We are seeking a skilled professional to manage contract assurance services and foster strong stakeholder relationships. The role entails maintaining compliance standards, supporting procurement best practices, and facilitating business change through key systems. A strong commitment to integrity, accountability, and delivering exceptional customer service is essential.

About the Department

The role of the Department of Education is to support Victorians to build prosperous, socially engaged, happy and healthy lives. It does this by supporting lifelong learning and healthy development, strengthening families and helping to equip people with the skills and knowledge for a 21st century economy and society.

About the Victorian School Building Authority

The Victorian School Building Authority (VSBA) is part of the Department of Education. Established in 2016, it oversees Victoria's largest school building program since the state introduced free public education in the 1870s. 

The VSBA upgrades and expands existing schools and plans, designs and builds new schools to meet enrolment demand. We also support schools to maintain their buildings and grounds by offering expert advice and coordinating maintenance programs and grants.  

With Victoria recently introducing two years of funded kindergarten, the VSBA is also working with the early childhood sector on a massive kindergarten construction program. 

About the Division

The Corporate Division provides corporate support to all VSBA teams and fulfills an important assurance and oversight role. They guide VSBA to achieve strategic objectives and ensure decision-making is transparent and accountable.

The division also coordinates communication and consultation with local communities about their school building projects. They develop graphic design and video content, manage our social media channels, lead organisational customer service reform, distribute our e-newsletters and organise ministerial and other events for our projects.

The role sits within the Standards, Training, and Assurance (STA) unit of the Systems and Oversight Branch. 

STA play an important role in managing portfolio risks through transparent assurance of performance via third party assurance providers, provision of quality advice, and development and maintenance of standards and frameworks which support the compliant delivery of programs and projects across the VSBA. STA work collaboratively with VSBA teams to build capability and implement work processes which are consistent with Government standards including provision of expert procurement advice and support. STA support organisational-wide capability through shared accountability and continuous improvement.

About the Role

Specific accountabilities of the role include:

• Contract management of VSBA's independent assurance services.
• Actively building and maintaining relationships with stakeholders to support capability improvements.
• Maintaining a quality suite of standards and frameworks, including supporting Whole of Victorian Government and the department's compliance requirements.
• Contributing to better practice procurement.
• Supporting business change by demonstrating proficiency with VSBA core systems, including AIMS, IPM and SAIL as required.
• Contributing to a culture of integrity and accountability.

All VSBA staff have a shared responsibility to meet the same service standards outlined in the VSBA Customer Service Charter.  Our goal is to make every interaction with the VSBA a positive one for our customers, colleagues and key partners regardless of our individual role or team. 

Attributes

This role is client focused and to be successful in the role you will have a bring systems thinking, and pragmatic approach to problem solving, including being able to communicate complex ideas. The role requires demonstrated ability managing high value contracts and working in a project management environment.

Desirable Qualifications and Experience

• Desirable: Relevant tertiary qualification and demonstrated equivalent professional experience.

Further Information

For more details regarding this position please see attached position description for the capabilities to address in application.

The department values diversity and inclusion in all forms - gender, religion, ethnicity, LGBTIQ+, disability and neurodiversity. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates are strongly encouraged to apply. For more information about our work, working for the Department, diversity and inclusion, and our employment conditions visit the Department website and our Diversity and Inclusion page

Applicants requiring adjustments can contact the nominated contact person.

Information about the Department of Education's operations and employment conditions can be located at www.education.vic.gov.au.

For further information pertaining to the role, please contact Pieta Denholm via email pieta.denholm@education.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 Education will be treated in the strictest confidence.

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Applications close 11:59pm on 16th October 2024.