Movement and Safety Officer

**Overview**:
**Work Type**:Fixed-term - Full-time

**Salary**: $79,122 - $96,073

**Grade**:VPS 3

**Occupation**:Emergency management

**Location**:Grampians - Ballarat

**Reference**:8118

**About us**
- We create thriving places and connected communities. We bring together transport, planning, land use, precinct and policy functions in a single department to deliver the best outcomes for Victorians.
- Together with our portfolio agencies, we are responsible for planning, building, operating and maintaining Victoria’s transport, planning and land services for use by all.
- We foster a safe, inclusive and constructive place to work.

**Transport Service is a Group** within Department of Transport & Planning, and is responsible for delivering safe, reliable and accessible transport infrastructure and services to all Victorians.

**About the role**

**This is a Fixed term role until 15/05/26**
- With an area covering 20 municipalities across western Victoria, including the regional cities of Geelong, Ballarat, Warrnambool and Horsham, Avalon Airport and the ports of Geelong and Portland, significant tourist destinations such as the Great Ocean Road and Grampians (Gariwerd) National Park and significant freight corridors servicing Western Victoria and beyond, Barwon South-West Grampians Region has a diverse range of transport needs and challenges.
The Movement & Safety team works in partnership with stakeholders and communities located across Barwon South-West Grampians Region. We explore, develop and deliver solutions to move people and goods efficiently and safely while being sensitive to the needs and importance of enhancing key destinations and places across Victoria. We do this by:

- Responding to operational and safety matters across the transport network.
- Collaborating with key internal and external road safety and transport partners tasked with investigating and identifying opportunities to address short, medium and long-term needs for all transport modes. This includes managing issues related to congestion, speed limits, road safety, freight and amenity, pedestrians and cyclists, and contributing to changes that seek to meet the demand of current and emerging transport safety and movement challenges.
- Using knowledge of the operation of the network and influencing teams and projects to address such issues through design reviews and business case development.
- Working with our transport partners (including Councils) to explore network problems and develop solutions.
- As a Movement and Safety Officer, your key priorities include:

- Assessing and implementing changes to road signage
- Providing timely and sound advice to the community and a range of internal and external stakeholders, based on relevant guidelines and standards
- Additionally, and under guidance, you may be required to assist other team members in:

- The delivery of minor safety treatments and network improvements
- Developing solutions, recommendations and responses to road safety and traffic management issues and influencing transport project outcomes

**Key Selection Criteria**
- To access the Position Description, please click here

**Position accountabilities**
- ** Stakeholder Management**: Ability to work closely with stakeholders and the community to explore problems and develop solutions to achieve outcomes aligned with organisational objectives.
- ** Communication**: Ability to communicate clearly and engage on understanding problems and providing constructive advice, tailoring communication to meet customer and stakeholder needs in a timely manner.
- ** Decision Making**: Ability to make decisions under broad supervision, and within agreed timeframes, that are aligned with Safe System principles and the Movement & Place framework.
- ** Working Collaboratively**: Ability to work in a team, demonstrating behaviours consistent with a constructive work culture including actively seeking and acting on feedback.
- In line with Section 31A of the Public Administration Act 2004 (Vic) other duties may be assigned consistent with employment classification, skills, and capabilities.

**Personal Attributes**
- We are seeking someone who is resilient, open to new ideas, willing to share suggestions, disciplined in their work, and able to persevere in the face of challenges.

**Qualifications and experience**

**Mandatory**
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, and ability to work well within a team to achieve positive outcomes

**Desirable**
- Experience relevant to the capabilities of the role
- Experience in traffic engineering and/or road safety
- A relevant tertiary qualification

**Role Specific Requirements**
- Driver’s License

Ordinary hours of work
- This is a full time role, based on a 76 hour fortnight, with ordinary hours of work to be undertaken during Monday to Friday between 7:00am and 7:00pm.

**Culture Value**
- We welcome applicants from a diverse range of backgrounds representing the community that w