Senior Project Manager - Property

At Brotherhood of St. Laurence (BSL), we are seeking a passionate Senior Project Manager - Property to join our dedicated Property & Facilities Management Team

Join the Brotherhood of St Laurence and help deliver property projects that enable an Australia free of poverty. As Senior Project Manager – Property, you’ll lead the end-to-end delivery of complex, organisation-wide capital works and strategic property initiatives—driving governance, budgets, risk, stakeholder engagement and reporting through to successful outcomes. Working closely with senior leaders, you’ll shape and prioritise a portfolio aligned to BSL’s Property Strategy and Strategy 2030, ensuring fit-for-purpose, compliant and value-for-money facilities. If you’re a seasoned client-side project leader (10+ years) who thrives on structured delivery, collaboration and continuous improvement, we’d love to hear from you.

Location: Fitzroy & Hybrid 

Job Type: 2 Year Fixed Term Contract working 38 hours per week

Salary: $120,000 per annum, based on skills and experience plus 12% superannuation. 

What we offer our employees

• Salary packaging options to improve your take home pay – up to $18,500 can be packaged every year (details via AccessPay)!
• Career development opportunities
• Leave loading of 17.5%
• Flexible working arrangements
• Employee Assistance Program
• Discounted health insurance and free flu shots each year

About the role

The Senior Project Manager - Property is responsible for ensuring that all projects are aligned with the organisation’s Property Strategy and strategic objectives, particularly Strategy 2030. This role involves collaborating with senior stakeholders to identify, select, and prioritise projects that contribute to the overall Property Strategy implementation plan.

In addition, the Senior Project Manager – Property is accountable for delivering projects through standardised processes, including consistent progress reporting and alignment with key strategic initiatives. Responsibilities include developing and monitoring project budgets, timelines, risks, and quality measures, ensuring successful completion and outcomes.

As Senior Project Manager, you will provide expertise in the delivery of program or works and applying best practice project management methodologies to support services, operational, and strategic goals. 

The role demands a high standard of governance, documentation, and reporting, while fostering a collaborative culture of trust and continuous improvement.

A critical aspect of the role is shaping project outcomes through robust planning, structured delivery approaches, and alignment with organisational priorities. The Project Manager will promote innovation, sustainability, and evidence-based decision making to ensure each project delivers lasting value.

About Brotherhood of St Laurence

We are passionate about the work we do. We strive to create change that lasts for a more compassionate and just society - a society in which we can all fully participate in social, civic and economic life with the dignity and respect we all deserve.

The Brotherhood of St Laurence (BSL) has a clear vision – an Australia free of poverty. For over 90 years, we have worked with policy makers and the community for systemic change that will prevent and alleviate poverty in Australia. We are made up of 1500+ employees and 1000+ volunteers to make a difference in our communities.

What we are looking for

We are seeking an enthusiastic and motivated individual who has a passion for supporting the mission of BSL and delivering excellence in your role.

To be successful in this role, we are looking for someone who has the following key skills and experiences:

• 10+ years’ client-side delivery of large, complex property/capital works projects (end-to-end: initiation to post-go-live/hypercare).
• Proven project governance capability: planning, documentation, progress reporting, and change management aligned to organisational strategy.
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills—able to advise project sponsors and decision makers, and work effectively with internal leaders and external vendors/consultants.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple concurrent projects, including scope, sequencing, dependencies, resourcing, and schedules.
• Budget development and control, including tracking, contingency management, and financial reporting.
• Risk, issue, and change control: maintain logs, anticipate delivery risks, and implement mitigation strategies.
• Negotiation and problem-solving skills to resolve complex project, contractual, and management matters.
• Experience in large, multifaceted organisations (e.g., government, health, services, or institutional property portfolios).
• Strong analytical, organisational, written and verbal communication skills; able to work within structured PMO environments (e.g., SPMO reporting).
• Tools/qualifications: advanced Microsoft Project and Microsoft Office; tertiary/vocational qualification in engineering, construction, project management, asset management or related; PRINCE2/ITIL (or similar) desirable.

If this sounds like the right fit for you

If you are interested in this exciting opportunity and looking to contribute to our organisation’s success, we’d love to hear from you.

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When completing your application, please upload each document as a separate attachment.

Your application must include:

• A tailored cover letter,
• A current resume showcasing demonstrated skills and experiences, and
• A 2-page (maximum) written response addressing the Key Selection Criteria found in the Position Description. 

Applications will be considered upon submission, so we encourage you to apply early.

To review the Position Description and to address the Key Selection Criteria, please click  here. 

If you have any questions about the role, or want more clarification, please contact Melinda Illevold at Melinda.Illevold@bsl.org.au to arrange a confidential discussion.

Applications close: Thursday 30 April 2026 at 5.00pm

We are an EEO and understand the importance of diversity and inclusion. We recognise that everyone has the right to an equitable, safe and productive environment and to be treated with dignity and respect.  We welcome applications from all people regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, cultural background, disability or sexual orientation. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are encouraged to apply.

BSL is a child-safe organisation. BSL has zero tolerance to any form of abuse or harm to vulnerable people and is committed to specifically protecting children from harm. Successful applicants will be subject to pre-employment checks including criminal history and working with children. Recruitment decisions are based on the key inherent needs and requirements of each role, and candidates are selected based on their unique strengths and characteristics.  Applicants must have proof of working rights in Australia.

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