Description:
- Utilise your expertise to deliver highly visible and complex road safety projects within the Road Safety business unit.
- Fixed Term, Full-Time opportunity until 30 June 2027 to work with a high-performing and passionate team in the Victorian Public Service.
- VPS Grade 4: $95,102 - $107,905 plus superannuation.
About Us:
The Victorian Road Safety Strategy 2021-2030 commits to the ambitious target of eliminating death from our roads by 2050, with the first step of halving road deaths by 2030. It also seeks to reduce the incidence of serious injury resulting from road crashes.
The Road Safety manages Victoria's road safety camera network and is a representative for the Department of Justice and Community Safety (DJCS) in Victoria's road safety partnership. Road Safety contributes to this partnership in the operation of road safety cameras, and the policy and strategic directions of the broader road safety enforcement. Road Safety is accountable to the Minister for Police and the Office of the Road Safety Camera Commissioner.
About the Role:
The Project Officer will assist the Projects Team to deliver the program or work, procurement, and delivery of large and small road safety camera projects.
The role is an integral member of the Projects Team. The position will be skilful in working in a technical and outsourced environment, with experience in working with senior staff and a variety of stakeholder groups, third party providers and their associated documentation. The role will assist the senior project manager deliver large projects, including briefs, scheduling, budgeting, risk and issues management and mandatory reporting to a variety of stakeholders support the senior project manager and the broader program of work. The project officer will support on project governance processes across a portfolio of projects. The role also could manage smaller projects under direction.
To learn more about this role before applying, please read the attached position description.
About You:
As an ideal candidate, you will possess:
- Demonstrated experience in the delivery of project artefacts for technical infrastructure projects, within a Road Safety or similar environment.
- Demonstrated project co-ordination skills in the successful delivery of complex projects, in a technical and outsourced environment.
- Demonstrated knowledge of the development of governance reporting, management briefs and other project-based deliverables in Government or similar environment.
- Experience in applying structured project management methods.
How to Apply:
Please click the Apply button on this advertisement. Applications should include a resume and covering letter. Attachments can be uploaded in .doc, .docx, .pdf, .txt or .rtf formats.
The successful candidate will be required to undergo pre-employment checks which may include reference checks, national police checks and misconduct screening. Dependant on the role, other checks may include VicRoads checks, drivers licence checks, medical checks, Working with Children Checks, and Declaration of Private Interests (for executive and responsible officer roles).
If you require adjustments to the recruitment and selection process, or require an alternative format to any of the application material, please don't hesitate to get in touch with the contact person listed on this ad.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
CHILD SAFE STATEMENT OF COMMITMENT:
The Department of Justice and Community Safety is committed to the safety and wellbeing of children and young people. We seek to prevent harm of any kind impacting children and young people and have zero tolerance for racism, child abuse and inequality. Children and young people's rights, relationships, identity, and culture must be recognised and respected, their voices heard, and their concerns acted upon. We aim to foster a culturally safe, child safe and child friendly environment for all children and young people we have contact with, deliver services to, or are impacted by our work.