Project Scheduler

PERSOLKELLY brings together the legacy and experience of four organisations that shaped the staffing landscape over the past century: Kelly Services, who pioneered the modern temporary help industry in 1946; SKILLED, who crafted the staffing industry in Australia in 1964; Programmed, the leading provider of operations and maintenance services across Australia and New Zealand; and PERSOLKELLY, the largest workforce solutions provider in APAC.

Our Federal Government Client is engaging in multiple Project Schedulers within their Application Infrastructure Division.

• Location: ACT, on-site 3 days per week.


• Length: 12 months + 2 x 12 months


• Clearance: Citizen, Ability to obtain security clearance.

The Project Schedulers will develop and manage integrated schedules that map and track all accountable activity across all streams of work that contribute to project and program outcomes. Through stakeholder engagement, they capture and monitor the relationship between dependencies, and ensure target milestones are realistic, achievable, and on track.

Project Schedulers will: provide administrative and technical support for project scheduling activities may undertake project resource management activities work under the support and direction of senior staff make decisions within defined parameters based on evidence and foundational knowledge contribute to shared goals in the context of competing priorities, and changes in workplace practices and strategic direction work flexibly in or across multi-disciplinary teams.

Key responsibilities:

• Provide support for the development of integrated schedules for small-scale projects and programs.


• Liaise with stakeholders across work streams to inform design, development and implementation of schedules.


• Support relationships with a broad range of stakeholders.


• Assist with routine reporting cycles update schedules to ensure accurate sequencing, alignment of dependencies, and progress against deliverables and milestones.


• Identify and help resolve scheduling issues to support the delivery of outcomes.


• Contribute to the effectiveness of streamlined team processes and continuous improvement.


• Perform research and analysis on project schedules and contribute to the preparation of reports.

Skills & Experience

• Experience managing scheduling activities across large-scale projects and programs.


• Demonstrated experience capturing and monitoring the relationship between dependencies, and ensure target milestones are realistic, achievable, and on track.


• Demonstrated experience operating with a considerable degree of independence, working under the broad direction of senior staff


• Demonstrated experience providing scheduling expertise for highly technical and complex schedules that aligns to and meets business objectives


• Knowledge or experience with Services Australia portfolio, programme and project management methodologies, frameworks and practices.

If you meet these requirements, please apply now or for a confidential discussion please call Athena on 0491 451 213

PERSOLKELLY strives for diversity, inclusion and equality of our people. We seek a workforce that is representative of the communities we work in. We encourage people of all cultures, gender, age, sexual orientation or abilities to apply.

Who are we

At PERSOLKELLY, our passion is - and always has been - putting you first.

We propel our people forward by supporting their careers in fresh ways, backed by our expertise and capability.

We're committed to creating a safe and inclusive environment which values and respects diverse styles, backgrounds, experience and perspectives.

We welcome and encourage women, people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent and people from diverse backgrounds to apply.

So it's over to you. If you would like to join our team, please APPLY now.

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