Project Manager

Description

We’re interested in meeting talented Project Managers who want to work on projects with purpose.

We are mostly based in Yálla-birr-ang (Collingwood, Melbourne) and we welcome applications from all lands and backgrounds. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability, people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, mature age workers and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTIQA+) people.

About Today

We are Australia’s most awarded social impact agency.

We use design and technology to make change happen, at pace and at scale. In the last 12 months, we’ve designed and built Australia’s first online family violence intervention order, established a new approach to co-design for the Victorian mental health sector, built a peer-to-peer product that helps people learn Auslan, and launched a campaign to shift mainstream perceptions of climate change—plus many more.

Our practice is built on strong foundations of human-centred design and digital making. There are 50 of us, working across strategy, research, design, content, delivery and a wonderful support team.

At Today, you’ll experience a welcoming environment filled with smart, fun and caring people from a wide variety of backgrounds and disciplines, who are passionate about creativity, making change, and learning from each other.

About this role

We’re interested in meeting talented Project Managers who enjoy collaborating in a meaningful way to create work that has a positive impact on people, society and the environment. You’re passionate about supporting teams to deliver impactful work, a masterly coordinator and experienced with agile methods.

Your days will be spent:

• Leading the delivery of large strategic or digital projects
• Being a point of contact for our wonderful clients across projects
• Managing project teams, requirements, sprints and outcomes
• Coordinating day-to-day project activities across projects
• Being part of our multidisciplinary team to deliver positive impact

Requirements

You will be above to demonstrate:

• 4+ years project management experience in agencies or organisations
• Experience running strategic, product or digital projects
• Experience with human-centred design
• Experience with agile methods
• A level of comfort with ambiguity, complexity and a process for working through it
• Exceptional communications skills
• You must be legally able to work in Australia

You will also bring:

• An ability to thrive in a collaborative, creative team environment
• You treat others with kindness, empathy and respect
• You are optimistic and bring humour, lightness and play into your work
• You approach every moment thinking ‘how can I help?’
• You know your strengths and can support others to grow their skills in these areas

Benefits

We work on work with purpose. Our projects see us finding solutions to big, complex challenges around climate, care and communities.

Above all else we strive to protect our team’s capacity for resilience and their general wellbeing. This goes beyond our dog-friendly workplace and regular pub lunches as a team.

• We offer a compelling career framework and learning budget to support your growth
• Today is a truly flexible workplace, making space and valuing the other important parts of your life, including generous parental leave and your birthday off
• You are actively empowered to help shape the business, the work we do and the impact we create
• We have an open workplace culture that asks for everyone’s input and is constantly welcoming new ideas and ways of working
• You will work in close-knit, multi-disciplinary, self-managed project teams that make interesting, beautiful things that positively impact the community
• Everyone is equally talented and trusts each other to experiment, and suggest new ways to crack client problems, there is no hierarchy
• There are frequent and respected check-in sessions—digitally or in person—to form strong team bonds
• You will have the opportunity to develop skills on the job through collaborating with great minds on complex problems
• We aspire to create the perfect conditions for creatives to do their best work, work they are proud of, work that makes a difference

Learn more about our values, commitment to diversity, inclusion and equality and the way we work at today.design.