Manager Value Assurance

Title: Manager Value Assurance

Requisition ID: 8689

Work Type: Ongoing Full Time

Fixed Term Period: Not Applicable

Location: Melbourne - CBD

Date Posted: 6 Nov 2025

About The Group
Transport Services delivers safe, reliable and accessible transport infrastructure and services to keep Victoria moving, connecting people to what matters most in their lives.

About The Role
Land Registry Services (LRS) provides secure and accurate registration services for property, plan and water share transactions in accordance with the Transfer of Land Act 1958, the Subdivision Act 1988, and related legislation. LRS also provides title search and property certificate services, delivered through a private provider, Secure Electronic Registries Victoria (SERV) who also provide administrative services to support the registration of close to one million land transactions, 8,000 plans of subdivision, 3 million title searches and 1.5 million other property information services each year.

The Manager Value Assurance provides strategic leadership of IT audit, risk, and compliance for the systems underpinning the State's land register. The role sets the assurance strategy for concession IT systems, ensuring integrity, reliability, and security in line with government, contractual, and regulatory obligations.

With expertise in IT governance and security frameworks (COBIT, ISO 27001, NIST), the Manager oversees forward audit and assurance programs covering IT general controls, cyber safeguards, and concession

compliance. The position provides independent assurance, while influencing concession partners, regulators, and auditors to strengthen resilience in areas such as identity management, incident response, and cloud operations. The Manager mitigates systemic IT and cyber risks and ensures the State derives maximum public value from one of its most significant system concessions.

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We are seeking a strategic professional with advanced systems thinking, flexibility and resilience, capable of guiding teams through change while aligning day-to-day operations with organisational goals. The ideal candidate will excel in clear communication and strategic planning, and bring accomplished technical expertise in data and technology change, project assurance, governance, auditing, and compliance within complex environments.

Position Accountabilities
– Provide leadership and guidance based on advanced expertise

– Contribute advanced expertise and knowledge to strategic planning and decision making processes

– Explain highly complex concepts, ideas and issues to an executive (i.e. non-expert) audience

– Routinely advise senior levels of the organisation on policy issues and solutions within a functional area

– Initiate and manage negotiations with peers (internal and external to work unit) to gain commitment to projects and delivery of activities to meet timelines

– Influence stakeholders holding competing priorities and views

Technical Capabilities
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Data and Technology Change (Accomplished)
- Leads data and technology change initiatives to enable digital transformation, business improvement, and strategic alignment.

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Project Assurance (Accomplished)
- Leads project assurance activities for complex projects or programs, providing comprehensive assessments and recommendations.

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Governance and Auditing (Accomplished)
– Leads governance and auditing initiatives, ensuring strong compliance frameworks, risk mitigation strategies, and ethical accountability

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Regulation and Compliance (Accomplished)
– Leads compliance interpretation and implementation in moderately complex or high-risk operational contexts.

Qualifications And Experience
– Qualification in Information Technology, Computer Science or related discipline (mandatory)

– Professional certification in IT audit or security (e.g. CISA, CISM, CISSP, ISO 27001 Lead Auditor) (desirable)

– 2+ years experience in a government context (desirable)

Culture Value
We welcome applicants from a diverse range of backgrounds representing the community that we serve, including veterans, parents, carers, First Peoples, people with disability, multicultural, multifaith and LGBTIQA+ individuals.

As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to fostering a safe, inclusive, and high-performance culture. Through shared actions and behaviours aligned with our strategy and direction, we empower our people to thrive and meaningfully contribute to the department's goals.

What We Offer
Working at the Department of Transport and Planning provides people with the opportunity to contribute to creating thriving places and connected communities for all Victorians.

For further details please refer to Careers at the Department of Transport and Planning.

Pre-employment checks and employment conditions

All new appointments to the department will be subject to a National Criminal Records Check, Misconduct Screening, and a Qualification Check where there is a requirement for a mandatory qualification. Information provided to the Department of Transport and Planning will be treated in the strictest confidence consistent with the requirements of the Privacy and Data Protection Act 2014.

Applicants must be an Australian Citizen, Permanent Resident or hold a valid work permit or visa necessary for the nature of the position.

Recipients of Victorian Public Service (VPS) voluntary departure packages should note that re-employment restrictions apply.

Non-VPS applicants will be subject to a probation period of six months.

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Applications close at
11.59pm on Wednesday, the 19th of November 2025.
Please include both your resume and a cover letter. All applications must be submitted via the online portal, we're unable to accept email or manual submissions.

For further information about the role, please contact
Rachel Green, Senior Manager Strategic Business Services via
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