- Location: Brisbane City, QLD
- Remote: Hybrid
- Type: Contract
- Job #18807

About the role

We are seeking an experienced Master Scheduler to join a major ICT transformation programme supporting significant child safeguarding reform in Queensland.
This is an exciting chance to contribute to a large-scale, high-profile ICT programme involving the establishment of new technology capabilities and the delivery of a centralised intelligence hub and case management system.

Key responsibilities

- Develop and implement a comprehensive schedule management plan, including schedule quality standards and processes for developing and maintaining schedules.

- Work closely with Project Managers to develop and maintain project and programme schedules, including key milestones and critical paths.

- Liaise regularly with project and programme managers, business analysts, technical resources, vendors and external government agencies to develop and maintain schedules.

- Identify and manage dependencies across projects and programme workstreams.

- Evaluate project and programme schedules, progress and performance, identifying emerging risks and issues.

- Monitor schedule performance and appropriately escalate schedule concerns to programme leadership.

- Develop and maintain dependency registers across the Enterprise Delivery Portfolio.

- Assess and improve schedules in alignment with the DCMA 14-point schedule assessment framework.

- Provide accurate and timely schedule reporting to support programme governance and decision-making.

- Work collaboratively with stakeholders across a complex and highly governed ICT environment.

Highly desirable criteria

- Demonstrated experience as a Master Scheduler, Programme Scheduler or Senior Project Scheduler within a large and complex organisation.





- Strong experience using Microsoft Project Professional to develop and manage project and programme schedules.

- Proven experience developing schedules within PRINCE2, Agile and/or Hybrid delivery environments.

- Experience managing complex inter-project dependencies and critical paths.

- Strong understanding of schedule governance, controls and performance monitoring.

- Experience working within large government, public sector or similarly highly governed environments.

Desirable criteria

- Experience applying the DCMA 14-point schedule assessment methodology.

- Experience supporting large-scale ICT transformation programmes.

- Experience working across multiple concurrent projects and delivery streams.

- Strong understanding of programme-level reporting, governance and risk management.

- Experience working with government agencies, vendors and diverse stakeholder groups.

Skills and experience

- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to identify schedule risks and dependencies.

- Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills.

- Ability to coordinate people, resources and projects by analysing data and determining the appropriate timing and sequence of activities.

- Strong organisational and time-management skills.

- Ability to work independently and follow through on assignments with minimal direction.

- Robust attention to detail and commitment to schedule accuracy and quality.

- Ability to operate effectively in a complex, collaborative and fast-paced programme environment.

- Demonstrated commitment to workplace equity, diversity and inclusion.

Contact Details

For a confidential chat, please contact Shruthi on 0474 545 379 or via email at [email protected] and we would be more than happy to provide you with additional information and assist in the application process.

📌 Master Scheduler (Brisbane)
🏢 Exclaim IT
📍 Brisbane