Are you driven by purpose and ready to shape outcomes that genuinely change people’s lives? As a Senior Project Lead at Return to Work Victoria (RTWV), you’ll take the helm of high-impact projects that support injured workers on their path to recovery. The projects you may be leading may influence everything from health and compensation to premiums, self-insurance and beyond, helping to build a system that is supportive, efficient and future-focused. In this role, you’ll lead passionate project teams, bring strategic initiatives to life, and deliver improvements across people, processes and systems. Your leadership will directly contribute to our organisations key performance priorities, including prevention, return-to-work outcomes, service excellence and financial sustainability. You’ll partner closely with business leaders across RTWV to uncover opportunities for positive change.
Success in this role calls for someone adaptable, curious and ready to collaborate. You'll undertake critical delivery functions interchangeable, from analysis to change management, responding with agility to support the evolving needs of the scheme.
Key accountabilities
- Lead and manage the development of relevant projects to support the RTWV Business Unit and WorkSafe's strategic programs, including Agent based initiatives. Initiates, establishes and maintains key strategic relationships with a broad range of stakeholders promoting RTWV's key objectives
- Undertake the role of Project Management, some business analysis and change management activities interchangeably, with the purpose of leading the business through transformation and supporting impacted areas through change.
- Develop robust Business Cases based on research with clear and sound justification towards recommended options, anticipating opportunities, benefits, risk, interdependencies and financial considerations.
- Systematically research and conduct in-depth analysis of complex data and information, using various analytical techniques to propose systematic solution options to specific issues.
- Identify and work with stakeholders to make recommendations in regard to their involvement/influence on project outcomes. Determine the best approach to implement new or changed policy and make strategic recommendations accordingly.
- Identify impacts on operations, clients and stakeholders and make recommendations to influence on project outcomes, as well as contributing to the overall RTWV Business Unit's planning and strategy, including the risk management framework.
- Lead or participate in strategic project reviews relating to scheme viability, market trends and developments, streamlining of policies / work practices and any other issues related to current and future operations.
Please refer to the Position Description for information on the skills, experience and squalifications required in this role.
Applications close at 11.00pm Wednesday 21 January 2026. Click the link to apply, and join us in making a difference to Victorian lives.
Only applications submitted via the WorkSafe Careers website will be considered.
Preferred candidates will be required to satisfactorily complete a Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check and/or other checks as required for the position as part of the recruitment process.
Eligibility for ongoing employment with WorkSafe Victoria requires Australian or New Zealand citizenship or permanent residency.
Due to the volume of applications received, individualised feedback will only be provided to candidates who progress to interview stage.
To ensure a fair and open recruitment process, we request that you complete all parts of the process without using AI tools. We want to understand your professional skills, experience and capabilities independent of an AI view.