Program Coordinator

Company Description

People join Leidos Australia for many different reasons. The interesting projects. Supportive and open-minded colleagues. The opportunities to develop. What unites us is the fact that everything we do benefits and safeguards Australia in some way. We’re proud of our Mission to make the world safer, healthier and more efficient, and every Leidos team member has a valued role to play - to Be the difference.

**Job Description**:
**Your New Role**
- Build a career - no project experience required
- We provide your training and development including PM Certifications
- Be the glue that holds our team together

We have an opportunity for a Program Coordinator to provide support to our Geospatial program of projects.

As part of the Program team this role provides the maintenance of project and program documentation, registers and reports and ensuring documentation configuration control is applied. This will also see you provide secretariat support to Project governance forums including creating and circulating meeting materials and recording meeting minutes. Due to complex security requirements, your role will be essential in delivering communications to the project team who are offsite and working on different networks. You’ll coordinate correspondence, liaise with the team to manage security clearances and desk allocation and manage a varied range of operational tasks that enable this team to deliver their critical work.

'A day in life' will be;
- Driving team connections and community; you will bring the corporate Leidos communications to the project team and keep them connected with company updates, information and events;
- Network and liaise across Project teams at Leidos to bring fresh ideas and improvements to the team;
- Seek out opportunities to celebrate wins as a team via team newsletters or events or initiatives;
- Provide secretariat support to Program meetings, both internal and external, including the creation of meeting materials and recording and circulating minutes.
- Participate in the operational aspects of projects and serves as liaison between management and project teams.
- Maintain program toolsets to identify, track and otherwise manage action items and deliverables arising from or associated with execution of project business rhythms and processes.
- Provide administrative and general support to Project Managers;
- Manage security requirements for team members and more.

**Qualifications**:
**About You and What You'll Bring**

We hire for attitude and aptitude - someone who is seeking a first step into the Project Management career path. You are organised, enjoy building relationships across the business and love bringing your own ideas to the team.
- No previous professional administration experience however retail leadership experience or a background in IT/Defence would be an advantage;
- No minimum clearance however Baseline and above would be an advantage;
- Strong computer skills including Microsoft Suite;
- A passion for learning;
- A collaborative approach as a team player, your team can’t operate without you

Additional Information
**What You’ll Love**
- The team; we work hard, celebrate together and are passionate about doing meaningful work that matters for Australia
- The career development on offer; we fund your certification in PM and give you on the job learning to grow you into a qualified Project Manager
- Our flexibility - You’ll get RDOs, access to internal social groups, community volunteering and more.

At Leidos, job satisfaction and business success thrive in a positive working environment. Every day, we are developing a culture where collaboration, transparency and flexibility are in-built, innovation thrives, individuals are recognized, development opportunities are clear, and new initiatives are being launched all the time.