Road Safety Victoria is a Group within the Department of Transport and Planning, and is responsible for leading the efforts of all road safety partners to deliver a collective response across government, our industry partners, and the Victorian community to create a safe road environment that supports all road users regardless of mode to make safe choices aimed to reduced road trauma as we work towards the vision of zero deaths on Victorian roads by 2050. 

We’re focused on outcomes that deliver more choice, connections and confidence in our travel, ensuring the whole transport network works as one to deliver better services and outcomes.

About the Role

The Project Lead - Road Safety Evaluation drives the delivery of high-quality evaluations for road safety projects and programs. The role is responsible for the successful end-deliver delivery of evaluations of road safety projects and programs including the establishment of systems to support their delivery and has a key focus on evaluating the effectiveness of infrastructure initiatives and investments in reducing road trauma in Victoria.

The role requires the application of extensive road safety, data analysis and evaluation knowledge, along with project and contract management expertise to enable the delivery of a range of evaluation projects across the project and program lifecycle. It works with colleagues and senior leaders across the Department of Transport and Planning and the road safety partnership to provide expert advice on road safety evaluations, develop evaluation frameworks, deliver evaluation projects embed best-practice evaluation methodologies, develop and monitor ongoing evaluation project pipelines, and identify opportunities for innovation and continuous improvement.

Strong collaboration and stakeholder management skills will be essential to ensure key stakeholder issues are understood and addressed and a collaborative approach is taken to scoping and delivering road safety evaluation projects. A strong understanding of research, data analysis and evaluation techniques will ensure that evaluations are methodologically sound and robust. Excellent communication skills will also be critical to enable the development of communications targeted to different audiences, effectively translating evaluation frameworks and fundings into an easily digestible form.

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Position Outcomes

The role involves managing and delivering complex road safety evaluation projects, ensuring alignment with strategic frameworks and addressing risks effectively. It emphasizes providing expert advice, fostering strong stakeholder collaborations, and driving continuous improvement in evaluation processes while delivering clear, audience-focused communications.

Key Selection Criteria –

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

• Project Delivery (Accomplished) - Translates strategies into programs or projects that enables achievement of outcomes required; Defines governance (e.g. success measures, roles and responsibilities, progress monitoring) required to manage risks and maximise probability of success.
• Road Safety (Accomplished) - Has a strong grasp of a wide range of road safety issues and the corresponding treatments. They actively contribute to the development and implementation of road safety solutions, drawing upon their extensive knowledge to address complex safety challenges. In-depth understanding of advanced statistical models to assess road safety issues. Proficient in cutting-edge treatments and technological interventions.
• Critical Thinking and Problem Solving (Accomplished) -Takes into account wider business context within business unit when considering options to resolve issues. Identifies recurring problems and prevents future recurrence by integrating solutions into work process. Delivers tangible business outcomes as a result of critically evaluating problems from multiple perspectives and delivering effective solutions.
• Stakeholder Management (Accomplished) - Identifies issues in common for one or more clients or stakeholders and uses them to build mutually beneficial partnerships; Identifies and responds to stakeholder’s underlying needs; Uses understanding of the stakeholder’s organisational context to ensure outcomes are achieved
• Systems Thinking (Accomplished) - Diagnoses trends, obstacles & opportunities in the internal and external environment that connect to own work and team’s work; Coaches others in using systems thinking to solve problems and create solutions; Understands the linkages between systems and communities to inform policy; Conceptualises and defines the systems working within the organisation
• Communicate with impact (Applied) - Prepares and delivers logical sequential and succinct presentations; Uses clear & concise language; Uses media appropriate to the audience and presents information to develop the understanding of the topic.

 PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES

• Working Collaboratively (Leading) – Build a culture of collaboration across the organisation; Looks for and facilitates opportunities to collaborate with external stakeholders; Identifies and overcomes barriers to communication with internal and external stakeholders.
• Flexibility and Adaptability (Leading) – Works to find new ways to deliver outcomes; Recognises the merits of different options and acts accordingly. Has courage to alter strategies in situations when there are clear indications of existing strategy may not deliver the best outcome, where significant amount of effort or investment has been put in. Builds commitment of others to adopt new strategies to deliver against outcomes
• Outcomes Thinking (Accomplished) – Establishes mechanisms to monitor impact of work on the community; Ensures team/ organisation’s operating and delivery model is designed in ways that creates a positive impact on community.

Qualifications and Experience

Mandatory

• Experience in the delivery of complex project and program evaluations in the road safety, public sector policy or public health areas.
• A strong understanding of the safe system approach to road safety.

Desirable

• Road safety engineering expertise.
• Strong communications skills and the ability to present complex information in a digestible form.
• Proven ability to develop and maintain strong, productive partnerships with key stakeholders.

What we offer

• Meaningful work making Victorian communities more accessible and liveable
• Professional growth and development opportunities across the department and the wider Victorian Public Services
• A hybrid working model focused on collaboration and teamwork
• Optimal work-life balance initiatives including flexible working arrangements
• Opportunity to work across multiple urban and suburban hubs
• We prioritise the development of a safe and inclusive culture

Culture Value

We are an equal opportunity employer, embracing a diverse range of applicants such as veterans, and people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, LGBTQIA community members, individuals with disabilities and/or health conditions, as well as those from varied faith and cultural backgrounds. At our department, we prioritize the development of a safe, inclusive, and high-performance culture through shared actions and behaviours that align with our strategy and direction. This empowers our employees to effectively contribute to our goals.

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Applications close 11.59pm on Monday, 13th of January 2025. 

All Applications should include a resume and a cover letter. For further information about the role please contact Sandeep Pandit, Manager Road Safety Research & Evaluation via Sandeep.pandit@transport.vic.gov.au

Preferred applicants may be required to complete a police check and may be subject to other pre-employment checks. Information provided to the Department of Transport and Planning will be treated in the strictest confidence.

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