Manager

**VPS6 - Fixed Term - Full Time up to 2 years**

**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***

**Asset Management Division**

The Asset Management Division is responsible for setting VSBA's strategic asset direction, developing and implementing programs that address accessibility, inclusion and accommodation initiatives, and building school capability and capacity to manage assets.

**The Maintenance Delivery Branch** oversees maintenance projects, encompassing planned maintenance, as well as the upkeep of hydraulic fire safety systems and shelter-in-place facilities and other programs. Additionally, it ensures that secondary school campuses are equipped with suitable facilities to accommodate mental health practitioners, aligning with the government's commitment for this program.

**About the Role**

Leading a dedicated team, this position focuses on fostering positive relationships with key stakeholders to ensure effective communication and collaboration throughout program lifecycles. By adeptly navigating complex issues and presenting viable solutions.
The role provides invaluable guidance to schools on operational programs and alternative support strategies.
Moreover, they spearhead the development of program policies and guidelines, leveraging extensive business analysis to identify opportunities for continuous improvement. Implementing robust monitoring processes, the role ensures comprehensive analysis of project data across the program, contributing essential insights to corporate asset management initiatives. This role is instrumental in championing excellence, driving efficiency, and enhancing operational outcomes organization-wide.

The key responsibilities of this role are to:

- building positive relationships with key stakeholders to facilitate and communicate the successful delivery of
- operational programs
- communicating complex issues, options, and solutions
- providing advice to schools about operational programs and alternative support
- leading the development of program policy and guidelines
- undertake business analysis and identify opportunities for improvement
- establish processes to monitor and analyse program-wide project data
- provide branch input to corporate asset management improvement and assurance measures implementation

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**
- lead a team effectively, ensuring they deliver on works and programs
- Building and maintaining positive relationships with key stakeholders to facilitate successful program delivery and effective communication
- managing the delivery of programs, overseeing project milestones, and ensuring projects are delivered on time, within scope, and within budget
- monitoring and analyzing program-wide project data
- aligning operational programs with broader strategic goals and initiatives of the organization.

**Desirable **Qualifications and Experience**

Essential: a relevant advanced degree in fields such as Business Administration, Public Administration, Project Management, or a related field.
3-5 years of progressive experience in developing policies, guidelines, and procedures related to program management or operational initiatives.

Desirable: Familiarity with the education sector or similar public sector environments, understanding the regulatory and compliance landscape

**Further Information**

For more details regarding this position please see attached position description.

Applicants requiring adjustments can contact the nominated contact person.

**Applications close** 11:59pm on Friday, January 3**rd** 2025**.