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Development Manager, Precincts

Job posted: 26/09/2024
Applications close: 13/10/2024 (Midnight)
5 days remaining

5 days remaining

Job Description

Location: Melbourne | CBD

Job type: Full time

Organisation: Development Victoria

Salary: Salary not specified

Occupation: Property

Reference: 779

Reference: 779

Occupation: Property

Salary Range: Salary not specified

Work location: Melbourne | CBD

About Us    

At Development Victoria, we’re passionate about making Victoria a great place to be. We create vibrant places across our state, through diverse and strategic property development and urban renewal projects.    

As the Victorian Government’s development arm, we revitalise iconic public buildings, create important community, creative and sporting facilities and repurpose public land, for all Victorians. We also build great homes and communities where people and businesses can thrive, catering for different budgets, lifestyles, and people - designed to be sustainable and affordable.    

Job Description

Your New Role  

As a member of the Bendigo Regional Employment Precinct and East Werribee Employment Precinct teams, you will have the unique opportunity to work on high-profile projects, driving significant urban development outcomes. If you are a proactive, self-driven professional ready to take on a challenging and rewarding role, we want to hear from you.  

Reporting to the Development Director, your key responsibilities will include:  

  • Coordinating and directing development activities and consultants to meet Development Victoria’s objectives.   
  • Prepare financial feasibility models and monitor financial performance.  
  • Manage project costing, cash-flow, and delivery against budgets.  
  • Direct internal and external project inputs, including planning, design, marketing, and sales.  
  • Oversee project staff, consultants, and contractors.  
  • Administer development agreements and land sales.  
  • Resolve divestment strategies and negotiate new development deals.  
  • Implement risk management practices and ensure legal compliance.  

Please note that this is a 12-month parental leave cover role, with the potential for a permanent position at Development Victoria for the right candidate.

Desired Skills and Experience

About You

We are seeking a confident, big-picture thinker who is commercially savvy and possesses strong stakeholder management skills. The ideal candidate will be flexible, adaptable, and self-driven, with the ability to build relationships, show initiative, and maintain resilience in a complex environment.   

Knowledge, Skills and Experience  

  • Bachelor’s degree in property, project management, civil engineering or finance (postgraduate desirable).  
  • Experience in property project management.  
  • Ability to navigate the complexities of legal compliance and development contracts.   
  • Effective negotiation and communication.  
  • Strong problem-solving, interpersonal, and self-management skills.  
  • Proven ability and experience in planning, organising and coordinating development, design, construction and marketing of projects.    
  • Experience managing and directing people to generate successful results.    
  • Experience in the preparation and analysis of financial feasibility studies, budgeting and tight cost monitoring to achieve profitable outcomes.    
  • Experience in the preparation of complex briefs, letters, emails and reports using clear, concise and grammatically correct language. 
  • Managing a team of consultants to undertake design development and investigations in a tight time frame.   

Employee Benefits    

  • We drive strong collaboration and support our teams to work virtually and flexibly.    
  • Professional development opportunities available including;     
    • Study support    
    • Mentoring programs    
    • Opportunity to participate in cross functional working groups that drive diversity and inclusion and sustainability initiatives.    
  • Novated leasing    
  • Purchase leave    
  • Paid parental leave    
  • Technology salary sacrifice    
  • Employee referral bonuses     
  • Health & Wellbeing initiatives such as EAP and mental health and wellbeing leave    
  • Access to group life & group salary continuance insurance    
  • Modern onsite facilities    

Application Process    

  • Please apply via our careers page linked to this advertisement, applications will not be accepted via email.     
  • Please note: The preferred candidate will be required to complete a national police record check prior to an offer of employment being made.    
  • At Development Victoria, we work flexibly and value diversity, and we invite you to talk to us about any preferences or adjustments you may value or require to either our recruitment process or the role itself. If you identify as a person with disability, please let us know how we can provide additional support to your application.    

Application Deadline: Please submit your application by 13 October 2024. Applications received after this date may not be considered.    

If you require further information about this role, please contact Recruitment Enquiries recruitment.enquiries@development.vic.gov.au

We respectfully request no agency approaches. We will not be responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes being sent to anyone here in our business.   

Development Manager, Precincts

Job type:

Full time

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Development Manager, Precincts