Organisational Design Lead

**Overview**:
**Work Type**:Ongoing - Full-time

**Salary**: $138,631 - $185,518

**Grade**:VPS 6

**Occupation**:Other

**Location**:Melbourne - CBD and Inner Metro suburbs

**Reference**:8333

**About us**
- We create thriving places and connected communities. We bring together transport, planning, land use, precinct and policy functions in a single department to deliver the best outcomes for Victorians.
- Together with our portfolio agencies, we are responsible for planning, building, operating and maintaining Victoria’s transport, planning and land services for use by all.
- We foster a safe, inclusive and constructive place to work.

**People, Legal and Governance** provides business enabling people, legal and corporate services functions, to drive a high-performance culture; timely and accessible legal advice and services; and to support integrated operations and portfolio wide programs.

**About the role**
- As the Organisational Design Lead, you’ll partner closely with business leaders and change teams in reviewing and designing Group, Divisional and Branch operating models, organisational structures and functional accountabilities to ensure proposed future state models meet DTP’s strategic priorities.

Position accountabilities
- Lead and support organisation design and workforce transformation initiatives
- Work with relevant business areas
- Define and map functional accountabilities
- Drive consistency across the business in organisational design approach
- Partner with People and Culture to facilitate workshops
- Contribute to capability mapping, business architecture, and role design
- Deliver high-quality project outputs
- Drive execution planning and manage end-to-end project delivery
- Engage and collaborate with stakeholders
- Provide coaching and build capability in organisation design

**Key Selection Criteria**
- To be successful in this role, you will need to be a sharp thinker who can analyse issues in context, explore problems from multiple perspectives, and deliver practical, sustainable solutions. You will use your ability to influence and persuade to secure buy-in from diverse stakeholders, often building support behind the scenes and drawing on expert input to strengthen proposals. With a future-focused mindset, you will anticipate emerging challenges and opportunities, ensuring our organisation is ready to adapt and thrive.
- Your approach to innovation and continuous improvement will be central to success. Just as importantly, you will foster a culture of creativity and collaboration across teams, removing barriers to information-sharing and enabling collective achievement.
- If you are ready to take on a challenging and rewarding role that influences how a major government department delivers for Victoria, we encourage you to apply

To access the Position Description, please click here **PD Organisational Design Lead**

**Qualifications and experience**

**Mandatory**
- Tertiary qualifications or experience in a relevant discipline
- Strong experience in organisation design and operating model development
- Ability to drive consistency and standardisation across diverse teams and branches
- Proficient in data analysis and problem-solving to identify issues and provide recommendations
- Strong communication skills, with the ability to engage with senior business leaders and stakeholders
- Excellent facilitation skills

**Desirable**
- Knowledge of best practices in organisational design and job architecture, particularly in the public sector
- Experience with developing and mapping functional accountabilities and role designs in large organisations
- Familiarity with ITIL or change management frameworks

**Culture Value**
- We welcome applicants from a diverse range of backgrounds representing the community that we serve, including veterans, parents, carers, First Peoples, people with disability, multicultural, multifaith and LGBTIQA+ individuals.
- As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to fostering a safe, inclusive, and high-performance culture. Through shared actions and behaviours aligned with our strategy and direction, we empower our people to thrive and meaningfully contribute to the department’s goals.

What we offer
- Working at the Department of Transport and Planning provides people with the opportunity to contribute to creating thriving places and connected communities for all Victorians.
- For further details please refer to Careers at the Department of Transport and Planning.
- Pre-employment checks and employment conditions
- Applicants must be an Australian Citizen, Permanent Resident or hold a valid work permit or visa necessary for the nature of the position.
- Recipients of Victorian Public Service (VPS) voluntary departure packages should note that re-employment restrictions apply.

How to apply

If you encounter any issues, refer to our Quick Reference Guide for step-by-step instructions.
- Applications close at **11.59pm on Sunday, 21 Septembe