Project Officer, Housing Development
22 hours ago
THE ROLE
The Project Officer in the Housing Development Branch role will play a key role in providing support services to the project team who are focused on delivering the Government's agenda of increasing access to affordable housing for Victorians. The role will contribute to a variety of complex projects at the development and delivery phases, the procurement of contracted services and products, reporting and ongoing process improvement.
**Are you**:
- Experienced within the construction sector with exposure to large scale, fast-tracked social infrastructure projects?
- Able to conceptualise an idea and turn the idea into a deliverable that meet business needs?
- Open to new ideas; show initiative; proactive and self-starting; seizes opportunities and acts upon them?
- Strong in analytical thinking and comfortable dealing with high levels of complexity?
- Able to build and maintain effective relationships with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders?
- Qualified and/or experienced in procurement and delivery of residential projects?
ACCOUNTABILITIES INCLUDE
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- Support the full life cycle of projects to meet departmental objectives including project development and delivery, monitoring and evaluation.
- Assist in the preparation and presentation of reports, ministerial briefs, cabinet and agency submissions.
- Maintain positive relationships with stakeholders to facilitate a partnership approach.
- Support stakeholder engagement activities including scheduling and coordinating meetings and workshops, preparing agendas and minutes, distribution of meeting papers and follow up of actions arising from meetings.
- Develop, implement and maintain efficient project administration systems including document tracking and control and proactively creating and implementing new systems to streamline processes as required.
- Keep accurate and complete records of your work activities in accordance with legislative requirements and the department's records, information security and privacy policies and requirements.
- Take reasonable care for your own health and safety and for that of others in the workplace by working in accordance with legislative requirements and the department's occupational health and safety (OHS) policies and procedures.
- Demonstrate how the actions and outcomes of this role and work unit impact clients and the department's ability to deliver, or facilitate the delivery of, effective support and services.
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VACCINATION REQUIREMENTS POLICY
The department is committed to providing and maintaining a working environment that is safe and without risk to the health of its workers and clients. The department may require its employees to be fully vaccinated against preventable diseases such as the current coronavirus (COVID-19). The department's COVID-19 Vaccination Requirements Policy (Word) outlines the requirements for existing employees, other workplace participants and prospective employees. Subject to exceptions, only employees or other workplace participants with up-to-date vaccination status (see definitions section of the policy) against COVID-19 and who provide evidence of their Vaccination Status are permitted to work for the department outside their ordinary place of residence.
For this role, you are required to submit proof of vaccination prior to commencement. Please refer to the attached policy for more information - DFFH COVID-19 Mandatory Vaccination policy.
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