Work Type: Ongoing - Full-time
Salary: $142,790 - $191,084
Grade: VPS 6
Occupation: IT and telecommunications
Location: Melbourne - CBD and Inner Metro suburbs
Reference: VG/DE/FPIS/1925306
About the Role
The Business Architect provides strategic architecture leadership to ensure business capabilities, operating models, and investments are aligned with the department's objectives and priorities. The role supports portfolio and program planning through business capability modelling, current and target state definition, and identifying transformation opportunities. It plays a key role in shaping investment roadmaps, informing change programs, and supporting effective alignment between strategy, business operations, and technology initiatives across Victoria's school system.
The position works in collaboration with the Office of the CIO to ensure the schools portfolio strategic planning aligns with that of the broader department.
How to Apply
Applications should include:
About the Department
The department provides a wide range of learning and development support and services.
The department provides policy leadership, plans for the future of education in Victoria and leads key cross-sector collaboration. The department plays an important system steward role by providing support, guidance, oversight and assurance across early childhood and school education systems, as well as directly providing school education and 50 new early learning centres.
Further Information
For more details regarding this position please see attached position description for the capabilities to address in application.
The department values diversity and inclusion in all forms - gender, religion, ethnicity, LGBTIQ+, disability and neurodiversity. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates are strongly encouraged to apply. For more information about our work, working for the Department, diversity and inclusion, and our employment conditions visit the Department website and our Diversity and Inclusion page
Applicants requiring adjustments can contact the nominated contact person.
Information about the Department of Education's operations and employment conditions can be located at www.education.vic.gov.au.
For further information pertaining to the role, please contact Brett James - [email protected].
Preferred applicants may be required to complete a police check and may be subject to other pre-employment checks. Information provided to the Department of Education will be treated in the strictest confidence.
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Applications close 11:59pm on 7th June 2026.