Job Description
Agile Lead | Federal Government
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About the Opportunity
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Join a high-impact, multi-faceted capability program delivering critical data-driven decision-making tools within a secure Federal Government environment.
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Drive agile maturity and foster a collaborative, continuous-improvement culture across multi-disciplinary ICT delivery teams.
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What's on Offer
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Contract/Engagement:
Initial contract through to June 30, **** + extension options.
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Rate/Salary: Competitive Market Rate (commensurate with NV1 clearance and experience).
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Location & Flexibility: Canberra, ACT
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Role & Responsibilities
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Coach, mentor, and support delivery teams in adopting and embedding agile principles, practices, and high-performing ways of working.
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Facilitate key agile and scaled ceremonies, including Program Increment (PI) Planning, iteration planning, retrospectives, and cross-team alignment sessions.
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Proactively identify, track, and remove delivery impediments while managing cross-team dependencies and risk.
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Support Product Owners and leadership in workload prioritisation, delivery transparency, and maintaining seamless stakeholder engagement.
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Establish and report on meaningful delivery metrics to provide transparent insights into team flow, predictability, and agile maturity.
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Contribute to broader organizational capability uplift through Communities of Practice, mentoring, and continuous improvement initiatives.
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Skills & Experience
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To be successful in this position, you will ideally bring:
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Technical Toolkit: Strong expertise in Protected frameworks (ARTs), Agile Coaching methodologies, PMBOK/PRINCE2, and agile metrics tracking tools.
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Experience: Minimum 5 years of experience supporting agile product delivery and leading multidisciplinary ICT teams within Australian Federal Government environments.
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Core Capabilities: Exceptional stakeholder management, advanced facilitation skills, and a demonstrated ability to influence and build high-performing, self-organising team cultures.
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Qualifications: Tertiary degree in
ICT/Business/Project
Management plus SAFe certification (SPC, SASM, RTE) or recognised Agile Coaching credentials.
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Eligibility & Clearance Requirements
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Security Clearance: Due to the nature of this environment, candidates must hold a current NV1 (Negative Vetting 1) security clearance.
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