Manager, Talent and Organisational Development

Manager, Talent, and Organisational Development
Full-Time, Ongoing position
About VMIA
Victorian Managed Insurance Authority (VMIA) is the Victorian Government's insurer and risk adviser, covering the people and projects that help Victorians thrive. We're an agency in the Department of Treasury and Finance portfolio, established under the Victorian Managed Insurance Authority Act, and report to the Assistant Treasurer.
We provide insurance and risk advice to government departments and agencies, with more than 4,600 clients, ranging from small community service organisations to public hospitals, schools, and core service providers. We also provide domestic building insurance to builders, giving Victorian homeowners peace of mind for building projects valued over $16,000.
We help our clients prepare for, prevent, or reduce the impact of harm. When things don't go to plan, we help clients restore services and recover quickly.
Our unique perspective across Victorian Government clients is an opportunity for learning and development in the risk and insurance industry as well as the broader public sector, creating deep connections with our clients, and a shared understanding of best practice in our fields of expertise.
People are at the heart of everything we do. At VMIA, you'll be encouraged to achieve your career goals in a progressive and flexible workplace that most importantly lets you be yourself.
Your role
This is a newly created role following a functional review. You're a passionate, hands-on leader with a continuous improvement mindset and motivated by creating and shaping meaningful, high-impact people practices. Your immediate priorities will be to establish the new stream within the People & Culture team and broader business.

**You will**:

- Lead a team of three staff and provide strategic advice, thought leadership and practical operational support.
- Review existing processes, service offerings and programs and deliver on immediate business priorities and maintain business as usual activities.
- Lead the fit for purpose design, maintenance, and release of key initiatives into operation, delivering expected outcomes across the portfolio areas of:

- Workforce planning
- Performance and development
- Remuneration
- Leadership, Talent, and succession
- Diversity and Inclusion
- Talent acquisition
- Develop and manage VMIA's capability requirements, as identified in the strategy and workforce plan across enterprise, enabling and technical capability domains.
- Develop and implement innovative talent management and acquisition strategies that build an attractive EVP and brand in the talent market and align with VMIA's current and emerging capability requirements.
- Support the implementation of key projects aligned with VMIAs five-year strategy through the provision of sound workforce management and organisational design solutions.
- Build collaborative partnerships with leaders, embedding a culture of empowerment, collaboration, and autonomy with clear alignment to our strategic outcomes and best people practices.
- Inform initiatives with appropriate data, metrics, and insights to enable them to achieve expected outcomes.

Who you work with
- You work collaboratively with leaders across VMIA and the Business Operations Division, to deliver our People & Culture strategic agenda, annual program of work and drive continual enhancements across the function.
- People & Culture, senior leaders, and our people to shape fit for purpose People and Culture solutions for VMIA.
- You are a leader within the People & Culture function, providing guidance, coaching to team members, and supporting development of technical and enabling capabilities that build a knowledgeable and contemporary function.

About you
- You have a demonstrated ability to design and implement strategic people initiatives that achieve improved culture and capability outcomes in different organizational settings.
- You have experience working across all organisational levels, able to strategically partner and influence senior stakeholders as well as build relationships and meaningfully engage employees.
- You are passionate about creating and shaping meaningful, high-impact people practices and you can demonstrate examples of how you have identified leading trends and implemented ‘fit for purpose' frameworks and improved practices.
- You have demonstrated ability to implement a broad range of people strategies, programs, policies, and operational practices to successfully support the strategic objectives of a business.
- You are a strategic thinker who has experience analysing complex information to identify potential risks and provide sound advice in a time-pressured environment.
- You understand the public sector and relevant management processes, with the capacity to operate successfully in each environment.
- You possess strong data and analytical capability to inform decision making and address business problems, including concepts of