Manager, Kinder Facilities Management

**About the Department**

The department provides a wide range of learning and development support and services.

The department provides policy leadership, plans for the future of education in Victoria and leads key cross-sector collaboration. The department plays an important system steward role by providing support, guidance, oversight and assurance across early childhood and school education systems, as well as directly providing school education and 50 new early learning centres.

**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**

The Asset Management Division helps schools maintain and manage their buildings and grounds and ensures they are more energy efficient. The Division trains school leaders as facilities managers and supports them to develop school maintenance plans. They coordinate programs, assessments, and systems to ensure schools are routinely maintained and cleaned.

The Division includes the Asset Management Branch, School Asset Management Support Branch, Facilities Branch, Maintenance Delivery Branch and the Programs Branch.

**About the Role**

The Kinder Facilities Management Unit manages and overseas a growing portfolio of early childhood assets through a hybrid service delivery model. This includes the VSBA being the asset manager for these facilities, with annual contracts and reactive maintenance delivered in partnership with an external party.

The Manager, Kinder Facilities Management is responsible for overseeing the Unit service delivery, operations enhancement and contractor performance for a portfolio of assets. The incumbent provides guidance and strategic support to the team on a number of operational and tactical items, including contract management, service delivery, stakeholder management, risk and budget management and process improvement.

The key responsibilities of this role include:

- building positive relationships with key stakeholders to facilitate and communicate the successful delivery of the service.
- develop strategic planning advice on complex issues and communicating options and solutions.
- work collaboratively across the VSBA and broader Department to manage information and processes across the portfolio, acting as a key point of contact for multiple teams and stakeholders
- contribute to continuous improvements for delivery through automation and process improvement.
- Leading a team effectively by providing thought leadership on people management, enabling peple to perform at their best and develop through learning opportunities.

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**

**Desirable**Qualifications and Experience**
- Essential: Minimum of 5 years' experience in Facilities Management, Contract Management or Project Management in the capital works space.
- Desirable: A tertiary qualification relevant to the role.
- Desirable: Previous leadership experience.

**Further Information**

Applicants requiring adjustments can contact the nominated contact person.

**Applications close 11:59pm on Monday, 5 May 2025