Process and Project Lead

**Posted**:
06/09/2024

**Closing Date**:
06/10/2024

**Job Type**:
Permanent - Full Time

**Location**:
Newcastle West

**Job Category**:
Consulting and Strategy,Education, Childcare & Training,Information & Communication Technology,Project Management

Come join our Strategic Projects team, focused on growth and continuous improvement, and help us design and implement improvements for families, staff and the community.

St Nicholas provides education services spanning early education, out of school hours care and vocational education.

**WHAT WE CAN OFFER YOU**
- As an employee of St Nicholas, you will have access to a range of benefits, including:_
- Competitive salary
- $1,000 staff referral bonuses ($1,500 for eligible positions)
- Paid Parental Leave
- 1 week shutdown over Christmas and New Year annually (includes 3 days of additional paid leave + public holidays)
- Paid Industry-leading training and professional development opportunities
- Corporate benefits, including EAP, flu injections, reduced gym membership and more
- Modern office space located in Newcastle West

**Job Description**:
The purpose of this position is to identify and perform diagnostics on business processes, practices and projects to articulate gaps and opportunities for improvement for St Nicholas.

Under the direction of the Executive Manager - Strategic Projects, this role will hold responsibility for supporting project management and delivery of improvement streams including solution design and review of current processes, technologies and resources. The role requires the incumbent to analyse, evaluate and make recommendations to improve St Nicholas through building strong relationship and thorough understanding of all St Nicholas processes, practices and projects.

The incumbent commits to always working within Work Health and Safety guidelines and Code of Conduct whilst in the employ of the Catholic Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle.

Desired Skills and Experience

**EXPERIENCE/CRITERIA**
- Demonstrated experience in leading business process improvement, including the ability to Identify risks, analyse data and provide advice and recommendations.
- The ability to communicate ideas with both technical and non-technical staff, including the ability to develop and deliver effective presentations.
- Sophisticated interpersonal skills including the ability to build and maintain effective working relationships with all stakeholders, and to negotiate, liaise effectively, and influence staff across a large and complex organisation.
- Demonstrated ability in managing complex projects with many interdependencies, to achieve quality project and process outcomes.
- Ability to travel to all services within and outside the Diocese as required.
- Demonstrated enthusiasm and ability to adopt and learn about new systems, processes and technologies.
- The ability to handle multiple competing priorities and meet deadlines under time pressure.
- Demonstrated understanding of change management strategy and techniques to support organisational change (Desireable).

**QUALIFICATIONS**
- A combination of relevant experience and/or tertiary qualification in a relevant discipline
- Current Working with Children Check (WWCC)
- Current Class C Driver’s Licence
- National Criminal History check clearance
- Experience working within a matrix-style organisational structure and multi-disciplinary teams (Desirable)

If you genuinely share our passion for Childhood Education we would love to hear from you **APPLY** now.

**_Additional Information_**
- The Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle is committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable persons and preventing those in our care from suffering abuse or neglect. It is committed to implementing and maintaining compliance with the NSW Child Safe Standards and the National Catholic Safeguarding Standards and takes a zero-tolerance approach to abuse of children or vulnerable persons. _
- All who work in the name of the Diocese must comply with the Diocesan Safeguarding Framework Policy and act in accordance with the Diocese’s Code of Conduct which includes the Diocese’s Safeguarding Commitment Statement. Employees are required to undergo a National Police Check and retain a valid NSW Working with Children Check where necessary, in accordance with legislation._