Project Delivery Lead

Indigeco is recruiting a Senior Project Delivery Lead for our NSW Government client. This is a 6-month contract opportunity based in Darlinghurst, supporting a high-profile legal, policy and regulatory reform project.

This is not a traditional IT project management role. The successful candidate will be a senior, government-savvy project delivery professional who can lead complex policy-linked work, manage multiple streams, influence senior stakeholders and translate legislative and policy changes into practical delivery plans.

The role will involve leading a major working group, coordinating multiple project streams across policy, implementation and operational readiness, and providing trusted project delivery advice to senior executives.

ABOUT THE COMPANY
Our client is a NSW Government organisation operating in a complex legal, regulatory and reform environment. This is an opportunity to contribute to a high-visibility project that requires strong governance, stakeholder engagement, policy understanding and practical delivery leadership.

YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead end-to-end project delivery planning for a complex legal, policy and regulatory reform project
• Coordinate multiple workstreams across policy and program design, implementation and operational readiness
• Develop and maintain governance, reporting, risk, issue and dependency management processes
• Prepare and coordinate high-quality written materials including business cases, reports, briefing papers, policy options papers and governance documents
• Work closely with senior executives, legal, policy, operational and external stakeholders to keep the project aligned and moving forward
• Lead working groups, keep stream leads engaged and ensure project activities remain on track despite competing priorities
• Support change, communications and education activities, including stakeholder updates, resources, webinars, training materials and external communications

YOUR REQUIREMENTS

• Senior project or program delivery experience in government, legal, policy, regulatory or public sector reform environments
• Strong ability to read, interpret and work with legislation, policy documents, guidelines, business documents and regulatory frameworks
• Proven experience managing complex, multi-stream projects with senior stakeholders and competing priorities
• Exceptional written communication skills, including experience preparing briefs, reports, business cases, policy papers or executive documents
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the ability to work with executives, legal teams, policy teams, operational staff and external stakeholders
• Demonstrated ability to manage risks, issues, dependencies, governance and reporting in a high-pressure delivery environment
• Workers’ compensation, legal assistance, legal, regulatory or NSW Government experience will be highly regarded

YOUR PERKS

• Daily payrate of $1100 to $1400 + Super
• 6-month contract opportunity with possible extension
• High-profile NSW Government reform project
• Opportunity to work closely with senior executives and policy, legal and operational stakeholders
• Strong project visibility across governance, strategy, policy development and implementation planning

WORKING ARRANGEMENT
This role requires regular office presence in Darlinghurst. Candidates must be available to work onsite at least 5 days per fortnight, with Monday and Wednesday preferred due to key stakeholder and executive meetings.
Remote-only or mostly remote candidates will not be suitable for this opportunity.

HOW TO APPLY
If you are a senior project delivery professional with strong government, policy, legal or regulatory experience, we would love to hear from you!

Apply now with your CV and a consultant from Indigeco will be in touch.