Program Manager - Melbourne, Australia - Department of Transport

Department of Transport

Verified Company

Melbourne, Australia

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Olivia Brown

beBee Recruiter

Description

Location:
Melbourne | CBD

Job type:
Full time / 3 years

Organisation:
Department of Transport

Salary:
$175,731 - $238,997

Occupation:
Projects

Reference:
VG/DOT/IT/1707825/1

About Us

The Investment and Technology Group within the department is responsible for leading investment strategy and providing commercial and information technology services.

The Commercial Transactions Division is part of this group and operates as a center of excellence for the department on commercial tenders, negotiations, management, and advisory services.

Their portfolio includes various transaction and commercial advisory projects, and planning for retendering and designing new contracts is critical to driving improved commercial outcomes across the transport portfolio.

Achieving the best policy and value-for-money outcomes for the State requires robust planning, strategic thinking, and well-run competitive transaction processes.

About the Role

Key Accountabilities

Develops commercial strategies and manages highrisk supplier relationships.
Establishes complex public and private partnership agreements.
Governs supplier relationships both within and outside of procurement function.
Identifies and manages commercial, contractual, operational, financial, reputational, ethical and supply chain risks.
Develops risk management tools and techniques to identify and prioritize risks to service delivery.
Manages compliance and eliminates noncompliant practices in procurement.

Key selection criteria
Approves and designs project governance frameworks, anticipating changes for complex projects.

Oversees project and program audits and reviews.
Translates strategies into programs or projects and defines governance to maximize success.
Uses critical thinking to develop sustainable solutions beyond immediate area of work, integrates improved capabilities into service delivery processes, assumes solution architect or project manager role.

Personal Attributes

Position Outcomes

Planning and Delivery
Assisted in the evaluation of PTT proposals and given meaningful insights from the implementation and delivery perspective of the project.
Assisted with the contract negotiations and alignment, highlighting any issues within the delivery of the project, and establishing solutions to mitigate any risks to the delivery of the project.
Developed implementation plans and engaged with all stakeholders to ensure operational readiness across Public Transport operators, the Department, and suppliers.
Collaboratively worked with the senior leadership to support the strategic planning process and delivery of departmental priorities.
Leadership Effectively led the performance of people through strengthening capability and engagement; and championing a diverse, safe, inclusive culture aligned with the department's values.
Authoritative Advice High quality, authoritative strategic and operational advice provided to Ministers, the Secretary and executive leadership to support transport portfolio objectives and respond to emerging and/or complex issues.
Stakeholder Management-Key internal and external stakeholders have been effectually engaged and collaborative partnerships led across the government, the private sector and with the community to integrate and coordinate policy, regulation, and delivery of services.

Qualifications and Experience

Mandatory- Proven track record of working on significant technology projects in both public and private sectors, with expertise in various procurement models.

**Desirable
- **Experience in IT procurement within government

Strong track record in leading commercial analysis and advising government initiatives

Cultural Values

At DTP, we are commited to building a safe,inclusive and high performance culture through shared actions and behaviours - aligned to our strategy and direction, that empowers our people to deliver on our goals in a constructive way.

To do this we engaged our people in a co-design process to create our own meaningful and fit-for
- purpose values. Our Cultural Values are a true reflection of what values and behaviours our people told us matter to them in the workplace and within our strategy and unique mission. We are commited to living Our Cultural Values - and these are reflected in our internal processes and all people focused programs. As part of the VPS, we also uphold the VPS values, which are reflected in the VPS Code of Conduct.

How to Apply

This position requires the successful employee to provide evidence of being fully vaccinated against COVID19, or medical evidence which confirms the individual is unable to receive a dose, or a further dose, of a COVID19 vaccine due to a medical contraindication or an acute medical illness. To be considered up to date vaccinated, you must have been administered COVID19 vaccines as determined by the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI). DTP