Performance Advisor

Location: Melbourne | CBD

Job type: Ongoing - Full Time

Organisation: Department of Transport and Planning

**Salary**: $109,730 - $132,764

Occupation: Research

Reference: 5410

**About the Role**

As a Performance Advisor, you will oversee and manage the performance regime of the Victorian Road Maintenance Contracts across Victoria. You will drive contractor performance by monitoring progress and performance against KPIs, identifying areas for improvement, and providing timely feedback to Contractors.

In this role,you will:

- Make informed decisions and collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to maintain performance standards
- Create detailed performance reports for key stakeholders
- Encourage continuous improvement and the adoption of best practices and innovative solutions.

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**Position Accountabilities**
- Contract Execution - Has provided professional expertise to ensure the successful execution of the Victorian Road Maintenance Contracts across Victoria, and that they provide best value and quality in line with relevant legislation and quality standards.
- Continuous Improvement - Has exercised professional independent judgement to develop innovative solutions to complex problems related to risk management, commercial performance and contractor management.
- Strong Networks - Has built strong formal and informal networks both internally and externally. These relationships have been drawn on to achieve successful outcomes for DTP, Government and the Community.
- Effective Risk Management - Has applied well developed commercial management skills to manage and mitigate risk (safety, environmental, scope, financial, time and reputational) in accordance with DTP Risk Framework during the administration and management of contracts.
- Promote and support safe, inclusive and flexible team operations.
- In line with Section 31A of the Public Administration Act 2004 (Vic) other duties may be assigned consistent with employment classification, skills, and capabilities.

We are seeking an accomplished professional who excels in **Partnering and Co-creation**, with a proven ability to build and maintain strong partnerships to achieve key objectives. You will coach others on co-creation processes, foster team commitment through your personal example, and ensure trust is established through the timely and quality delivery of outcomes. In **Critical Thinking and Problem Solving**, you will take a broad business perspective to resolve issues, identify recurring challenges, and prevent future ones by integrating solutions into processes. Your role in **Project Delivery** will involve translating strategies into effective programs and projects, with a focus on governance, risk management, and success measures to maximize outcomes. You will demonstrate strong **Influence and Persuasion** skills, gaining agreement to proposals, securing support, and using indirect influence to achieve objectives. Lastly, your **Stakeholder Management** expertise will enable you to add value, monitor satisfaction, and effectively address any concerns that arise.

**PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES**
- Flexibility and Adaptability (Accomplished) - Adapts systems and processes quickly to changed priorities and situations.
- Outcomes Thinking (Accomplished) - Establishes mechanisms to monitor impact of work on the community; Ensures team/ organisation’s operating and delivery model is designed in ways that creates a positive impact on community.
- Working Collaboratively (Accomplished) - Guide’s others to create a culture of collaboration; Identifies, and works to overcome, barriers to knowledge or information sharing; Identifies opportunities to work with other teams to deliver outcomes.

**Qualifications and Experience**

**Mandatory**
- Qualifications in Business Administration, Management, Engineering, Project Management, or related field experience

**Desirable**
- Experience in managing performance outcomes
- Experience in developing insights and visualisations
- Proficiency in Power BI software

**Role Specific Requirements**
- Drivers License

**What we offer**
- Meaningful work making Victorian communities more accessible and liveable
- Professional growth and development opportunities across the department and the wider Victorian Public Services
- A hybrid working model focused on collaboration and teamwork
- Optimal work-life balance initiatives including flexible working arrangements
- Opportunity to work across multiple urban and suburban hubs
- We prioritise the development of a safe and inclusive culture

**Culture Value**

We are an equal opportunity employer, embracing a diverse range of applicants such as veterans, and people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, LGBTQIA community members, individuals with disabilities and/or health conditions, as well as those from varied faith and cultural backgrounds. At our department, we prioritize