Benefits Realisation Officer

The Benefits Realisation Officer plays a senior, strategic specialist role within the Council ensuring that the benefits of projects and programs are consistently identified, quantified, realized, and maximized for the community's advantage.

Requirements

• Degree in a relevant subject, or equivalent experience.
• Professional certification in project management (e.g., PMP, PRINCE2, AGILE) is highly desirable.
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Significant, specialized knowledge in benefits realization and demonstrable experience of its application
• Ability to work flexibly to meet the needs of the Service
• Collaborative working, ability to capture insights and best practices from completed projects and apply them to future initiatives
• Proven track record of successfully delivering benefits realisation outcomes in complex project environments
• Demonstrable experience of best practices in benefits realisation and relevant tools and methodologies
• Strategic Thinking: Ability to understand and align projects with broader organisational goals and objectives
• Analytical Skills: Strong analytical skills to identify, quantify, and monitor benefits
• Stakeholder Management: Excellent interpersonal and communication skills to engage and influence stakeholders effectively
• Project Management: Solid understanding of project management principles and practices
• Financial literacy: skilled understanding of financial and extra-financial data, information and risks, including budget development, forecasting and monitoring
• Strong IT skills and the ability to proficiently use Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Visio
• Proven ability to manage a range of projects through to completion
• Proven written and oral communication and interpersonal skills with good negotiation and influencing skills and the ability to work collaboratively with internal and external partners/professionals
• Problem-Solving: Ability to identify issues and risks to benefits realisation and develop mitigation strategies
• Continuous Improvement: Commitment to continuous improvement and learning

Benefits

• Opportunities for career advancement and professional development
• Competitive salary and benefits package
• Collaborative and supportive work environment
• Opportunities to work on a range of projects and initiatives
• Support for continuing professional development