Ict Portfolio Lead

We seek people with community-first values who want to make Brimbank an even better place to live and work.
Exciting opportunity to join the second largest municipality in Melbourne’s metropolitan west. Located about 20 kms from the central business district, Brimbank City Council is culturally diverse.
We are currently seeking a staff member on permanent basis to join our team based at our offices in **Sunshine, Victoria**. Hybrid working arrangements are currently in place.
**Our Team**
ICT Team enables better services and experinces to benefit Brimbank Community, people and partner by providing fit-for-purpose, secure and integrated services, solutions and systems.
**The role**
With the focus on End to End Solution delivery and Business partnership, we are seeking an experienced ICT Portfolio Lead who can bring their skills and experience in:

- Leading, negotiating and influencing key stakeholders in the delivery of projects on time, to budget and specification, and delivering the quantified value
- Leading cross functional project teams to achieve a common goal
- Leading, mentoring, motivating and developing staff members.
- Management of project delivery schedules and overall ICT project portfolio risk.
- Organisational Change Management
- Feasibility assessment and benefit management

**About you**
To succeed in this role, you will have:

- Local government experience is desirable
- Tertiary qualification in business, commerce, or information technology-related discipline and several years' experience working within a corporate information technology environment establishing project management practices.
- Substantial experience working within a portfolio, program, or project management office with performance oversight of a portfolio of IT projects or services, and experience in the coaching and development of staff.
- Highly developed communication skills, particularly the ability to liaise and consult with key stakeholders, and colleagues and build networking relationships and to prepare summaries, reports and submissions across varying levels.
- Knowledge and experience in using management tools, such as MS Project Online, MS Project for web, Jira, Confluence, and Microsoft PowerBI.
- PMP/Prince2/Agle Certified or relevant experience.
- ITIL V3 Certified or relevant experience.

In accordance with our COVID-19 Mandatory Vaccination Policy, this role requires you to have received a third / booster vaccination or have an authorised medical exemption before commencing employment with us.

Brimbank City Council is a Child Safe organisation. Brimbank will implement all necessary measures to ensure a safe and supporting Council environment, which endeavours to promote child safe, child friendly practices.
BRIMBANK CITY COUNCIL ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 9, 2021 EA9
- To be eligible for employment at Brimbank City Council you must be an Australian citizen, permanent resident of Australia or be legally entitled to work in Australia_
- Brimbank City Council is committed to ensuring the health, safety and wellbeing of all staff and members of the public. Our COVID-19 Mandatory Vaccination Policy requires all staff members be double vaccinated with an approved COVID-19 vaccine. Some roles may have an additional requirement of having received a third booster vaccination. Proof of vaccination status or authorised medical exemption will need to be provided before commencing employment._

**Selection Criteria**
- Essential : Degree or diploma in business, commerce, or information technology-related discipline and several years' experience working within a corporate information technology environment entertaining project management practices.
- Essential : Substantial experience working within a portfolio, program, or project management office with performance oversight of a portfolio of IT projects or services, and experience in the coaching and development of staff.
- Desirable : Local government ICT experience preferred
- Essential : Highly developed communication skills, particularly the ability to liaise and consult with key stakeholders, and colleagues and build networking relationships and to prepare summaries, reports and submissions across varying levels
- Essential : Ability to lead, negotiate and influence key stakeholders in the delivery of projects on time, to budget and specification, and delivering the quantified value

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent