Project Manager

About us

The Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (ANZCA) incorporating the Faculty of Pain Medicine, is an internationally recognised specialist medical education institution responsible for the training, examinations, specialist qualification, and continuing professional development of all anaesthetists and pain medicine specialists in Australia and New Zealand.

The college's purpose is to serve our communities by leading high quality patient care in anaesthesia, perioperative and pain medicine, optimizing health and reducing the burden of pain.

About the opportunity

Reporting to the Delivery Lead, this role is responsible for leading end-to-end delivery of multiple concurrent digital and business initiatives.

This is not just a delivery role. A core accountability is ensuring projects deliver measurable value.

You will play a key role in embedding benefits analysis and value realisation practices, ensuring initiatives remain aligned to intended outcomes throughout delivery and continue to deliver value post-implementation.

You will:

• Lead complex digital project delivery across business and technology domains

• Drive continuous value alignment, ensuring initiatives remain focused on outcomes, not just outputs

• Define, track and actively manage benefits realisation throughout the project lifecycle and beyond go-live

• Challenge scope and priorities to maximise value delivered

• Build strong stakeholder engagement and bring people on the journey through clear, effective communication

• Manage cross-project dependencies, risks and resourcing constraints

• Provide clear, accurate reporting aligned to governance requirements

About the team

The Project Management Office (PMO) is focused on delivering high quality outcomes while supporting the organisation through change. We are a collaborative and supportive team that values clarity, accountability and continuous improvement.

Keys to your success

You are an experienced Project Manager who thrives in complex environments and balances structure with pragmatism.

Specifically, you will have:

Essential:

• Proven experience delivering digital and technology-enabled projects

• Demonstrated practical experience in benefits analysis and value realisation

• Experience embedding continuous value alignment during delivery and post-implementation

• Strong stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to influence and bring people on the journey

• Excellent communication skills across business and technical audiences

• Experience managing multiple concurrent initiatives

• Strong knowledge of project management and agile practices (hybrid delivery)

• Proven capability in risk, dependency and vendor management

• Strong financial management skills including budget tracking and forecasting

• Experience working within governance frameworks and producing executive-level reporting

• Proficiency in Microsoft 365 tools including Project and Planner

Desirable:

• Relevant tertiary qualifications and/or certifications (PRINCE2, PMP, AgilePM, Scrum)

• Experience in complex stakeholder environments (health, education or not-for-profit environments)

• Exposure to portfolio management and benefits realisation practices

What we can offer you

We offer employment benefits and a working environment that contribute to our people’s health, safety and wellbeing, personal and professional development and supports an inclusive, equitable, and respectful college culture.

• Join a purpose driven organisation with a team of individuals passionate about improving educational opportunities for health professionals

• A competitive remuneration package including full FBT exempt salary packaging

• Opportunity to grow in the position with genuine career pathways

• Excellent staff benefits – additional leave over the Christmas period, additional personal leave, health and wellbeing offerings, market leading parental leave, staff recognition program, member advantage program with access to discounted lifestyle benefits and leisure activities

• Flexible, hybrid working options

• Free confidential counselling service to support our staff and their close family through life’s challenges via our Employee Assistance Program

ANZCA is an equal opportunity employer and our commitment to creating and supporting an inclusive culture is reflected in our diverse mix of talented people passionate about delivering their best. We embrace and value the diverse society we live within and consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, colour, national origin, religion, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation or age. We strongly encourage Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and Māori applicants to apply for any of our current opportunities.

Next steps

Apply now and take the next step towards a rewarding and long-term career within a progressive environment. Our application process will require you to submit your current resume and cover letter addressing the key selection criteria. We will progress suitable candidates through the hiring process as soon as we can.

If selected, we will contact you to discuss your application on the phone, you will be invited to meet with us at the college and from there, complete a few background checks. We will help you through this process.

In the event that we identify potential candidates prior to the advertised closing date, we may close the advertisement sooner than the closing date. Therefore, we encourage you to apply promptly if you are interested.

We are committed to making reasonable adjustments to provide a positive, barrier-free recruitment process and supportive workplace, so please let us know what you need.

For more information about ANZCA or for a copy of the position description, please email Nuzee at recruitment@anzca.edu.au