Manager

About the Department

The role of the Department of Education is to support Victorians to build prosperous, socially engaged, happy and healthy lives. It does this by supporting lifelong learning and healthy development, strengthening families and helping to equip people with the skills and knowledge for a 21st century economy and society.

About the Group

Schools and Regional Services (SRS) offers central, regional, and local expertise to enhance learning and development outcomes, supported by a diverse and geographically dispersed workforce. It comprises 17 areas within 4 regions, backed by 5 central office divisions, all collaborating to deliver improved outcomes for early childhood services, schools, communities, and learners, in line with Education State commitments. SRS regions serve as a bridge between the central office, schools, and service providers, ensuring smooth transitions for learners and achieving the department's ambitious targets. Each region includes divisions specialising in school performance, student wellbeing and early childhood support, working with area-based teams to tailor local interventions and practices. The 17 areas provide crucial insights into local trends and issues, facilitating effective policy and program development and driving child and learner outcomes across all services and programs.

This role is attached to the Increasing Community Use of School Facilities (ICUSF) Pilot Program, School Performance Division, South Western Victoria Region, SRS. The ICUSF Pilot team has been established to engage with 41 new schools and campuses in Melbourne's west, as well as local organisations, to increase the number of formal facility sharing atrrangements in the community. This will be done through the promoting of opportunities for shared use of facilities, supporting schools with managing and administering license agreements, and evaluating potential options to scale up the pilot program in the future.

About the Role

Working closely with the ED School Performance the and senior project officers, the program manager will be responsible for providing leadership and developing the ICUSF pilot framework, including the development of monitoring and reporting practises, and stakeholder engagement strategies, both with the new schools involved in the pilot and external community entities. The program manager will also be responsible for ensuring key project milestones are met, providing timely briefings to the executive team and the Minister's Office, and for engaging and procuring a program evaluator to explore the potential of expanding the pilot across the state.

Attributes

• Strategic Planning: Guides others through the strategic planning process, creating a shared vision for the future. Has a comprehensive understanding of external and internal issues that influence the strategic direction of the department.
• Communication: Prepares technical reports at an authoritative level. Focuses on understanding stakeholder issues and influencing their views. Uses formal and informal channels to influence program management to achieve goals.
• Operational Service Delivery: Provides leadership and guidance based on advanced expertise. Is a subject matter expert that, initiates, implements, promotes, and evaluates complex and innovative programs. Responsible for meeting service objectives, including financial, quality and time related targets for programs or major projects.
• Working Collaboratively: Builds a culture of collaboration across the department. Looks for and facilitates opportunities to collaborate with external stakeholders. Identifies and overcomes barriers to communication with internal and external stakeholders.
• Flexibility and Adaptability: Finds new ways to deliver outcomes. and recognises the merits of different options. Has the courage to alter strategies in situations when there is a clear indication that an existing strategy may not deliver the best outcome. Builds commitment of others to adopt new strategies, to deliver against outcomes.
• Managing People: Role models ethical leadership through decision making and interactions with people. Creates a culture that enables others to perform at their best and achieve departmental objectives. Champions people engagement as a priority.
• Stakeholder Management: Identifies and manages a range of complex and often competing needs. Facilitates innovative solutions to resolve stakeholder issues, and takes ultimate responsibility for managing issue resolution processes as required.

Qualifications and Experience

• Desirable: A relevant tertiary qualification related field eg project management

The successful applicant will be required to provide a current Working With Children Check.

How to Apply

Applications should include:

• A resume (no more than 2 pages)
• A cover letter that outlines why you are suitable for the role with reference to the requirements of the role, attributes and key selection criteria (no more than 2 pages).

Further Information

For more details regarding this position please see attached position description for the capabilities to address in application.

The department values diversity and inclusion in all forms - gender, religion, ethnicity, LGBTIQ+, disability and neurodiversity. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates are strongly encouraged to apply. For more information about our work, working for the Department, diversity and inclusion, and our employment conditions visit the Department website and our Diversity and Inclusion page

Applicants requiring adjustments can contact the nominated contact person.

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For further information pertaining to the role, please contact Sean Box, Executive Director, School Performance South Western Victoria Region via or

Preferred applicants may be required to complete a police check and may be subject to other pre-employment checks. Information provided to the Department of Education will be treated in the strictest confidence.

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This role is Fixed Term till 30/06/2027

Applications close 11:59pm on Monday, 15 September 2025