Senior Project Lead

WorkSafe is Victoria's workplace health and safety regulator. We are also the workplace injury insurer. Our job is to reduce workplace harm and improve outcomes for injured workers. This is our promise to the Victorian community and the reason we exist.

Senior Project Lead

• $148,113.00 per annum + 12% superannuation
• Full time, 12 month fixed term opportunity
• Wadawurrung / Geelong based role (hybrid - 3 days a week in office)

About the opportunity

The Senior Project Lead plays a vital role in leading key projects within Return to Work Victoria (RTWV), involving end to end management of projects that make a valuable difference to injured workers' recovery journey, spanning across health, compensation, premium, self-insurance and other related fields. They lead project teams and co-ordinate the deliverables to achieve the agreed strategic improvements spanning across people, process and system.

The Senior Project Lead will play an important role in meeting the organisation's performance targets associated with our critical measures including those scheme indicators relating to prevention, return to work, our services to injured workers and financial sustainability. The role will work with business leadership teams to identify opportunities that improve industry, business unit or organisational policy, program or processes and will develop, design and implement plans consistent with strategic direction. This role requires flexibility, agility and responsiveness to support the needs of the scheme, as well as undertaking critical delivery functions interchangeable, including analysis and change support activities.

Key accountabilities

• Lead and manage the development and execution of relevant projects to support the RTWV Business Unit and WorkSafe's strategic programs, including Agent based initiatives.
• Initiates, establishes and maintains key strategic relationships with a broad range of stakeholders promoting RTWV's key objectives
• Undertake the role of Project Management, some business analysis and change management activities interchangeably, with the purpose of leading the business through transformation and supporting impacted areas through change.
• Develop robust Business Cases based on research with clear and sound justification towards recommended options, anticipating opportunities, benefits, risk, interdependencies and financial considerations.
• Systematically research and conduct in-depth analysis of complex data and information, using various analytical techniques to propose systematic solution options to specific issues.
• Determine the best approach to implement new or changed policy and make strategic recommendations accordingly.
• Identify impacts on operations, clients and stakeholders and make recommendations to influence on project outcomes, as well as contributing to the overall RTWV Business Unit's planning and strategy, including the risk management framework.

Please ensure you review the Position Description here for additional information on accountabilities for this role.

About you

You are an experienced project manager with a strong background in project management methodologies. Your communication, negotiation and organisational skills are highly developed, and your strong interpersonal skills allow you to establish and maintain effective and collaborative relationships with a wide range of stakeholders.

Additionally, you will possess the following skills and experience:

• Experience leading and managing medium to large scale projects, with demonstrated use of strong project management methodology to deliver outcomes.
• Identify and partner with differing levels of stakeholders, developing effective relationships and make recommendations in regards to stakeholder involvement and influence on project outcomes.
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills to analyse ambiguous information to formulate solutions to address emerging issues and support strategic decision making.
• Excellent written and presentation skills to explain highly complex concepts, contentious or sensitive issues and information where high levels of negotiation, communication and interpersonal skills are required.
• Understanding of change management principles, how to influence to gain acceptance of change, and ability to manage stakeholders through change.
• Understanding of WorkSafe's operating environment and systems, and working with WorkSafe's stakeholders, including Government, unions and employer groups is desirable

Qualifications

• Tertiary education in project management and/or business analyst or at least 3 years industry experience together with relevant tertiary education in a business related discipline.
• Project Management certification (i.e. Prince2, agile or waterfall delivery methods) desirable

Working with us

At WorkSafe, our goal is for every employee to feel connected, safe, and valued within their team, for teams to feel appreciated in the workplace, and for WorkSafe to be respected in the community.

We believe that a diverse workforce is essential for delivering the best outcomes for the Victorian community. We strongly encourage applications from all individuals, including First Nations people, people with disabilities, those from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, and individuals of all sexualities and genders.

What's next?

Applications close 11:00pm Friday 3 October 2025. Click the link to apply, and join us in making a difference to Victorian lives.

Only applications submitted via the WorkSafe Careers website will be considered.

Preferred candidates will be required to satisfactorily complete a Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check and/or other checks as required for the position as part of the recruitment process.

Eligibility for ongoing employment with WorkSafe Victoria requires Australian or New Zealand citizenship or permanent residency.

Due to the volume of applications received, individualised feedback will only be provided to candidates who progress to interview stage.

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