Road Safety Infrustructure Program Lead

Location: Melbourne | CBD

Job type: Full time / 2 years

Organisation: Department of Transport

**Salary**: $129,379 - $173,138

Occupation: Projects

Reference: VG/DOT/PPI/1706374

The Department of Transport and Planning oversees key planning, transport and land use policy decisions and management across the State. A life-cycle approach to planning, building, connecting and sustaining communities means our people can come together to; improve services, deliver sustainable projects, focus on customer engagement, streamline regulatory approval pathways, facilitate community consultation and better realise local economic opportunities for more liveable communities across Victoria.

Policy, Precincts and Innovation is responsible for providing policy direction, planning and leading innovation for integrated simple, safe connected journeys.

Road Safety Victoria is a Division the Department of Transport, and is responsible forleading the Victorian Government to achieve Zero road fatalities by 2050

**About the Role**

The Road Safety Infrastructure Program Lead is responsible for investment planning, and program management across Victoria's major road safety investment programs. These programs must be robustly developed to ensure they meet Victoria's Road Safety Strategy targets, and to provide assurance that these programs provide value for money. This role leads a team of road safety investment planners, program coordinators and works closely with a team of governance and reporting specialists. The role requires specialisation in investment and program management (previous program was $1.7b) and knowledge and understanding of road safety infrastructure treatments across vehicle, motorcycle, and vulnerable road users.

To be successful in the role you will be able to translate strategies into programs or projects that enables achievement of outcomes required and defines governance e.g. success measures, roles and responsibilities, progress monitoring to manage risks and maximise probability of success. In addition, you will be able to hold self and team accountable to public sector values and agreed performance standards, support achievement of outcomes by anticipating and resolving issues and able to establish and implement actions to increase level of people engagement. Furthermore, you will be able to define and maximise value add and/ or return of investment in business cases, contract terms, or service delivery agreements as well as a broad understanding of procurement and finance concepts to inform expenditure decisions and manage risks

On a personal level you will be flexible and adapt to find new ways to deliver outcomes recognise the merits of different options and act accordingly along with courage to alter strategies in situations when there are clear indications of existing strategy may not deliver the best outcome, where significant amount of effort or investment has been put in.

**Position Outcomes**
- **Policy and Program development and delivery **- The role has effectively and successfully lead and managed delivery of complex programs, projects and initiatives and develop evidenced based strategic directions and responses for the Department in relation to the future configuration state of the road network for the short, medium and long term, while identifying and managing priorities as they emerge.
- **Strong Relationships **- The role has fostered and maintained effective and strong relationships with key internal and external stakeholders and lead strategic partnerships within government to develop and deliver on the government's Road Safety strategy, objectives and targets.
- **Specialist and high-quality advice -** Timely, high quality, authoritative strategic, tactical and operational advice has been provided to Ministers, the Secretary, senior leaders in the road safety partnership and executive leadership to support transport portfolio objectives and respond to emerging and/or complex issues including highly complex reports, submissions, briefing papers, correspondence on various matters including highly sensitive issues.
- **Safe System expertise - **Has provided specialist technical leadership across Road Safety Victoria and the Road Safety Partnership on significant safe system infrastructure requirements and built that capability within the team
- **Effective People Leadership -** Has provided effective leadership, people management and performance support to their team. Staff are engaged with high levels of cohesion and commitment and are delivering on the services required. The manager has supporteddiversity andcapability uplift and growth in the team and across Road Safety Victoria.
- **Promote and support safe, inclusive and flexible team operations.**

**Qualifications and Experience**

**Mandatory**
- Experience in policy development and program/project management in the road safety, public sector policy or public health areas.
- Experience leading multi-disciplinary teams