• Support and guide branch budget management and financial compliance
• Ongoing role within a busy and supportive team
• VPS5 salary: $113,022 to $136,747 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 purpose of the Senior Budget Coordinator - Projects is to develop and provide timely and budget coordinate, financial reporting data and forecasting advice to the Senior Manager, Finance and Contracts Management to support the delivery of road safety camera projects.

Some of your duties will include:

• Working proactively to ensure that future budget commitments can be met, and that potential risks and opportunities have been identified and mitigated.
• Supporting transactional and strategic procurement activities across the Road Safety business unit.
• Coordinating the financial reporting to forecast financial performance of contracts, projects, financial phasings and accruals.

About You:

To be successful in this role you will be able to demonstrate:

• Demonstrated experience in a complex budget forecasting role in a government environment with proven ability to provide expert forecasting reports and commercial governance advice.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and maintain complex documentation and commercial reports of a standard to withstand the closest of scrutiny and analyse key budget data as well as finalise forecasted financial trends.
• Working knowledge of Contract Management Frameworks, and the Financial Management and Compliance Frameworks, and commercial governance and confidentiality requirements.

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.