Melbourne, Adelaide, Remote
Hybrid
We are Australia's leading innovation partner for public good, developing technology and design solutions that power the public and the people who serve it. We seek out areas of acute social need and work with government agencies, nonprofit organisations, and socially minded businesses to make transformational change.
There are 65+ of us: researchers, strategists, designers, technologists and producers, working from our head office in Collingwood and remotely from co-working spaces and homes across Australia.
We have an immediate gap in one of our delivery teams and need an experienced contract producer to help us cover it. We're also using this as a chance to build an ongoing pool of contract producers we can call on when the need arises: covering a capacity gap, supporting a team through a busy patch, or adding delivery leadership at short notice.
We're keen to hear from people who can start immediately or relatively soon, as well as people who'd like to be considered for future opportunities.
We use the title "producer" at Portable. If you know this kind of work as project management, delivery management, or delivery leadership, this is the same role: it's about managing scope, budget, timelines, and the people and partners involved in delivering a project, rather than producing film, video, or animation.
The kind of project you join will depend on what's needed at the time. Portable delivers digital products, large-scale website design and development, strategic design and service design work, AI tool development, and a range of other project types (check out portable.com.au for examples of our work).
You're an experienced producer, project manager, or delivery manager with significant experience behind you: typically 8 or more years delivering technology, design or research projects. You've done enough of these engagements to know how to read a new team, client and project quickly.
You're comfortable leading delivery independently: picking up a brief, asking the right questions, and getting moving without waiting to be told what to do next. You’re a problem-solver at heart and can apply your experience to new contexts and project types, even if you haven’t worked with them before. And you're genuinely comfortable with feedback: giving it as well as receiving it, from whoever on the team has something useful to say, because you know that's how good work gets made under pressure.
Because this is an ongoing pool rather than one fixed role, the work varies depending on what's needed at the time. You might be:
Engagement length, hours and rate vary depending on what's needed: anywhere from a short burst of support to a few months of work. We're especially keen to hear from people who could start immediately or at short notice, though we also want to hear from people available further down the track.
Preferably you'd be able to work hybrid from our Melbourne or Adelaide office, but we're also open to other remote options within Australia.
We're committed to building a diverse and equitable pool of contractors. People from underrepresented groups are strongly encouraged to apply.
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