• Utilise your experience in leading a Project Delivery branch, supporting Enterprise Technology Services' broader program portfolio, including major initiatives
• Ongoing, Full-Time Opportunity to work with a high-performing and passionate team in the Victorian Public Service
• SES Grade 7: 193,946 - $263,771 Total Renumeration Package

The Department of Justice and Community Safety (the department) is seeking a Director, Project Delivery to provide a critical role within Enterprise Technology Services.

About the Business Unit

Enterprise Technology Services is an internal technology group within the Department of Justice and Community Safety, responsible for planning, delivering, and maintaining the technology systems and services that support the department's day-to-day operations. The group works closely with business units across the department to understand their needs and ensure they have access to reliable, fit-for-purpose technology solutions. This includes setting the department's long-term technology direction, identifying and adopting new and emerging technologies that improve how the department operates, designing and planning technology systems, managing technology projects from inception to completion, supporting the applications and tools staff rely on, and overseeing the financial management of technology investments.

About the Role

The role leads the project delivery group in the successful delivery of major programs and projects by providing strategic direction, strengthening governance, and driving continuous improvement. You'll build strong relationships with stakeholders and delivery partners, foster a high-performing and innovative team culture, and manage complex delivery environments to achieve outstanding organisational outcomes. This role requires a collaborative leader who can navigate high-risk issues, champion best practice, and deliver measurable business value through effective project and program leadership.

Some of your duties will include:

• Lead and support a high-performing project delivery workforce, including capability development, coaching and performance management, ensuring an accountable and collaborative culture across the function and within ETS.
• Oversee program or portfolio project performance to ensure delivery milestones, quality standards, benefits and intended outcomes are achieved within agreed scope, timeframes and budget, acting as an escalation point for major projects when required.
• Build and foster relationships with internal business partners and external service providers, to ensure projects are delivered and managed within specified or agreed performance parameters.

To learn more about this role before applying, please read the attached position description.

About you

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• Demonstrated extensive expertise in leading complex project and program delivery, including the development of delivery strategies, oversight of interdependent workstreams, and achievement of outcomes within scope, timeframes, budget and quality expectations.
• Strong ability to understand, simplify and explain to others, complex concepts and processes associated with corporate processes such as those involved in financial management, procurement, human resource management and document/records management.
• Demonstrated expertise in leading implementation and transition activities across complex stakeholder environments, including business readiness, executive engagement, issue resolution and the realisation of intended project benefits.
• Demonstrated high-level expertise in project governance, assurance and control frameworks, including the management of strategic risks, issues and dependencies, and the provision of authoritative advice and reporting to senior executives and governance bodies.
• Demonstrated ability to lead expert and senior staff through organisational change and the adoption of alternative ways or working, particularly project and program delivery teams to foster a high-performance and collaborative culture.

Qualifications/requirements

• A relevant tertiary qualification in business, management, project management, public administration or a related discipline is highly desirable.
• Postgraduate qualifications and/or recognised certifications in project, program or portfolio management would be well regarded.

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 a Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check (NCCHC) and misconduct screening.

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.