The Role

Reporting to the Research Lead, this role will be accountable for managing, defining, prioritising and delivering the Men’s Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Program of Research.
The role will work closely with the Research lead, other researchers, collaborators, and stakeholders, to provide oversight and project management expertise of the Men’s Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Program of Research. This position will ensure robust management and program coordination and support, including roadmap planning, project management and governance that will underpin high quality project management for the delivery of the service.

Duties & Responsibilities

Project Management

• Collaborate with Research lead, department heads, external stakeholders, internal teams, Office of the Director to define, prioritise, projects specific to the Men’s Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Program of Research.
• Support the operational planning model including ongoing monitoring and review processes.
• Provide oversight in execution of change management across multiple initiatives within the Men’s Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Program of Research.
• Manage several projects within the Men’s Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Program of Research, supporting teams to deliver complex outcomes.
• Ensure adherence to project methodologies, standards, and processes, resulting in projects delivered within agreed timeframes, scope, and budget.
• Planning project management, including setting deadlines, prioritising tasks, assigning team members to various deliverables within the Men’s Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Program of Research.
• Analysing financial data, including project budgets, risks, and resource allocation for the Men’s Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Program of Research.
• Provide detailed project reports, including budget and risk outlines, to Project Sponsors and Executives overseeing the Men’s Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Program of Research as well as funder and external stakeholder reports.
• Write clear and concise specifications, reports, project management plans, business cases, project schedules budgets and briefing notes. Communicate effectively with a variety of audiences, internal and externally involved in the Men’s Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Program of Research.
• Overseeing the development of projects and ensure that team members are carrying out their tasks efficiently while upholding the Project Management Office standards.
• Continuously evaluate projects within the Men’s Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Program of Research to ensure they meet organisational standards, adhere to budgets, and meet deadlines.
• Continuously seek out and where appropriate implement improvements to project management delivery including capability, tools, processes and technology.
• Effectively manage projects using project management software such as Suite Projects, Microsoft Teams and Jira.

Leadership and Stakeholder Management

• Support high functioning teams required for the Men’s Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Program of Research
• Service and support them through effective management, coaching and mentoring.
• Manage project teams in the timely development and delivery of largescale projects.
• Manage internal and external stakeholder and business owner involvement in the project, ensuring appropriate change management and communication. This includes, but is not limited to project planning, scheduling and coordinating the implementation of system migrations.
• Collaborate with multiple internal and external stakeholders to build effective relationships and develop project procedures and practices.
• Provide project management advisory services to project managers and project teams as required.
   

Compliance and Training

• Comply with BDI policies.
• Comply with all required project specific and BDI specific systems.
• Comply with applicable regulations, guidelines, SOPs and project specific requirements.
   

Work Health and Safety

• Ensure self and all staff comply with all WHS legislation and BDI WHS Policy and Procedures.
• Report any WHS hazards and significant issues to your Manager or Director, People & Culture.
• Work In a safe manner, applying duty of care.
   

Note: the list of responsibilities is not exhaustive, and the Institute may change or request additional activities to meet the operational needs of the business in consultation with the holder of role.

Selection Criteria

Essential Criteria
1. Tertiary qualifications in related science, healthcare, project or business management or equivalent years of experience
2. Minimum 5+ years’ experience in senior project management role within a research, healthcare, business or academic environment
3. Formal project management qualifications, or equivalent practical experience
4. Extensive knowledge, skills and ability to manage multiple business-related concurrent projects, from planning through to evaluation
5. Extensive knowledge and skills in project management techniques, tools and methodologies, covering all phases of the project life cycle
6. Proven complex project delivery
7. Demonstrated high level of interpersonal, oral and written communication skills with a proven ability to consult and negotiate with a diverse range of stakeholders
8. Outstanding communication skills, with demonstrated ability to leverage relationships and networks of internal and external stakeholders to positively influence outcomes.
9. Proven ability to prepare various documents including project management documentation, budgets, work schedules, briefing notes, business cases, correspondence and reports
10. Experience leading a team of project managers
11. Demonstrated experience with end-to-end value chain and operating model projects
12. A high-level of computer literacy, including Microsoft Suite, Excel, PowerPoint and MS Teams.
13. Demonstrated sound judgement and an awareness of reputation and branding implications.
 

Desirable Criteria
1. Experience working with JIRA, Confluence and NetSuite
2. Experience working in not-for-profit and/or mental health sectors
3. Experience working with Australian government reporting procedures
4. Experience in implementing change communications programs while working with flexible teams, where team members may work from home regularly or have variable arrangements.
5. Extensive leadership skills and ability to cultivate development of others

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
We actively welcome applications from candidates of underrepresented backgrounds and recognise that not all candidates will have had equal opportunity to gain experience in the past. If you’re excited about this opportunity but feel you don’t meet every requirement, we still encourage you to apply as your unique perspective and experiences matter.

How to Apply
To become a part of the Black Dog Institute team, follow the link to our careers site on ELMO and submit your most up to date resume and a detailed cover letter addressing the selection criteria for the role. f you are shortlisted for the role, we will call you and let you know you are successful. Please do not respond to any suspicious emails requesting you to upload your ID or personal details.  We are a 2022 Circle Back Initiative Employer and commit to respond to every applicant.

Please note: All offers of employment are subject to background checks, which may include police checks, reference checks, and verification of qualifications, as relevant to the role’s requirements.