Access, Interfaces

**Access, Interfaces & Stakeholder Manager**
- ** Lead third-party access across V/Line’s network, ensuring safety and compliance.**:

- ** Build strong relationships with government, industry and landowners.**:

- ** Permanent, Full-Time**

V/Line’s purpose is to connect Victorians through safe, reliable, and accessible transport. We believe in giving all Victorians opportunities through travel and transport - connecting them to jobs, education, family and friends, services, tourism and trade.

V/Line is experiencing significant growth and we’re delivering more services, more trains, cheaper fares, and huge projects. With more than 3700 weekly train and coach services, an expansive freight network and unprecedented rail investment, millions of Victorians depend on us to deliver. You could be one of our 3100 committed team members who are up to the challenge.

**About the role**

As the **Access, Interfaces & Stakeholder Manager**, you are integral to the success of V/Line’s **Assets and Maintenance Group.**

The **Assets and Maintenance Group** has responsibility for the provision and management of a safe and efficient rail network to support V/Line operations. Other responsibilities of the Group include management of disruptions and freight access to the system and providing support to both the Operations and Projects Groups to ensure a one V/Line voice.

The Group is also required to work in partnership with the Department of Transport and Planning to ensure that standards and approaches are consistent across transport agencies and work to achieve a well-functioning, integrated Victorian transport system

As a member of the Freight team, the **Access, Interface & Stakeholder Manager**will contribute to V/Line’s strategic goals and direction, through supporting policy decisions aligned to V/Line initiatives.

The cross functional nature of this position also requires the incumbent to develop and maintain strong interpersonal relationships within all areas of V/Line’s business.

**Key accountabilities include**:

- Managing V/lines obligations under the Service Level Agreement in respect of land, leases and licenses between V/Line, DTP & VicTrack.
- Develop and maintain positive relationships with third parties working on the network.
- Overseeing the review and approval process for Site Access Applications (SAAs) and the issuance of Site Access Permits (SAPs), ensuring compliance with relevant procedures and standards.
- Ensure that third parties are complying with V/Line’s safety, environmental and operational guidelines.
- Liaise with internal and external stakeholders to ensure that the work undertaken is meeting the expected standards and codes adopted by V/Line.
- Provide appropriate and relevant guidance, support and advice to the Third-Party Access team.
- Represent V/Line for major external projects regarding network access.
- Attend work sites to conduct inspections to ensure compliance to Site Access Permits.
- Review locations for proposed work to provide advice and support.
- Assist in the development and maintenance of internal procedures to ensure the V/Line’s safety and environmental, operational requirements are adhered to by third party applicants.
- Coordinate access between the major external project and V/Line Stakeholders.
- Ensure safe third-party access to the network with no interference to V/line operations.
- Coordinate the management of land issues including transfers of land into and out of the Regional Infrastructure Lease.
- Liaise with VicTrack in line with the VicTrack Technical Services Agreement.
- Coordinate interactions with adjacent land stakeholders to ensure clarity around safety interface agreements, boundaries and maintenance issues.
- Communicate with internal and external parties to resolve ongoing legal matters regarding access to V/Line’s lease by adjacent private non-rail landowners.
- Maintain records and reporting on the status of inter-operator and property agreements.
- Liaise with Government and/ or VicTrack for new concept and third-party projects.
- Responsible for level crossing safe access permits across V/Line’s network by Oversized Over Mass (OSOM) vehicles.
- Contribute to the preparation of business planning and budgets.
- Contribute to strategic and business planning processes within NDAM to ensure that plans are informed by high quality service strategy advice and a focus on client needs.
- Manage the collection of third-party access fees and debtor control.
- Develop a comprehensive set of procedures and policies which are strategic in focus and use them to gain organisational and stakeholder acceptance.
- Develop appropriate options and recommendations for V/Line operations, management and other matters.
- Ensure all areas are meeting objectives within timeframes and budget parameters.
- As well as performing duties specified in this position description you may be required to undertake other duties or functions consistent with your classifica