Job Description
Location: Melbourne | CBD
Job type: Ongoing - Full Time
Organisation: Department of Transport and Planning
Salary: $76,817 - $93,275
Occupation: Accounting
Reference: 5963
Investment and Technology is a Group within the Department of Transport and Planning, and provides investment strategy and delivers commercial and information technology services to drive high performance and improved commercial outcomes for the State.
Investment Strategy within the Portfolio Management Office is responsible for ensuring the effective allocation of resources across transport and planning projects and initiatives. This involves collaboration across the Department to ensure resourcing implications are considered during policy, planning and development phases and that there is a robust investment strategy to inform future funding advice and decision making.
This role is largely carried out through the coordination of the portfolio's submission for the annual State Budget process, including the prioritisation of initiatives for investment, review of business cases to ensure alignment with transport policy and planning and close engagement with central agencies and Ministers to streamline decision making.
We're focused on outcomes that deliver more choice, connections and confidence in our travel, ensuring the whole transport network works as one to deliver better services and outcomes.
About the Role
Working as part of a small team, you will provide authoritative, articulate, and strategic advice on investment strategy to Ministers and the department executives, to support decision-making on budget funding priorities and options. You will maintain a short-medium term view of the department's priorities for funding through the State budget, advise on the timing, sequencing and packaging of investment decisions, and develop robust strategies for securing required funding and resolving risks and issues. You will also provide guidance and advice to support the development of robust business cases for proposed investments.
In this role, you will work closely with colleagues within the Division, and with stakeholders across the Department and central agencies. The team works in a dynamic environment where priorities can change very quickly. This role requires being able to quickly adapt and respond to these changing priorities.
Position Outcomes
The successful candidate will provide expert analysis and strategic advice on transport budget and investment strategies to senior officials, while liaising with internal stakeholders to support issue tracking and resolution. You will assist in preparing high-quality reports and budget submissions, develop effective tracking systems, and work collaboratively within the team to ensure robust transport investment planning.
Key Selection Criteria
KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS
Strategic planning (Foundational): Supports the strategic planning process in own work area and seeks information about how their work relates to broader organisational strategy; Understands concepts relating to strategic planning.
Stakeholder Management (Foundational): Responds to clients' needs; Keeps the client or stakeholder up to date with issues and developments; Promptly follows through on inquiries, requests and complaints; Takes responsibility for correcting problems promptly.
Communicate with impact: Organises information in a logical sequence; Includes content appropriate to the purpose and audience.
Influence and Persuasion (Foundational): Understands the pros/cons of different approaches; Uses direct logical persuasion in a discussion or presentation by using concrete examples, facts and figures to support their argument.
Critical Thinking and Problem Solving (Foundational): Seeks resolution of problems through policy or process guidelines; Otherwise seeks guidance by providing information and ideas relevant towards resolution of problem. Understands concepts enabling improvements in critical thinking and problem solving.
Business and commercial acumen (Foundational): Understands the impact of back-office policies and processes to immediate work unit; Identifies potential gaps or conflicting processes and policies.
In addition to the above requirements, the successful candidate must demonstrate openness to new ideas and skill development, foster a cooperative team environment, and engage with others to share information and support during challenges.
Qualifications and Experience
Desirable
Qualifications in transport and/or engineering, finance, project management or public policy will be highly regarded.
What we offer
Meaningful work making Victorian communities more accessible and liveable.
Professional growth and development opportunities across the department and the wider Victorian Public Services.
A hybrid working model focused on collaboration and teamwork.
Optimal work-life balance initiatives including flexible working arrangements.
Opportunity to work across multiple urban and suburban hubs.
We prioritise the development of a safe and inclusive culture.
Culture Value
We are an equal opportunity employer, embracing a diverse range of applicants such as veterans, and people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, LGBTQIA community members, individuals with disabilities and/or health conditions, as well as those from varied faith and cultural backgrounds. At our department, we prioritize the development of a safe, inclusive, and high-performance culture through shared actions and behaviours that align with our strategy and direction. This empowers our employees to effectively contribute to our goals.
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Applications close 11.59pm on Friday, 22nd of November 2024.
All Applications should include a resume and a cover letter. For further information about the role please contact Luke Cheers - Manager, Investment Strategy via ******.
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 Transport and Planning will be treated in the strictest confidence.
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