ICT PMO Director

Darwin, Australia

Reference: 6694487

  • Integral ICT Leadership role to implement innovative and sustainable ICT pathways
  • Two Year Fixed Term Contract for a progressive leader who thrives on innovation
  • Fast paced Local Government, Darwin CBD

City of Darwin's mission is to work with the community and partners, provide leadership, and deliver services that create opportunities to enhance the economic, cultural, and environmental sustainability of Darwin. The organisation's operating model is an agile, high-performance model based on supporting collaboration and communication, improving speed of delivery of strategic outcomes, and growing innovation.

The ICT PMO Director role will perform a key portfolio leadership role to the organisation in leading and managing the effective delivery of City of Darwin's ICT Roadmap to deliver target state ICT architecture to ensure City of Darwin continues to be a high performing capital city valued by its community. The ICT PMO Director will have primary authority and accountability for the ICT Project Management Office (PMO) and in shaping and delivering the future ICT strategy, platforms, systems, and architectural evolution within and across the organisation. Under your enterprise leadership you and your program team will provide a centre of excellence program and project delivery methodologies, processes, and tools to enable enterprise-wide best practice approaches in areas such as governance, resourcing, risk management and planning.

As the ICT PMO Director will be a highly regarded transformational, inspiring leader committed to driving innovation and enhancing IT/Digital Technology capability across City of Darwin. You will be expected to work in partnership with the General Manager and Senior Leadership team, broader community, and industry providers to help realise the organisation's strategic direction for City of Darwin to be a smart and prosperous city and build a reputation of Darwin as the internationally recognised capital of Northern Australia.

We are looking for an authentic people-centred, customer focused and inspiring individual to join our Senior Leadership team. To be successful for this role you will be highly regarded as a strategic and operational leader with significant IT / Digital Technology experience coupled with extensive experience in senior management role, developing strategy and managing diverse functions and resources within a complex environment. You will also be politically astute, responsive, and innovative with the ability to driver positive organisational change. As a member of the Senior Leadership Team, you will lead by example, demonstrating the Principles of Enterprise Leadership as outlined in the Position Description suite of documents.

We offer a competitive remuneration package for the right candidate with a base salary ranging from $170,000 to $250,000 plus superannuation. The salary offered will be based on demonstrated experience, qualifications and organisational fit.

To apply, click the ‘apply now' button and upload your CV (please include your cover letter/executive summary that briefly address the essential criteria for this role).

For further information regarding this role, please read full position description or contact Natalie Williamson - General Manager Corporate on 04 9204 0055 during business hours.

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Applications close on 11 December 2024

We are looking forward to receiving your application if you are a direct applicant. Please note that we are not working with recruitment agencies for this position.

The City of Darwin is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment. We encourage people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background to apply.

As part of City of Darwin's recruitment process, applicants may be required to undergo pre-employment assessments, such as a Medical Assessment, National Police Check and Psychometric Assessment.



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