About This Role

Utilise your Project Management expertise to provide support and advice to the Liquor Control Victoria branch
A Fixed-Term, Full-Time opportunity to work with a high-performing and passionate team in the Victorian Public Service for 6 months
VPS Grade 5: $109,730 - $132,764 plus superannuation.

About The Business Unit

Liquor Control Victoria was established on 1 July 2022 and comprises the independent Victorian Liquor Commission and staff from the Department of Justice and Community Safety. Liquor Control Victoria is responsible for issuing liquor licences and overseeing industry compliance and enforcement to ensure that Victorians and visitors to the state enjoy safe and responsible liquor licenced environments. This is an exciting time to join Liquor Control Victoria and to be part of something new and growing. We are strengthening our focus on harm minimisation and assessment of community impacts as part of our regulatory approach following major reforms to liquor licencing laws that commenced in 2022.

The Licensing and Transformation Division within Liquor Control Victoria conducts and oversees a variety of licensing activities, including assessing and determining applications for liquor licences, permits and other approvals under delegation. It responds to enquiries from the public and industry and establishes relationships with licensees and key industry, government and community stakeholders to achieve positive regulatory outcomes. The division also leads business transformation initiatives to strengthen the liquor regulator, including ICT transformation. 

About The Role

The Project Manager will work within an established project team to lead Liquor Control Victoria through a digital transformation of its front-end systems.

Some Of Your Duties Will Include

Project-managing the delivery of the Liquor Regulation digitisation project partnering with Service Victoria
Providing leadership in the management of program governance and reporting obligations including the establishment o sound and efficient processes and systems to deliver team objectives
Identifying and analysing emerging issues, problems or opportunities, proposing and implementing strategic solutions while developing documents to support implementation of solutions.

To learn more about this role before applying, please read the attached position description.

About You

As our ideal candidate, you will possess:

Seasoned project management expertise, including demonstrated experience in managing organisational change initiatives
A wealth of knowledge and experience in delivering IT projects using frameworks
A strong ability to develop and disseminate complex project documentation, briefs, and correspondence, and to deliver on project objectives
Exceptional communication (written and verbal) and interpersonal skills combined with demonstrable ability to liaise and negotiate at senior management levels
Excellent stakeholder engagement skills, including the ability to inform and influence a range of project partners, stakeholders, and end-users.

Qualifications/Requirements

Professional certification in project management (essential)
Degree level qualification in an appropriate discipline (desirable)

How To Apply

Please click the Apply button on this advertisement. Applications should include a resume and covering letter. Attachments can be uploaded in .doc, .docx, .pdf, .txt or .rtf formats.

The successful candidate will be required to undergo pre-employment checks which may include reference checks, national police checks and misconduct screening. Dependant on the role, other checks may include VicRoads checks, drivers licence checks, medical checks, Working with Children Checks, and Declaration of Private Interests (for executive and responsible officer roles).

If you require adjustments to the recruitment and selection process, or require an alternative format to any of the application material, please don't hesitate to get in touch with the contact person listed on this ad.

For Internal Vps Employees

For this particular vacancy, priority consideration applies to Victorian Public Service (VPS) and select employees of the Victorian Public Sector who apply through the Jobs Skills Exchange (JSE) jobs board platform.
For all VPS employees, due to the new Jobs Skills Exchange (JSE) policy, please apply through the JSE to be eligible to be considered for this position in the first round.

Important Information

CHILD SAFE STATEMENT OF COMMITMENT:

The Department of Justice and Community Safety is committed to the safety and wellbeing of children and young people. We seek to prevent harm of any kind impacting children and young people and have zero tolerance for racism, child abuse and inequality. Children and young people's rights, relationships, identity, and culture must be recognised and respected, their voices heard, and their concerns acted upon. We aim to foster a culturally safe, child safe and child friendly environment for all children and young people we have contact with, deliver services to, or are impacted by our work.

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