Senior Advisor, Executive Services - Melbourne, VIC, Australia

VIDA Roads

VPS 5 Senior Advisor, Executive Services

• Hybrid working environment.
• 12 months Maximum term, VPS 5 - $116,413 - $140,849 + super & benefits
• This role will be located at 180 Lonsdale St.

About VIDA ROADS

VIDA Roads is delivering a massive investment in the state’s roads. We’re delivering major new road projects across metropolitan Melbourne and regional Victoria while improving the roads people rely on every day.

The West Gate Tunnel Project has given Melbourne a second freeway link between the west and the city – providing a much-needed alternative to the West Gate Bridge and a vital second river crossing.

North East Link will fix the missing link in Melbourne’s freeway network with new 6.5 km tunnels from Watsonia to Bulleen. We’re also overhauling the Eastern Freeway and completing the M80 Ring Road at Greensborough.

Road Programs are also delivering dozens of new roads, bridges, road widening projects and major freeway upgrades.

Come and be a part of our centre of roads excellence.

Join us in building better connections for Victoria by:

1. Working across functions to maintain appropriate internal governance arrangements to support VIDA Roads to deliver its objectives.

1. Assisting the Manager, Ministerial and Parliamentary Services to provide professional secretariat and coordination functions for VIDA Roads’ internal governance forums and VIDA Roads’ contribution to VIDA’s executive committees and forums, including the review of meeting agendas and minutes and coordination of meeting actions.

1. Preparing and coordinating technically complex reports, proposals, memos, briefing documents and other documentation across a range of key issues, ensuring collaborative engagement with relevant senior stakeholders across VIDA Roads, VIDA, DTP and wider government.

1. Establishing and maintaining stakeholder relationships through effective communication, collaboration, negotiation and issues management to engage stakeholders and strengthen governance practices across all entities.

1. Developing and maintaining appropriate reporting and governance management plans and process maps, including on VIDA Roads’ intranet.

This position reports to the Manager, Ministerial and Parliamentary Services and is responsible for providing professional secretariat and coordination functions that support VIDA Roads’ internal governance forums and VIDA Roads’ contribution to VIDA’s executive committees and forums. The role prepares, reviews and coordinates briefs, Cabinet submissions, decision papers, memos and other executive materials to a high standard, drawing on strong writing-for-government skills to translate complex information into clear, concise and accurate advice. It works with subject matter experts and senior stakeholders across VIDA Roads, VIDA, DTP and wider government to support timely decision making and strengthen governance practices.

About You:

• Strong written communication skills, with the ability to prepare clear, accurate and high-quality briefings, reports and governance documentation on complex matters.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the confidence to collaborate, influence and build trusted relationships with senior stakeholders across a complex government environment.
• Strong organisational and coordination skills, with a keen eye for detail and the ability to manage governance forums, competing priorities and follow-up actions.
• Sound judgement and a proactive approach to problem-solving, with the ability to identify issues, navigate competing perspectives and support effective governance and decision-making.
• Experience improving governance processes and ways of working, including developing practical reporting tools, plans and process documentation.

This opportunity is a 12 months Maximum term position.

For more details about this opportunity, please take a look at the Position Description here.

What can we offer you?

We are committed to creating a workplace that inspires and engages you – we want you to be a powerful contributor to this wonderfully diverse and dynamic organisation. Our offering continues to grow but here
is what we already have in store for you:

• VIDA Roads welcomes flexible working arrangements.
• Access to annual health checks, including skins checks and flu shots.
• Access low-cost gym memberships for yourself and family at over 200 facilities via Fitness Passport.
• Access to Thrive Gateway, our employee benefits platform is your once stop shop for wellbeing as well as savings and discounts at hundreds of retailers.
• We're committed to supporting our team members and their families in improving mental health and wellbeing. Our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) provides confidential counselling and advice for our team members and their families for work and personal issues.
• Annual salary increases and incremental performance-based payments over the course of your employment.
• Leave loading of 17.5% payment on top of your base salary when you take annual leave and ability to purchase additional leave.

Need more information?

Hope Durham – Talent Acquisition Advisor

[email protected]

How to Apply

If this sounds like the opportunity for you, apply now via the ‘Apply’ button and follow the prompts. Applications to include a CV and preferably Cover Letter and will not be accepted via email. There is no need to provide any type of response to Key Selection Criteria separately, but we do encourage you to outline relevant experience and motivation for applying in your cover letter.

The successful candidate will be required to undergo pre-employment checks which include a national
police check and misconduct screening.

To be part of something meaningful and leave a positive legacy connecting Victorian communities,
apply for a role with us today.