Manager, Land Acquisition
3 days ago
Lead the way to deliver Victoria's Suburban Rail Loop and Melbourne Airport Rail, the largest infrastructure projects of their kind These exciting and momentous projects require your expertise in either People, Project or Program management. Leading a team of case managers through critical project delivery and impacted party negotiations, you will be able to provide your mentoring and critical thinking to all aspects of this unique role.
Enjoy direct stakeholder management with the State's largest project delivery partners as you build a portfolio of works to see you career into the future.
Who are we?
The Department of Transport Property Division provides land acquisition and associated services to infrastructure projects delivered by the Department and Major Transport Infrastructure Authority (MTIA)
About the role
The Manager, Land Acquisition will manage projects as well as a range of government land transactions (e.g. compulsory acquisitions, negotiation of leases/licences, purchases, temporary occupations, underground strata divestments and Planning and Environment Act claims) and associated compensation for our clients which include the Department's Groups, Westgate Tunnel Project, Crossing Removal Project, North East Link Project, Major Roads Project Victoria and Suburban Rail Loop Authority.
Key deliverables include
- Under broad supervision, you will effectively settle assigned land transactions in accordance with the relevant legislation and government policies and procedures. This includes interaction with landowners, their representatives and other interested parties, preparing all statutory notices and other correspondence, preparing, recommending and obtaining internal and external approval to offers of compensation, negotiating and settling compensation cases, obtaining possession of land in accordance with project time frames and relevant legislation, recommend and support dispute resolution via VCAT or the Supreme Court, and updating systems/databases with key information.
- Effectively plan, monitor and deliver assigned projects through the entire project lifecycle, either individually or with the support of other project specialists, to ensure that the project objectives, key milestones and quality outcomes are achieved.
- Demonstrate experience in Government land transactions
- Be regarded as a thought leader in project management
- Detect the underlying concerns, interests or emotions that lie behind what is being said and done
- Drive a culture of quality by design where quality practices are embedded in the service and solution delivery process and
- Take into account wider business context
Our division is ever growing and we want to bring the best and the brightest to the department. Even if you don't feel you meet 100% of the criteria we still want to hear from you. A career in the state government is both rewarding and challenging whilst more importantly community focused.
How to Apply
This position requires the successful employee to provide evidence of being fully vaccinated against COVID-19, or medical evidence which confirms the individual is unable to receive a dose, or a further dose, of a COVID-19 vaccine due to a medical contraindication or an acute medical illness.DoT is requiring all staff to be Vaccinated and to have had Booster Vaccination (Triple vaccinated as a minimum)
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