Associate Project Manager (Associate Level)

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Adelaide, South Australia
Entry level
Information Technology • Consulting
The Role
The Associate Project Manager supports project planning, execution, and delivery while collaborating with clients and stakeholders. They manage smaller projects, maintain documentation, and ensure effective communication throughout the project lifecycle. The role includes monitoring project performance and driving continuous improvement across processes.
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The Associate Project Manager will play a key role in supporting the planning, execution, and delivery of projects, ensuring alignment with timelines and project scope. With a solid understanding of project management principles and a reasonable knowledge of Salesforce project lifecycles, the Associate Project Manager will work closely with senior project managers, technical teams, and stakeholders to maintain clear communication and effective task management. In addition to supporting larger initiatives, this position will take ownership of smaller projects autonomously, managing resources, tracking progress, and ensuring successful outcomes. The role also includes maintaining project documentation and driving continuous improvement through adherence to best practices.

Roles & responsibilities

Consulting

  • Assist in the coordination and management of Salesforce implementation projects, ensuring alignment with client needs and project goals.

  • Collaborate with clients to understand business objectives and support the translation of requirements into actionable project plans.

  • Participate in project scoping sessions, supporting the senior project managers in defining deliverables, timelines, and resource needs.

  • Monitor project performance against objectives and adjust plans as necessary to ensure successful outcomes.

  • Work closely with technical teams to understand solution design and assist in guiding clients through the project lifecycle.

Business Development/Leadership/Strategy

  • Independently manage smaller-scale projects, ensuring timely delivery, resource allocation, and adherence to budget.

  • Support senior leadership in the preparation of project proposals and reports, contributing insights from previous project experience.

  • Develop a strong understanding of the company’s project management methodology and contribute to its continuous improvement.

  • Participate in strategic discussions, offering feedback on project processes and identifying opportunities for more efficient project execution.

  • Lead internal meetings and presentations to communicate project progress and strategic priorities.

Client Support

  • Serve as a point of contact for clients on smaller projects, ensuring regular communication and managing expectations.

  • Proactively identify and resolve issues during the project lifecycle to maintain client satisfaction.

  • Provide clients with updates on project timelines, deliverables, and any changes to scope or objectives.

  • Support client training and enablement efforts post-implementation, ensuring successful adoption of Salesforce solutions.

Risk & Compliance

  • Comply with relevant firm and industry legislation and incorporate into practices and processes as relevant

  • Report all identified risks, breaches

  • Comply with relevant WH&S legislation, adhering to reasonable instructions, work procedures and practices to maintain the health and safety of the team

  • Report all workplace hazards and incidents

Key performance indicators

  • Agreed upon through the performance measurement process with the Managing Partner

Special conditions

  • Ordinary full-time hours: 37.5 hours per week between 8am – 6pm

  • On occasion some out of hours work may be required – please note unpaid overtime may also be required on occasions

Selection criteria

Skills/Knowledge/Experience

  • Strong foundational understanding of project management principles, including planning, execution, and monitoring.

  • Basic knowledge of Salesforce and its project lifecycles, including discovery, implementation, and post-launch support.

  • Experience managing smaller projects autonomously, with responsibility for timelines, resources, and deliverables.

  • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to foster relationships across teams.

  • Proven problem-solving abilities, with a focus on identifying risks and implementing solutions.

  • Familiarity with project management tools such as Jira, Asana, or Microsoft Project.

  • Strong organisational skills and attention to detail, with the ability to maintain accurate project documentation.

  • Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and adapt to changing project requirements.

  • A collaborative mindset with a willingness to learn from senior project managers and contribute to team success.

Who We Are:

As the world’s leading sustainability consulting firm, ERM is uniquely positioned to contribute to the environment and society through the expertise and energy of our employees worldwide. Sustainability is what we do, and is at the heart of both our service offerings and how we operate our business. For our people, our vision means attracting, inspiring, developing and rewarding our people to work with the best clients and on the biggest challenges, thus creating valuable careers. We achieve our vision in a sustainable manner by maintaining and living our ERM values that include Accountability, Caring for our People, Client Focus, Collaboration, Empowerment, and Transparency.

 

ERM does not accept recruiting agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to our jobs alias, ERM employees or any other company location. ERM is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.

 

ERM is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital status or disability status.

 

Thank you for your interest in ERM.

Top Skills

Salesforce
The Company
Bristol
9,893 Employees
On-site Workplace

What We Do

Sustainability is our business. 

As the world’s largest specialist sustainability consultancy, ERM partners with clients to operationalize sustainability at pace and scale, deploying a unique combination of strategic transformation and technical delivery capabilities. This approach helps clients to accelerate the integration of sustainability at every level of their business. 

With more than 50 years of experience, ERM’s diverse team of 8000+ experts in 40 countries and territories helps clients create innovative solutions to their sustainability challenges, unlocking commercial opportunities that meet the needs of today while preserving opportunity for future generations

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