Work Type: Fixed-term - Full-time
Salary: $97,955 - $111,142
Grade: VPS 4
Occupation: Projects
Location: Melbourne - CBD and Inner Metro suburbs
Reference: VG/DE/VSBA/1904193
About the Department
The role of the Department of Education is to support Victorians to build prosperous, socially engaged, happy and healthy lives. It does this by supporting lifelong learning and healthy development, strengthening families and helping to equip people with the skills and knowledge for a 21st century economy and society.
About the Victorian School Building Authority (VSBA)
The VSBA upgrades and expands existing schools and plans, designs and builds new schools to meet enrolment demand. We also support schools to maintain their buildings and grounds by offering expert advice and coordinating maintenance programs and grants. The VSBA is also working with the early childhood sector on a massive kindergarten construction program.
About the Division
The Corporate Division provides corporate support to all VSBA teams and fulfills an important assurance and oversight role. They guide VSBA to achieve strategic objectives and ensure decision-making is transparent and accountable.
The division also coordinates communication and consultation with local communities about their school building projects. They develop graphic design and video content, manage our social media channels, lead organisational customer service reform, distribute our e-newsletters and organise ministerial and other events for our projects.
About the Role
The Portfolio Partnering Unit is a team in the Partnering and Support Branch, in the Corporate Division of the VSBA. The team complements the finance and reporting functions of the VSBA and partners with the business to further enhance key inputs as part of reporting and accountability responsibilities, to be a trusted source of information and to drive insights across the organisation.
By supporting the Senior Business Partners (Team Leaders), the Business Partner role includes:
Stakeholder management and Financial reporting
• Build and maintain effective working relationships with internal stakeholders in the delivery and operations areas of the VSBA
• Participate in user interviews, workshops and planning sessions to identify business requirements
• Provide or assist with the development of financial and non-financial data for school capital works projects including budgets, monthly forecasting, accruals for expenditure and milestone reporting
• Prepares reports to inform project status to VSBA governance committees
• Financial data entry and information management
Capability building
• Train colleagues on finance related activities and requirements
• Develop tools and educational material to support processes and systems and present this to stakeholders
Financial policy and procedure implementation
• Develop tools & guidelines to support adherence to new policies, processes and systems
• Work with internal stakeholders to implement changes to financial policies, processes and systems
Required capabilities:
• Develops and implements systems and procedures to guide work and track progress
• Identifies more and less critical activities and operates accordingly, reviewing and adjusting as required
• Analyses issues from different perspectives and draws sound inferences from information available
• Identifies barriers and proposes workable solutions to problems
• Constantly looks for continuous improvement opportunities and ways to innovate
• Monitors client and stakeholder satisfaction
• Takes responsibility for correcting problems promptly and without becoming defensive
All VSBA staff have a shared responsibility to meet the same service standards outlined in the VSBA Custo mer Service Charter. Our goal is to make every interaction with the VSBA a positive one for our customers, colleagues and key partners regardless of our individual role or team.
Attributes
To be successful for this role you will need:
Desirable Qualifications and Experience
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 Tanya Tran – Manager, Portfolio Partnering via +61 3 7022 1770 or [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 Wednesday 28th January 2026.