Project Specialist

Why join Launch Housing

Our mission is to end homelessness. We aim to get people housed, keep them housed, and be an influential voice on ending homelessness. We are a secular, independent provider of choice for clients and we're 'striving to be' the go-to organisation on homelessness for government, media, philanthropy, private donors and the community.

Our people are the backbone of our organisation and supporting their wellbeing and professional development is critical to our ability to help our clients and the community. We value lived experience and diversity in our staff, and actively work to ensure everyone is able to make their career with Launch Housing fulfilling.

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There are many benefits of working at Launch Housing including: *

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Contributing to useful and rewarding work and giving something back to the community
- Wellbeing days (on top of annual leave)
- Flexible working arrangements
- Purchased leave
- Gender neutral paid parental leave (after 12 months of service)
- Training and career growth opportunities across Launch Housing
- A portion of your income can be tax-free by salary packaging your personal expenses
- Additional tax-free salary packaging on dining and accommodation expenses
- Positive, supportive and progressive work environment

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About the opportunity*

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**Newly created, permanent (full-time or part-time available)**
- **Utilise your project management experience**:

- **Competitive salary + super + NFP salary packaging (income tax savings)**:

- **5 Wellbeing days in addition to holiday leave**:

- **Family-friendly hours & flexibility to work from home**

Launch Housing continues to grow and develop with an ambitious Strategy and Theory of Change as to how it will help end homelessness. This position is perfect for someone who wants to be a crucial part of building a brand new successful PMO at a for-purpose, passionate organisation. This role requires a strong all-rounder with the experience, confidence, and agility to work across multiple projects in an ever-changing environment.

**Why join our PMO team**

We believe housing is a basic human right and our values of empowering, adaptable, courageous and caring underpin everything we do. If you want a career where you can make a real difference, and you are passionate about our mission to end homelessness, then consider working with Launch Housing

**In this role**
- You will have the opportunity to be a crucial part of building a brand-new successful PMO at a for-purpose organisation
- You will work with a passionate, hard-working yet fun group of colleagues
- You get to be a part of seeing through major transformational initiatives to get us closer to our mission of ending homelessness
- You will add these skills to your resume: project reporting, interpersonal and stakeholder management, understanding of the non-profit industry

**What you’ll be doing**

The role is as much about change management as it is about managing projects as we continue through an era of major business change. We need someone who is eager to support positive change, business optimisation and continuous improvement to enable the organisation to grow with confidence in business fundamentals around project governance and project management.

With a background in quality assurance, business analysis, project administration or similar, you will play a key role in embedding Launch Housing’s new Project Management Office, a team that sits with the Finance and IT functions.

Reporting to the Group Manager, PMO, you will be responsible for the monthly organisation-wide projects reporting cycle, updating the tools, templates and documentation housed on the intranet, requirements gathering and analysis, and supporting internal project managers to use and adhere to the new PMO documentation and governance processes. You will also play a role in identifying and initiating continual business improvements in the projects space.

**What we’re looking for**We are seeking experienced project specialist who has excellent interpersonal and communication skills. You have relevant project and change management experience together with continuous improvement mindset. You have a knack for identifying opportunities and implementing solutions to enhance organisational practices and improve business performance. You thrive in an environment that is agile, collaborative, and fast-paced.

**Key selection criteria**
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- Demonstrated depth of experience in a variety of project
- or change management-related work
- Competent using MS Office
- Diplomatic and supportive approach to working with stakeholders, and the confidence and agility to work across multiple projects
- Familiarity with common project management methodologies
- Self-starter with experience and comfort in facilitating workshops or discussions with varying groups of people and perspectives
- Proactive team player and problem solver who can plan effectively, meet deadlines, and manage competing