Seeking Principal Program Officer for our key State Government client. In this role, you will help build a high-performing directorate with well-defined routines, robust governance, and a dependable operating rhythm.
Responsabilities:
- Produce high-quality executive artefacts—briefings, presentations, analyses, and reports—to support informed, timely decisions by the Director and senior leaders.
- Maintain IGDE’s operating rhythms, ensuring meetings, planning cycles, forward calendars, and priority tracking run smoothly and provide team clarity.
- Oversee full governance processes for the Digital Enablement Program Board, including agendas, minutes, action registers, and RAID logs for disciplined and transparent oversight.
- Review and quality-assure workstream reporting to ensure accuracy, coherence, and alignment with strategic objectives before submission to executive and governance forums.
- Coordinate and refine program and directorate board packs, ensuring materials reflect priorities, highlight risks and dependencies, and meet governance standards for clarity and timeliness.
- Lead workforce activities—onboarding, induction, contractor management, and workforce planning—to ensure the directorate has the capability, capacity, and clarity needed to deliver program outcomes.
- Demonstrated experience in program coordination, governance, or executive support within complex environments.
- Highly effective communicator, skilled in producing clear, high-quality briefings, reports, presentations, and executive documents.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to manage ambiguity, identify emerging issues, and recommend practical solutions.
- Proven ability to lead governance activities, including risk management, decision tracking, and program reporting.
- Experienced in managing governance forums such as program boards, communities of practice, or project working groups.
- Advanced skills in Microsoft 365 and records management platforms.
- Experience in digital transformation, ICT, information governance, or organisational change.
- Experience in agile delivery environments or supporting multi-stream programs.
- Tertiary qualifications in business, project management, or equivalent experience.
- Prosci or similar change-management certification.
- Foundation-level project/program certifications (e.g., AgilePM) are an advantage.
Peoplebank and Leaders IT are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone belongs. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, identities, and experiences. If you need adjustments to the recruitment process due to your circumstances, please let us know—we’re here to support you.
