Contract: 6-12 -month contract
Location: Melbourne (Hybrid – 2–3 days per week on campus)
Role Overview
Our Education client is seeking an experienced Master Scheduler to support planning, coordination, and delivery of complex programs and initiatives. The role will focus on developing and maintaining master schedules using Microsoft Project , ensuring visibility of dependencies, milestones, and critical paths across multiple workstreams.
This role suits a practical, flexible, and easy-going professional who can work collaboratively with stakeholders, adapt to changing priorities, and provide clear scheduling insights without unnecessary complexity.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop, maintain, and manage integrated master schedules using Microsoft Project.
- Establish and track key milestones, dependencies, critical paths, and deliverables across programs and projects.
- Work closely with project managers, delivery leads, and stakeholders to ensure schedules are accurate, realistic, and up to date.
- Support schedule governance , including baseline management, progress tracking, and impact analysis.
- Identify schedule risks, clashes, or slippage and provide clear, practical recommendations .
- Provide regular schedule reporting, dashboards, and insights to support decision-making.
- Assist with scenario planning and re-forecasting as priorities or timelines change.
- Maintain a collaborative and supportive approach, contributing positively to a hybrid team environment.
- Strong hands-on experience as a Master Scheduler or Project Scheduler .
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Project (essential).
- Experience managing large, complex schedules with multiple dependencies and stakeholders.
- Ability to translate complex schedules into clear, easy-to-understand insights .
- Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
- Comfortable working in a hybrid, flexible environment with changing priorities.
- Experience in education, government, or large enterprise environments is desirable but not essential.
