Selection Criteria
- Alignment to the Victorian Public Sector Values.
- Proven experience to successfully lead and manage large scale procurements, commercial negotiations and commercial contracts for strategic outcomes.
- Proven leadership, communication, stakeholder management, customer experience and interpersonal skills to drive strategic outcomes.
- Significant experience leading business process, systems and data improvement initiatives.
- Demonstrated ability to provide authoritative advice to Ministers, Secretary and Senior executives on key asset, infrastructure and operational issues.
REQUIRED CAPABILITIES
- Organisational awareness
- Commercial acumen
- Financial management
- Political acumen
- Strategic, agile and critical thinking
- Influence and negotiation
- Stakeholder management
- Pragmatic and results oriented
Role
Director, Asset Operations
Responsibilities
The Director Asset Operations is responsible for leadership and management of operations to support the delivery of safe, accessible, clean and well-maintained school and kindergarten facilities.
This role has a strong focus on customer relations, budget management, contract management and business improvement and has the following accountabilities:
- Providing vision, leadership and support in the delivery of state-wide facilities programs for school and kindergarten infrastructure, ensuring alignment with strategic priorities and government objectives.
- Managing service providers to ensure the delivery of timely, cost-effective works for the benefit of Victorian Government schools and kindergartens.
- Manage programs within budget and ensuring policy and program settings are right to achieve the organisation's objectives and leading change processes where needed.
- Stakeholder management, particularly in relation to schools, kindergartens and other areas of the Department.
- As an executive member of the VSBA, participate effectively in the development of major resourcing policies and corporate strategies, and disseminate and implement decisions appropriately.
- Provide authoritative specialist advice and service support to Ministers, the Secretary and the VSBA Executive Leadership Team.
- Build large scale commercial contract management capabilities across the VSBA, including through training, sound capability planning and competency frameworks.
The role requires working closely and collaboratively with a variety of internal and external stakeholders, including school, early learning and sector stakeholders, Department central office and regional leadership teams and key government departments.
Who May Apply
- Individuals with the aptitude, experience and/or qualifications to fulfill the specific requirements of the position.
Diversity and Inclusion
The department is committed to diversity and inclusion and developing a workforce that is representative of the community we service. We value diversity and inclusion in all forms - culture, gender, religion, ethnicity, LGBTIQA+, disability and neurodiversity. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates are strongly encouraged to apply for roles within the Department. The Department recognises that the provision of safe, respectful and inclusive workplaces is essential to high performance and promotes flexible work and diversity across all schools and Department workplaces. It is our policy to provide reasonable adjustments for staff with disability (see Workplace adjustment guidelines).
Additional support and advice on the recruitment process is available to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander candidates from the Koorie Outcomes Division (KOD) via [email protected]
Applicants seeking part-time employment are encouraged to apply for any teaching service position and, if they are the successful candidate, request a reduced time fraction. Such requests will be negotiated on a case-by-case basis and will be subject to the operational requirements of the school.
Child Safe Standards
Victorian government schools are child safe environments. Our schools actively promote the safety and wellbeing of all students, and all school staff are committed to protecting students from abuse or harm in the school environment, in accordance with their legal obligations including child safe standards. All schools have a Child Safety Code of Conduct consistent with the department's exemplar available at:
https://www2.education.vic.gov.au/pal/child-safe-standards/policy
DE Values
The department's employees commit to upholding the department's Values: Responsiveness, Integrity, Impartiality, Accountability, Respect, Leadership and Human Rights. The department's Values complement each school's own values and underpin the behaviours the community expects of Victorian public sector employees, including those who work in Victorian Government Schools. Information on the department values is available at:
https://www2.education.vic.gov.au/pal/values-department-vps-school-employees/overview
- Applicants should keep a copy of the position description as it cannot be accessed once the job has closed.
- Applicants are required to submit a CV and a cover letter (no more than 2 pages).
- Visit http://www.careers.vic.gov.au/vacancies/tips-for-applying for guidelines and tips for applying for government positions and addressing key selection criteria.
- The Department of Education (DE) is committed to diversity. The department places considerable effort and resources into responding to the needs of employees with a disability. People from disadvantaged groups are encouraged to apply for this position.
- Successful applicants are subject to a satisfactory criminal record check prior to employment. New DE employees are required to meet the cost of the criminal record check.
- If appointed from outside DE, successful applicants will be required to complete a pre-employment health declaration.
- A probationary period of up to 6 months may apply for a person appointed to an ongoing position from outside the Public Service or the Teaching Service
- All DE employees are required to comply with relevant legislation, including legislation regarding the management of departmental records, the Code of Conduct for Victorian public sector employees and departmental policies and procedures in the conduct of their employment.
- Standard public service terms and conditions apply. Information about DE's operations and employment conditions can be obtained from the following websites: www.education.vic.gov.au and www.education.vic.gov.au/hrweb.
- To support DE's commitment to its Environmental Management System, DE employees are expected to act in an environmentally responsible manner at all times.
- The successful candidate will be required to provide a valid employee-type Working with Children Check.
Location Profile
Victorian School Building Authority (VSBA)
The Victorian School Building Authority (VSBA) is part of the Department of Education and leads the planning, delivery and maintenance of education facilities across both schools and early learning settings. Established in 2016, it oversees one of Victoria's largest building programs, supporting the full education lifecycle from early childhood to secondary school. In response to Victoria's introduction of Two Years of Funded Kindergarten, the VSBA is working closely with the early childhood sector to deliver a significant pipeline of new and expanded kindergarten facilities, often co-located with schools.
The VSBA delivers four key priorities:
- building and expanding schools and early childhood facilities to meet population growth.
- planning, designing and constructing new facilities and upgrading existing ones to meet enrolment demand.
- modernising and maintaining school and early learning facilities through coordinated programs, expert advice and grants.
- engaging communities to ensure local input, transparency, and strong partnerships in project delivery.
The VSBA brings together expertise in property, construction and project management, architecture, facilities maintenance, and education operations, alongside specialists in relocatable buildings, data and policy, finance, communications, and stakeholder engagement.