Full-Time
Workforce Planning / Workforce Transformation Consultant
Change & Capability Team
Scyne Advisory
501-1,000 employees
Public-sector advisory and consulting services
No salary listed
Canberra ACT, Australia
Remote
Canada Citizenship, Canada Top Secret Clearance Required
Bachelor's, Certification
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- Hold Australian citizenship.
- Hold an NV1 security clearance or be able to obtain one.
- Have 3–7 years of experience in workforce planning, workforce strategy, organisational design, human resources, or a related field within Defence, Federal or State Government, or consulting.
- Demonstrate the ability to contribute to workforce planning or organisational design projects at a team, program, or organisational level.
- Have strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with exposure to workforce data, modelling, or scenario planning.
- Have experience engaging with stakeholders and contributing to workshops, briefings, or reports.
- Hold relevant tertiary qualifications in Human Resources, Organisational Psychology, Business, or a related discipline.
- Contribute to the design and delivery of workforce planning frameworks aligned with Defence capability needs.
- Gather data, analyse workforce trends, and provide evidence-based insights that inform strategic decision-making.
- Assist in creating practical strategies to address skills gaps, enhance workforce agility, and prepare for future operational requirements.
- Support initiatives that build critical workforce skills and deliver sustainable outcomes for Defence and Federal Government clients.
- Use modelling, forecasting, and reporting tools to generate insights and recommendations.
- Work collaboratively with Defence, Federal Government, and State Government stakeholders, contributing to workshops, presentations, and reports.
- Support the alignment of workforce planning activities with human resources, finance, operations, and capability programs.
- Assist with developing communication materials and change management activities that embed workforce transformation.
- Work closely with senior colleagues to build consulting skills, industry knowledge, and professional confidence.
- AHRI certification or micro-credentials.
- Certificate IV in Human Resource Management.
- Professional certifications in Strategic Workforce Planning, Change Management such as Prosci or CCMP, or Project/Program Management such as PRINCE2 or Agile.
- Familiarity with Defence workforce frameworks, Federal Government operating environments, or consulting methodologies.
Scyne Advisory provides advisory and consulting services to Australian government agencies and public purpose organizations. It operates in three divisions—Transformation (digital modernization and change management), Risk, Programs, and Cyber (risk, governance, cybersecurity, and program management), and Commercial, Financial, and Infrastructure (economic and financial advisory for major investments)—on a fee-for-service basis for public sector projects. The firm positions itself as conflict-free and independent after being spun off from PwC with Allegro Funds’ investment, governed by ASX-style principles and public-sector codes, with an independent board focused on probity and ethics. Its goal is to help the public sector modernize, manage risk, and make informed investment decisions through trusted, non-conflicted advisory services.
Company Size
501-1,000
Company Stage
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Headquarters
Canberra, Australia
Founded
2023
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- August 2026 hires Allan Forbes and Michelle Perugini deepen commercial and transformation leadership.
- July 2026 office exits in Sydney and Brisbane show independence from PwC is nearly complete.
- Scyne won 43 federal contracts in FY26 YTD, preserving broad Commonwealth access.
What critics are saying
- Scyne cut about 100 roles in April 2025 after earlier 90 layoffs.
- FY26 YTD federal contract value fell 59%, signaling weaker demand and pricing pressure.
- If novated Commonwealth panels bypass Scyne, the firm loses its core government franchise.
What makes Scyne Advisory unique
- Scyne Advisory is the former PwC public-sector practice, rebuilt in 2023 with Allegro backing.
- Finance.gov.au cleared Scyne for Commonwealth contracting, validating its governance and ethics framework.
- John Mullen and Andrew Greenwood anchor a probity-first board built for government trust.
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Allan Forbes joins Scyne Advisory as Managing Director in Sydney. 24 August 2026 Consultancy.com.au After years working as an independent consultant, Allan Forbes has returned to firm world after joining Scyne Advisory as Managing Director. Based in Sydney, Forbes brings close to three decades of experience to the public sector consultancy, including a career in leadership and advisory roles at GrainCorp, McKinsey & Company, Laing O'Rourke, Partners in Performance (now part of Accenture), Insurance Australia Group and KPMG. His background spans extensive expertise in performance improvement strategies, organisation design and transformation, gained across a range of sectors including government, energy, health, infrastructure, construction, mining, heavy industry, agriculture, financial services, telecommunications and technology. At Scyne Advisory, Forbes will lead the Financial Performance Optimisation offering (FPO) within the firm's Commercial, Financial & Infrastructure practice. This offering helps organisations to enhance their financial outcomes (including revenue, cost and balance sheet optimisation), through bottom-line productivity and performance improvement. "I'm looking forward to working with Scyne Advisory's clients on Enterprise Value Optimisation," he said. "The organisations I speak with rarely suffer from a shortage of good ideas. The harder problem is deciding where scarce resources - capital, people, management attention, technology and execution capacity - should go, and then actually delivering the value from those choices." "That challenge feels particularly relevant now. Productivity remains difficult. Capital has to work harder. Major investment programs are competing for constrained resources. And AI is creating enormous opportunity while raising a very practical question: where will it genuinely improve economics, productivity or decision quality?" "For me, Enterprise Value Optimisation is about connecting those choices across commercial and financial performance, capital, productivity and risk with the operational, technology and organisational changes required to deliver measurable outcomes." Established in 2023 as a breakaway from PwC, Scyne Advisory provides professional services across government sectors. "One of the things that attracted me to Scyne Advisory is the opportunity to work with talented people on difficult problems that matter - combining commercial rigour with the firm's broader commitment to people with purpose," Forbes noted.
Victorian water intermediaries audit reports released for 2023-24 and 2024-25. - 13 August 2026 The Department and Energy, Environment and Climate Action (DEECA) has released its Audit of Water Intermediaries report for 2023-24 and 2024-25. Intermediaries have also received their individual audit reports. The Victorian Government is committed to transparency for water market participants. Actively overseeing water market operations ensures their ongoing effectiveness. The release of this audit report underscores that commitment. This audit provides oversight of compliance with government rules for using the Victorian Water Register's online Broker Portal and API. The audit also checks intermediaries' compliance of their responsibilities to their clients. DEECA engaged independent auditor Scyne Advisory to undertake the combined 2023-24 and 2024-25 audit. The results provide DEECA and Register users with assurance that, across the board, the majority of intermediaries are acting in compliance with the terms of the Broker Portal Agreement and related instruments. Where non-compliance was detected, no instance of inappropriate access to customer information or improper trade activity was identified. The audit resulted in the following outcomes: * Non-compliance findings requiring corrective action were identified for four water market intermediary firms. * Eighteen water market intermediary firms demonstrated compliance with audit requirements, with no further action required. * Two water market intermediary firms ceased using the Broker Portal during the audit period. The joint 2023-24 and 2024-25 audit summary report is available below and presents the key findings of the audit.
Private equity group Allegro Funds said on Monday it had received the final approval for its takeover of Scyne Advisory, PwC Australia's former government consulting wing, clearing the way for the deal to close this week.