expectations.
- Experience defining and managing scope and requirements for initiatives of medium complexity, facilitating stakeholder input, supporting prioritisation, establishing baselines, securing agreement, and ensuring requirements remain traceable to their source.
- Strong stakeholder relationship skills, including identifying communication needs, translating engagement strategies into actionable activities, facilitating open dialogue, acting as a key point of contact, supporting informed decision‑making, and ensuring technical and business information is effectively shared.
What is on offer:
- 12-month contract, with 2 x 12-month extension options.
- Competitive hourly rate
- EL1 equivalent position
To be eligible for this role, you must be an Australian Citizen. Due to the work environment, our client has requested that all candidates are required to hold a current Top Security Clearance. The successful candidate will need to undergo an additional security assessment before commencing in the role.
How to Apply
Please upload your resume to apply. Please provide a supporting statement highlighting your skills, experience, and capability against the position description to complete this application process. We will be in touch with instructions for suitably skilled candidates.
Submission closes by COB, Thursday 14th May 2026.
Please call Lisa Berjak on 0480 011 550 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.
Why partner with Whizdom?
We’re Whizdom. We view you as an extension of our strong, dependable brand and have differentiators which really are different! The Whizdom way:
- We pay our contractors same day you submit your timesheet!
- We are Level 3, DISP certified and have signed the Veteran Employment Commitment and been awarded the highest level of compliance to this important initiative, proactively assisting veterans transitioning from the forces to civilian roles. We’ve been lucky enough to win industry awards for our high level of process compliance and are ISO 9001 certified. Our commitment to reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions has been accredited in line with large global organisations.
- We value diversity and welcome applications from Indigenous Australians, people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds and people living with a disability.
