Drive Australia’s largest urban renewal project

The $8 billion Big Housing Build is tackling the housing crisis by delivering more and better social, affordable and market homes.

Whether you are driven by the challenges of major construction, innovation in large-scale infrastructure delivery or want to really improve thousands of people’s lives – we want to hear from you.

Homes Victoria is delivering Australia’s largest ever urban renewal project – redeveloping Melbourne’s 44 public housing towers to deliver modern homes for more than 30,000 people.

This visionary mega-project includes a construction pipeline of major projects up until 2051.

We’re scouring the private and public sectors for leaders who can deliver complex, large-scale projects and manage current market challenges to drive commercially viable, quality built form outcomes.

Victoria’s Big Housing Build just got bigger - are you ready to make an impact?

Are you:

• A strong leader and organised professional, with outstanding interpersonal skills?
• Experienced in working in a Senior Executive Office to support delivery of strategic and operational priorities?
• Experienced with Department of Families, Fairness and Housing systems and processes, and Homes Victoria or similar work practices?
• A strategic corporate thinker, with strong analytical skills?
• An excellent communicator with the ability to negotiate firmly and tactfully with senior stakeholders?
• Skilled to support recruitment within the team to identify opportunities for staff development and assist with department recruitment processes?

An exciting opportunity exists for a Principal Project Manager on an ongoing basis to deliver Australia's largest ever urban renewal project.

THE ROLE

The Principal Project Manager, Business Services, Housing Development Branch is responsible for ensuring effective coordination of unit corporate accountabilities, planning, and staff engagement. You will lead a small team and operate in a complex and dynamic environment, requiring capacity to exercise sound judgement, liaise effectively with senior executives and build relationships with key people across the department and relevant stakeholders for Homes Victoria. The position plays a key leadership role and supports the delivery of outputs for Director, Large Scale Partnerships, and the Housing Development Branch. The position operates with a high-level of professionalism, autonomy, initiative and collaboration.

ACCOUNTABILITIES INCLUDE

1. Provide senior advisory and executive support to the Director, Large Scale Partnership on corporate responsibilities and operational issues.
2. Coordinate and manage delivery of divisional submissions, briefings and responses to corporate and government requirements, including business planning, performance monitoring and reporting, risk management and finance and resource management in line with departmental and divisional priorities.
3. Manage and support ministerial, parliamentary, departmental divisional executive functions and processes.

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HOW TO APPLY

All VPS employees (and ex-VPS employees with extended access to the Jobs and Skills Exchange website) MUST apply via the Jobs and Skills Exchange (JSE) <https://jse.vic.gov.au/user/login?destination=/new-home-page> portal.

Applicants are encouraged to apply online. Attachments can be uploaded in .doc, .docx, .pdf, .txt or .rtf formats.

Applicants are required to submit a CV and Cover Letter (max 2 pages) outlining their suitability to the role in line with the Key Selection Criteria. 

Applicants must be an Australian Citizen, Permanent Resident or hold a valid work permit or visa. Work eligibility will be checked as part of the recruitment process. 

Preferred candidates will be required to complete pre-employment screening, including a national police check and misconduct screening.

For more information on working with us and our recruitment process, please visit Department of Families, Fairness and Housing Victoria | Jobs (www.dffh.vic.gov.au/jobs)

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