Principal Adviser

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The Victorian Health Building Authority (VHBA) is responsible for the planning and delivery of the Victorian Government's multibillion-dollar health infrastructure program including $16.6 billion in managed assets and $8.8 billion in planning and delivery. Our work includes planning and building new hospitals and ambulance stations, aged care and mental health facilities, early parenting centres, redeveloping existing hospital facilities as well as replacing and upgrading engineering infrastructure. The Principal Adviser works with the VHBA Executive to prepare advice on financial and budget information, capital program delivery updates, asset management and maintenance, and planning activities and pipeline, to a range of clients. This advice ranges across the Health, Mental Health, Ambulance, Housing, and Ageing portfolios. In addition to providing external advice, the Principal Adviser works with the VHBA Executive on internal planning and strategy, Departmental processes, and office management.
You will be expected to provide this advice in a collegiate fashion and will provide leadership within the organisation and consistency of messaging in order to drive change and effectiveness. You will develop workforce capability specific to VHBA and deliver advice on wider Departmental and Government activities. The role requires a great deal of flexibility and an ability to meet the competing timelines of various stakeholders in an expert manner, to the satisfaction and approval of the CEO.

**Are you**:

- Collaborative with highly developed written and verbal communication skills
- Have a demonstrated ability to negotiate and influence stakeholders
- Methodical with strong attention to detail, including an ability to anticipate, deal with, and manage changing requirements in an evolving organisationMandatory Vaccination Policy

Accountabilities
- Provide high quality business intelligence, authoritative advice and sound policy recommendations to senior management and government based on comprehensive research.
- Review and report on high priority issues, risks and trends and prepare and present comprehensive reports, ministerial briefs and cabinet and agency submissions on complex issues.
- Attend Steering Committee meetings and assist Project Directors and other members of the executive with information and activity on projects as required.
- Pro-actively build and maintain effective working relationships and facilitate the flow of information across the department and with key external stakeholders.
- Attend meetings with the CEO where required and act on directions to ensure timelines are met and staff remain accountable. Prepare presentations, develop arguments and discussion points for the CEO in preparation of meetings where required.
- Review written work prior to it going to the CEO and provide feedback to staff to ensure timeliness, accuracy and consistency of message.
- Proactively resolve problems and facilitate positive outcomes by identifying issues that need to be brought to the attention of the CEO and advise VHBA staff of how to manage these and best prepare for discussions with the CEO.
- Manage DH processes on behalf of VHBA including Parliamentary Accounts and Estimates Committee, Cabinet briefings, Parliamentary questions and questions on notice, and other ad-hoc reporting requests.
- Keep accurate and complete records of your work activities in accordance with legislative requirements and the department's records, information security and privacy policies and requirements.
- Demonstrate how the actions and outcomes of this role and work unit impact clients and the department's ability to deliver, or facilitate the delivery of, effective support and services.

**HOW TO APPLY**:
For this position, you are not required to address each of the key selection criteria in a separate written document.
Applicants must be an Australian Citizen, Permanent Resident or hold a valid work permit or visa. Work eligibility will be checked as part of the recruitment process.
For further information please visit the Department of Health