Opportunity to provide high level coordination of CoM’s involvement in the Victorian State Government major transport and amenity projects. 

$127,641 + 9.5% Superannuation

Fixed Term to March 2020

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How this position will Make the Difference to City of Melbourne…

Reporting to the Project Executive, State Infrastructure, the Senior Project Manager will focus on City of Melbourne’s management of North Melbourne, West Melbourne and Docklands Amenity and Transport projects that are being jointly funded by City of Melbourne and State Government to a budget of $100m over a 4-5 year period.

This position will support the West Gate Tunnel Project team and the Project Executive to ensure that key targets related to expected project outputs and outcomes are met within agreed timeframes.

This will include (but is not limited to):

• Liaising with Department of Transport (DOT) in relation to jointly funded projects including reporting to the CoM/DOT Working Group and to the Central City Transport Committee on progress and delivery of projects
• Manage the delivery of approved projects including financial management of funded projects
• Participation in community engagement activities in relation to approved projects
• Coordination of input to the projects across the organisation and reporting to senior management and councillors.

You can bring… (Selection criteria)

• Ability to demonstrate and display City of Melbourne Values – accountability, integrity, courage, respect for self and others, and striving for excellence
• A relevant tertiary qualification to degree level in infrastructure project management and/or related fields such as planning, urban design or engineering experience that are equivalent.
• Demonstrated ability to plan and manage complex projects and tasks, and to implement projects on time and to budget.
• Highly developed analytical and lateral thinking skills and the ability to take the initiative, drive changes and implement innovations.
• Sound working knowledge of governance and political processes and a demonstrated ability to develop, manage and maintain business and project plans and associated budgetary and financial management requirements.
• Excellent interpersonal, negotiation and persuasion skills with the ability to use discretion and judgement in a complex business and political environment.
• Excellent oral, written and visual communication skills, and computer literacy in word processing and other standard office software.

To view the physical requirements of this position, please see below under Position Information.  

How to apply…

As part of the online application form you are required to:

• attach your resume
• attach a separate cover letter
• respond to the selection criteria, in a separate document (no more than two pages), as listed above under ‘You can bring…’

Please address your covering letter to Robert Moore, Project Executive - State Infrastructure

The position description for this role will not be provided at this stage of application.

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