Portfolio Governance and Planning Lead

About Scope

Scope's purpose is to create meaningful opportunities for people with disability to belong and thrive. We support people with physical, intellectual and multiple disabilities to achieve their goals. Scope is a registered provider under the NDIS and delivers a range of services including supported independent living, short term accommodation (respite), social connections, lifestyle options, therapy and employment services in over 420 service locations across Victoria and NSW.

About Your Role

Scope has an exciting and unique opportunity for a Portfolio Governance and Planning Lead to work within our Enterprise Project Manager Office.

Reporting to the Enterprise Governance Manager, this role is central in supporting robust, transparent and outcomes-driven governance and planning across projects at Scope.

This role actively contributes to uplifting enterprise-wide project management maturity, enabling better investment decisions, visibility of impact and effective risk and dependency management.

Your Key Focus

• Work collaboratively across diverse stakeholder networks to govern Scope's enterprise projects; supporting a culture of transformation
• Conduct governance reviews of business cases and project documentation to ensure clarify of objectives, benefit estimation and alignment with strategic priorities
• Facilitate regular portfolio reviews to assess project alignment, resource allocation and value realisation
• Collaborate with stakeholders and technical teams to ensure platform enhancements and reporting remain aligned with organisational needs
• Collaborate with the Enterprise Delivery Manager to guide and coach project teams, business units, and project managers on governance processes

What We Look For

• Experience with and/ or ability to automate and optimise processes through systems
• Demonstrated expertise in establishing governance for project and planning frameworks, tools and practices with a strong focus on effective prioritisation to drive strategic outcomes
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to engage with stakeholders at all levels
• Demonstrated ability to operate independently and take initiative within a dynamic, transforming environment
• Ability to think analytically who can connect project-level detail with enterprise-wide impact and outcomes
• Role model critical thinking, resilience, courage and flexibility in seeing initiatives through to completion
• Experience within the Community/ Disability Sector will be beneficial

View the position description here

We are committed to filling this role quickly, so while applications for this role will close on 29/10/2025 we will be reviewing applications as they come in and may interview suitable candidates prior to closing date. To avoid missing out apply now.

Scope as an Employer

At Scope, we 'Celebrate our people' by rewarding you with access to an exclusive benefits platform. You will have access to cashback, vouchers, and discounts to over 500 popular retailers covering groceries, fuel, entertainment, wellbeing and so much more. It's one of the ways we thank our team for the ongoing and valued contribution they make to the lives of the people we support.

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Agencies: Whilst we appreciate your interest, we are confident we can find a great candidate without external support.

Take your career on a journey with Scope and work proactively with us to achieve our purpose

If at any time you require us to adjust our recruitment process to meet your individual needs please email

Please note, successful applicants will be required to hold a NDIS Worker Screening Check Clearance and a Working with Children Check. If you have lived or worked for a continuous period of 12 months or more in another country within the last 10 years, a certified International Police Check from that country or countries will also be required. Please note that the offer will be conditional on meeting these requirements.