Principal Project Manager, Enabling Works

Description:

Victorian Department of Families, Fairness & Housing

Supports all Victorians to have access to safe, secure and affordable housing.

The Department of Families, Fairness and Housing delivers policies, programs and services that support Victorians and help them thrive. The department offers diverse and meaningful career opportunities for professionals who want to help people build better lives and achieve their full potential.

THE ROLE

The Principal Project Manager, Enabling Works will work in a collaborative and innovative team focused on delivering enabling works including demolition for the redevelopment of Homes Victoria high-rise tower sites in accordance with the Government's Housing Statement.

The Principal Project Manager will provide pro-active and authoritative project management leadership, oversee and manage consultancies and contractors involved in design, documentation and project delivery and work with key stakeholders including Councils and authorities to progress enabling works. This includes coordinating procurement processes, budget and cash flow management, construction contract administration, stakeholder management, reporting and risk and issues management.

The Principal Project Manager, Enabling Works will report to the Executive Project Director and be a key member of the Direct Delivery Team within the High-Rise Redevelopment Program.

Accountabilities Include

• Lead the full life cycle of projects to meet departmental objectives including project development and delivery, monitoring and evaluation.

This will include the preparation and presentation of reports, internal and ministerial briefs, cabinet and agency submissions.

• Be accountable for budget management and financial reporting, including the preparation of project cashflows and forecasts
• Maintain positive relationships with stakeholders to facilitate a partnership approach.

• Project Initiation

  Manage people, materials, and budget to ensure they are efficient and effective in achieving the project objectives

• Project Coordination

  Coordinate people and processes to ensure the effective and timely running of a project

• Program and Project Risk Management

  Identify, assess, and manage risks that may impact the program or project's success

• Collaboration

  Works with others by being open, clear in communication and listening to achieve goals

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  Prioritization

  Compares and ranks the relative importance &/or urgency of different tasks to identify the best order of actions

• Verbal communication

  Speaks clearly to convey information effectively to a target audience