Adviser

Location: Melbourne | CBD

Job type: Full Time - Fixed Term

Organisation: Department of Transport and Planning

**Salary**: $95,102 - $107,905

Occupation: Strategic Management

Reference: 6006

**The Office of the Victorian Government Architect (OVGA)**

The Office of the Victorian Government Architect (OVGA) is a Division of the Strategy and Precincts Group within DTP. OVGA offers design advice and advocacy on projects that significantly affect Victoria’s built environment. OVGA provides strategic and constructive advice to government to articulate the vision and values that underpin its civic investments and support its role as:

- Leader - through principles and policies that embed expectations of design quality in all stages of a project life cycle.
- Enabler - through processes that encourage collaboration and awareness of the value in building legacy; and
- An informed client - that demands high quality and enduring outcomes in realising capital works programs.

The OVGA team has strong public and industry design expertise and includes experienced specialists in areas including architecture, urban design, and landscape architecture. OVGA provides a positive, supportive culture and a work environment that encourages and enables high performance.

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**

**This is a Fixed Term, full time position **until 1 August 2025.**

The OVGA is looking for a highly motivated and publicly minded design professional to fill a role as Adviser on landscape architecture and urban design. This is an exciting and immediate opportunity to join OVGA in promoting design capability and culture, through advocacy and advice that supports high-quality design outcomes for the Victorian community.

The Adviser on landscape architecture and urban design will support OVGA’s role working across government on a range of significant design-led policy initiatives and built environment projects in sectors including housing, health, education, transport, justice, culture and precincts.

The Adviser on lndscape architecture and urban design will be an experienced landscape architect and / or urban designer. They will have the ability to provide excellent, well-researched verbal and written design advice on matters related to the quality of our built environment. The Adviser will contribute to OVGA’s strategic advocacy initiatives including its guidance publications.

This is a unique opportunity to join a team making a significant contribution to the quality of Victoria’s built environment and develop your strategic thinking, negotiation, and engagement skills.

In addition to the above, the driver’s license is a prerequisite. Out of hours work may be required, including occasional evening, weekend work or overnight travel.

**To access the Position Description, please click **here**

**Position Outcomes**

The Adviser on landscape architecture and urban design will support OVGA in promoting high-quality design across government initiatives and lead collaborative, complex projects to enhance the built environment. This role includes stakeholder engagement, advising on design and procurement for public projects, conducting research to inform OVGA’s advocacy, and contributing to guidance publications and government briefs.

**_ Key Selection Criteria -_**

**KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS**
- **Communicate with Impact (Applied)**

Prepares and delivers logical, sequential and succinct written and verbal advice and communication. Uses clear and concise language. Uses messages and media appropriate to the audience and presents information to develop an understanding of the topic.
- **Influence and Persuasion (Applied)**

Consistently adapts the content, style, message or tone of advice, key messages and presentations to suit the audience and plans how to tackle objections. Applies own ideas by linking them to others’ values, needs and goals.
- **Critical Thinking and Problem Solving (Applied)**

Resolves issues through deep understanding or interpretation of existing guidelines. Where guidelines are not available, analyses ideas available and identifies, either individually or in consultation with others, a pathway to resolve problems. If required, determines additional information needed to make informed decisions. Applies critical thinking and problem-solving concepts in the right context.
- **Partnering and Co-creation (Applied)**

Identifies and partners with users, stakeholders, experts, to ensure active collaboration in the design process to understand user needs, obtain ideas, insights and input. Works with stakeholders and users to develop models / approaches and coordinate testing to validate the strategy, program or outcome. Ensures decisions are made within agreed timeframes.
- **Project Delivery (Applied)**

Executes work tasks