Project Lead, Change and Transformation

Role purpose
The Department of Health is embarking on a significant change readiness program that will support the Health Infrastructure Division to grow rapidly and sustainably, strengthening the foundations and building the capability necessary to plan and deliver a ~$20b project pipeline of world-class infrastructure for Victoria.
Reporting to the Executive Program Director, the Project Lead will lead the effective delivery of a discrete project portfolio, working across broad work streams including talent acquisition and growth planning, operating model, culture and future state readiness to plan and execute key deliverables.
Working in tandem with a Change Lead and a Senior Program Coordinator, the Project Lead will partner with key internal stakeholders to collaboratively progress significant project outcomes.
Specialist expertise
- Substantial demonstrated experience and success in leading and/or implementing large scale, transformational change projects within a complex environment, delivering on organisational objectives and building employee engagement through the process, ideally in the field of operating model redesign or culture and leadership development
- Highly experienced in the development and implementation of organisational change and communication strategies and plans
- Demonstrated experience in influencing and driving outcomes across all levels of the organisation
- Experienced in providing advice, coaching and support to leaders in leading change

Knowledge and skills
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- Partnering and co-creation - Ability to build effective partnerships with stakeholders across the department who have disparate interests and motivations, develop insights into real needs and work with them to co-create effective solutions.
- People management: aligns team with the organisational values and goals through effective people management and modelling; clearly defines role expectations, monitors performance, provides timely and constructive feedback and facilitates employee engagement and development.
- Communication skills: communicates effectively, including in crisis situations, and explains public health risks in a way that is understood by diverse audiences. Deals well with difficult and sensitive topics and questions.
- Influence and negotiation: implements complex strategies to build buy-in and support from key internal and external clients or stakeholders. Uses a variety of different influencing approaches tailored to different clients. Effectively negotiates with clients/stakeholders to achieve desired outcomes.
- Problem solving: anticipates potential problems and pre-empts required actions. Continually liaises to ensure full understanding of issues. Evaluates implemented courses of action and makes adjustments as required.
- Visioning: focuses on the future, and clearly translates the government's and department's visions, directions and guiding principles into innovative and practical approaches and outcomes.
- Political acumen: is politically aware and astute, and builds cross government partnerships
- Strategic thinking: thinks and acts with a long-term perspective, ensuring that plans and outcomes contribute to cross-departmental and government priorities.

Personal qualities
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- Conceptual and analytical ability: deals with concepts and complexity comfortably; uses analytical and conceptual skills to reason through problems; has creative ideas and can project how these can link to innovations.
- Relationship-building and collaboration: demonstrates sophisticated interpersonal skills, and builds productive relationships with people at all levels within and outside the department.
- Decisiveness: makes rational and sound decisions based on a consideration of the facts and alternatives. Makes tough decisions, sometimes with incomplete information. Evaluates rational and emotional elements of situations. Makes quick decisions where required. Commits to a definite course of action.
- Teamwork: cooperates and works well with others in pursuit of team goals, collaborates and shares information, shows consideration, concern and respect for others' feelings and ideas, accommodates and works well with the different working styles of others, encourages resolution of conflict within the group.
- Agility: adaptable and accepts changed priorities without undue discomfort; has skills and experience in reprioritising, refocussing and redirecting efforts to constantly respond to the evolving strategic needs of the organisation.

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