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Join Corrs Chambers Westgarth, Australia's leading independent law firm.

We are looking for a Senior Project Manager (SPM) to join the Project Delivery team at Corrs on an 18 month FTC. The Senior Project Manager will be responsible for the successful completion of a major business transformation project related to new business intake at Corrs.

This role will be responsible for the upgrade of our Intapp Open solution to the Cloud, preparing the firm for the Anti Money Laundering and Counter Terrorism Financing (AML/CRF) Tranche 2 reforms.  You will use the Project Methodology of the Project Delivery team (a blend of Prince2 and Agile). 

The SPM will be an integral part of the Project Delivery (PD) team.  The project team will be dynamic and will involve staff from all levels within the business. Communication to other project stakeholders, both technical and non-technical, is also a requirement of the role. 

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Key responsibilities

• Work with technology, risk, legal and business services staff to help define and deliver the project.
• Establish and manage effective project operations to deliver quality outcomes following the Corrs Project Management Methodology.
• Manage key project artefacts throughout the life of the project, including RAID logs.
• Monitor critical path dates and dependencies so specified completion dates are achieved.
• Work with and manage vendors to deliver quality outcomes.
• Maintain required project files including project plans, status reports and steering committee updates.
• Change Management.
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Required skills and experience

• 3-5 years experience working on projects.
• End-to-end project management of large scale business transformation projects.
• Sound understanding and consistent application of project management competencies including scope, time, cost and quality.
• Experience in preparing business cases, and project concept documentation including costs.
• Strong customer focus with a positive and proactive approach to client service.
• Ability to apply analytical and conceptual thinking.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills with the ability to effectively communicate with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Relevant industry certification, such as PMBOK, Prince II or Agile Project Management.
• Experience in a professional services environment.

About us:
Corrs Chambers Westgarth is Australia’s leading independent law firm. We provide exceptional legal services across the full spectrum of matters, including major transactions, projects and significant disputes, offering strategic advice on our clients’ most challenging issues.

Why Corrs?
We pride ourselves on meeting our clients needs in a culture characterised by excellence, commitment, collaboration and respect. Our policies, practices and behaviours foster a safe and inclusive workplace, and we focus on creating opportunities and supporting a diverse workforce.

• Flexible working as standard – we’ve established flexibility as standard business practice and an option for all our people.
• Bonus leave - an additional week of leave each year (5 weeks annual leave in total)
• Generous parental leave entitlements - we offer up to 26 weeks paid leave and pay superannuation on both paid and unpaid leave (up to 12 months)
• Wellbeing program –We support the wellbeing of our people across areas including resilience, mental health, mindfulness, personal development, physical health and self-care.
• Diversity and Inclusion – This is a key area of focus for the firm. We set meaningful goals to improve diversity and foster an inclusive culture in which all employees feel supported and valued.
• Responsible business approach – we are a member of the United Nations Global Compact, and are committed to promoting and respecting human rights, supporting the Compact’s Ten Principles on human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption, and the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. We are also a member of AusLSA, which works to promote and increase sustainable practices across the legal sector.
• Learning and development opportunities – including our Australian-first international study scholarship, our national training program and our mentoring program.

To apply click on the "apply" button or contact Mariah Ioannidis on 03 9672 3124 or [email protected]  for a confidential discussion.