Company description:

About VIDA ROADS

VIDA Roads (formerly Major Road Projects Victoria) is delivering a massive investment in the state's roads. We're delivering major new road projects across metropolitan Melbourne and regional Victoria while improving the roads people rely on every day.

The West Gate Tunnel Project will give Melbourne a second freeway link between the west and the city - providing a much-needed alternative to the West Gate Bridge and a vital second river crossing.

North East Link will fix the missing link in Melbourne's freeway network with new 6.5 km tunnels from Watsonia to Bulleen. We're also overhauling the Eastern Freeway and completing the M80 Ring Road at Greensborough.

Road Programs are also delivering dozens of new roads, bridges, road widening projects and major freeway upgrades.

Come and be a part of our centre of roads excellence.

Job description:

​​​VIDA Roads​​

​​​VPS6, Manager Communications & Stakeholder Engagement

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Hybrid working environment.

Up to 3 years fixed term, VPS6 $138,631 - $185,518 + super & benefits.

This role will be located at 180 Lonsdale St (or site office).

About VIDA ROADS

VIDA Roads (formerly Major Road Projects Victoria) is delivering a massive investment in the state's roads. We're delivering major new road projects across metropolitan Melbourne and regional Victoria while improving the roads people rely on every day.

The West Gate Tunnel Project will give Melbourne a second freeway link between the west and the city - providing a much-needed alternative to the West Gate Bridge and a vital second river crossing.

North East Link will fix the missing link in Melbourne's freeway network with new 6.5 km tunnels from Watsonia to Bulleen. We're also overhauling the Eastern Freeway and completing the M80 Ring Road at Greensborough.

Road Programs are also delivering dozens of new roads, bridges, road widening projects and major freeway upgrades.

Come and be a part of our centre of roads excellence.

Join us in building better connections for Victoria by:

Provide active leadership, direction, and management of a Communications and Stakeholder Engagement team, including resource allocation, performance coaching, and professional development.

Advocate on behalf of communities and stakeholders to avoid and minimise project impacts to the greatest extent possible and limit reputational and stakeholder risk.

Identify key reputational and stakeholder risks for projects, developing strategies to control, minimise and manage reputational risk.

Work with project teams and contractors to manage and quickly resolve issues that have the potential to affect the reputation of the project, VIDA and the Victorian Government.

Manage construction partners' performance to ensure communications and engagement activities are delivered to VIDA Roads' requirements, and in alignment with contract specifications and the project's Communications and Stakeholder Engagement Management Plan and sub-plans.

Lead the development of multi-channel proactive communication strategies, working with construction partners and project teams to identify project milestones, achievements, and innovations to promote projects, their benefits and progress.

The role is responsible for developing collaborative working relationships with construction partners, focused on delivering excellent project outcomes for the community and stakeholders in an issues-rich and complex environment, and in line with contractual requirements.

This opportunity is an up to 3 years fixed-term.

It will be a requirement to travel and spend time at one or all our site offices.

For more details about this opportunity, please take a look at the Position Description here.

What can we offer you?

We are committed to creating a workplace that inspires and engages you - we want you to be a powerful contributor to this wonderfully diverse and dynamic organisation. Our offering continues to grow but here
is what we already have in store for you:

VIDA Roads welcomes flexible working arrangements.

Access to annual health checks, including skins checks and flu shots.

Access low-cost gym memberships for yourself and family at over 200 facilities via Fitness Passport.

Access to Thrive Gateway, our employee benefits platform is your once stop shop for wellbeing as well as savings and discounts at hundreds of retailers.

We're committed to supporting our team members and their families in improving mental health and wellbeing. Our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) provides confidential counselling and advice for our team members and their families for work and personal issues.

Annual salary increases and incremental performance-based payments over the course of your employment.

Leave loading of 17.5% payment on top of your base salary when you take annual leave and ability to purchase additional leave.

How to Apply

If this sounds like the opportunity for you, apply now via the ‘Apply' button and follow the prompts. Applications to include a CV and preferably Cover Letter and will not be accepted via email. There is no need to provide any type of response to Key Selection Criteria separately, but we do encourage you to outline relevant experience and motivation for applying in your cover letter.

The successful candidate will be required to undergo pre-employment checks which include a national
police check and misconduct screening.

To be part of something meaningful and leave a positive legacy connecting Victorian communities, apply for a role with us today.