Job Description

Location: Melbourne | CBD

Job type: Full time / to 30 June 2028

Organisation: Department of Families, Fairness and Housing

Salary: $225,000 - $290,600

Occupation: Executive Management

Reference: VG/DFFH/HV/740042

Job posted: 16/10/2024

Closes: 30/10/2024

Occupation: Executive Management

Classification: SES1

Job duration: to 30 June 2028

Contact: Renee Cullen | 0438 010 007

Reference: VG/DFFH/HV/740042

Occupation: Executive Management

Salary Range: $225,000 - $290,600

Work location: Melbourne | CBD

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?

THE ROLE

The Director, Operations is responsible for leading the provision of high-level advice and support to the Chief Development Officer on a broad range of issues and projects including programs of significant scale and state importance such as the High-rise Redevelopment Program. The role undertakes executive level project work and is pivotal in prioritising and progressing urgent matters on behalf of the Chief Development Officer.

The Director, Operations works within a complex environment characterised by competing priorities, and often deals with matters requiring innovative strategies in resolving various and wide-ranging issues. Due to its cross-branch function, the role liaises, consults, and negotiates at a senior level on a range of executive and policy issues and identifies and alerts the Chief Development Officer to significant and/or sensitive issues as they emerge.

This role must stay close to our deliverables, work with the Directors in the Housing Development branch and remain responsible for the Office of the Chief Development Officer. The incumbent will also have the ability to work in a fast paced and varied role, requiring significant government business acumen.

Accountabilities Include

Act as an authoritative source of high quality, innovative and strategic advice to the Chief Development Officer and senior executives across the department to strongly influence policy and strategic direction, contributing to organisation wide goals.
Exercise initiative and independence on dealing with priority issues, with freedom to make critical decisions on priorities and goals, to ensure the Housing Development branch is responsive to emerging issues.
Provide timely briefing to the Chief Development Officer across all issues and deliverables for the branch.

How To Apply

Please open the position description to read more.

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) 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)

Please apply to submit your interest in this position.

Victorian Department of Families, Fairness & Housing jobs

Director, Operations, Housing Development Branch