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About the Role

As our Delivery Engineering Lead, you will play a pivotal role in connecting product vision with technical excellence, leading a team of developers to deliver reliable, secure and impactful digital solutions that support Mission Australia's services across the country. Working within our Enterprise Digital and Data Enablement function, you will bring together delivery leadership, engineering expertise and people leadership to ensure digital products are planned effectively, delivered with confidence and supported long after they go live.

Responsibilities

Lead end-to-end delivery of digital solutions, ensuring scope, quality, risk and timelines are effectively managed.
Translate product priorities into achievable delivery plans aligned to team capacity and organisational objectives.
Monitor progress, manage dependencies and proactively address delivery risks and challenges.
Provide clear and transparent reporting on delivery performance, milestones and confidence levels.
Lead, coach and develop a high-performing engineering team through values-based leadership.
Maintain hands-on involvement in technical design, development and problem solving across multiple technologies.
Champion engineering excellence through quality standards, testing, peer review and continuous improvement initiatives.
Collaborate with product teams, stakeholders and vendors to deliver sustainable, business-focused outcomes.

Requirements

Tertiary qualification in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering or a related discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
Demonstrated experience leading software delivery teams in a hands-on engineering leadership role.
Proven experience coaching, mentoring and supporting developers to achieve strong delivery outcomes.
Strong capability delivering solutions within Microsoft-centric environments including Dynamics 365, Azure, Power Platform and Microsoft 365.
Experience working within complex, integrated enterprise environments with multiple dependencies.
Strong delivery planning, prioritisation, risk management and stakeholder engagement skills.
Ability to balance operational demands, incident response and long-term engineering quality.
Excellent communication skills with both technical and non-technical audiences.
Undertake a national police history check, qualifications, and referee checks, and have a clearance to work with children/vulnerable people.

Skills

Microsoft-centric environments including Dynamics 365, Azure, Power Platform and Microsoft 365
Delivery planning
Prioritisation
Risk management
Stakeholder engagement
Technical design
Development
Problem solving
Quality standards
Testing
Peer review
Continuous improvement

Location

Flexible State Location
Work from Home Options

Work Type

Full Time
12-month Max Term Contract

Experience Level

Hands-on engineering leadership role
Leading software delivery teams

Education Level

Tertiary qualification in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering or a related discipline
Equivalent practical experience

Salary/Compensations

From $175,000 + Super + NFP Salary Packaging Benefits

Benefits

Rewarding work
Not-for-profit salary packaging, reducing your tax
Free external, confidential counselling and access to chaplaincy support
Volunteering opportunities
Opportunity to purchase additional annual leave
Extra leave including: Mission Australia Thank You Day & Work Anniversary Day off

About the Company

When you join the team at Mission Australia, you become part of a community who are determined to end homelessness and ensure people in need can thrive.
United by our Christian purpose and values, we advocate for a fairer Australia, to meet the growing needs of people across the country.
Together we’re building hope and possibility for all.
Our innovative and inclusive culture will ensure you feel valued at Mission Australia as you help Australians in need and develop in your career.
We prioritise the safety and wellbeing of everyone, both within our team and the individuals we serve.

Equal Opportunity

We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive working environment. We actively support and encourage people of all backgrounds; gender, age, ethnicity, race, cultural background, disability, religion, and sexual orientation to submit an application and aim to ensure that the recruitment and employee experience is as accessible and inclusive as possible. So, whoever you are, if you’re skilled and actively support our purpose and values, you would be welcome at Mission Australia.
If you live with disability and require support to submit your application, please email talentattraction@missionaustralia.com.au or visit our Careers page for additional contact details.
We strongly encourage applications from people who identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander. For culturally safe support or assistance with your application, please contact us at Deadlycareers@missionaustralia.com.au