Project Manager (12 months), NT Gov

PERSOL brings together the legacy and experience of four organisations that shaped the staffing landscape over the past century: Kelly Services, who pioneered the modern temporary help industry in 1946; SKILLED, who crafted the staffing industry in Australia in 1964; Programmed, the leading provider of operations and maintenance services across Australia and New Zealand; and PERSOL, the largest workforce solutions provider in APAC.

Project Manager (12 months), Darwin

Responsibilities

• Provide high-level leadership, coordination, and oversight for the delivery of in-scope project deliverables.
• Drive adoption and integration of new systems, tools, equipment, processes, or ways of working into frontline andoperational environments, ensuring changes are practical, usable, and accepted by staff.
• Steer business readiness to adopt the outputs from project deliverables.
• Coordinate internal and external communications to inform diverse stakeholder groups of project objectives and progressstatus.
• Apply appropriate project management methodologies to ensure strong planning, control, and delivery.
• Manage a detailed schedule with critical path.
• Manage risks, issues, assumptions and constraints with a focus on governance, probity, and alignment to policing andorganisational objectives.
• Monitor and report on outcomes to ensure benefits are realised and sustained.
• Lead change management, training, and communication initiatives to embed new capabilities and support user adoption.
• Analyse operational, legislative, or regulatory requirements relevant to the project environment.
• Provide advice to senior management on progress, risks, and performance.

Essential Skills and Experience

• Minimum of 5 years' experience leading teams or delivering projects involving organisational, operational, or technology-enabled change.
• Demonstrated ability to plan, coordinate, and manage people and resources to achieve defined outcomes in complex orhigh-risk environments.
• Strong knowledge of planning, coordination, risk, and governance disciplines, supported by experience managingprojects, complex operations, critical incidents, or organisational change to achieve defined outcomes.
• Demonstrated ability to balance delivery with adoption, ensuring outcomes are successfully implemented and integratedinto operations.
• Experience leading or supporting change management, training, and user engagement to enable organisationaltransformation.
• High-level interpersonal, negotiation, and communication skills, with the ability to engage effectively across diversestakeholder groups.
• Experience identifying and analysing operational, legislative, and/or regulatory requirements relevant to the projectenvironment.
• Demonstrated abilities to manage a project to achieves it deliverables within an organisation with changing operationalpriorities.

Desirable Skills and Experience

• Experience working within a large, complex, or high-profile project environment.
• Familiarity with policing, public safety, or government operations.
• Understanding of IT Service Management or digital transformation frameworks.
• Familiarity with technical concepts such as system design, integration, or data interfaces.
• Proficiency in standard project and collaboration tools (for example, Microsoft 365, Teams, Jira or similar), with the abilityto quickly learn new digital platforms and systems.

Personal Qualities required of Candidate(s)

• High-level written and interpersonal communication skills, including the ability to translate complex issues into plainlanguage for operational staff.
• Strong focus on adoption and benefits, not just outputs.
• Ability to work in a large team environment with members of diverse cultures and backgrounds.
• Self-starter with high personal drive and a positive attitude.
• Disciplined and accountable for supporting and maintaining work products.
• Behaves in a respectful and professional manner, maintaining high integrity and transparency when delivering work.
• Promotes teamwork and collaboration by engaging stakeholders and team members.
• Excellent problem solver and critical thinker.
• Commitment to NTG/NTPF principles of accountability, collaboration, diversity, ethical practice, impartiality, and respect.

If you meet these requirements, please apply now or for a confidential discussion please call Athena Yung on 0491 451 213 or reach out ***email_hidden***

Who we are

At PERSOL, we connect people to meaningful work and growth.

With decades of experience and a future-focused mindset, we're here to support your career journey. We offer fresh opportunities, trusted guidance, and a people-first approach.

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We strongly encourage applications from women, people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, and individuals from all communities.

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