Executive Director, Ministerial Services
Victorian Government
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Office
Location: Melbourne • 🇦🇺 Australia
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Lead
About the role
- Provide strategic leadership and authoritative stewardship of the department’s ministerial, parliamentary and cabinet functions.
- Ensure effective systems, processes and capabilities are in place to meet cabinet, parliamentary and public accountability obligations.
- Deliver timely, high-quality and trusted advice to Ministers, the Secretary and senior executives.
- Lead a coordinated and proactive approach to ministerial services, cabinet and committee processes, parliamentary services, briefings and correspondence.
- Contribute to cohesive executive leadership across the People, Legal and Governance Group.
- Promote accountability, service excellence and continuous improvement.
Requirements
- Demonstrated executive level experience in the Victorian Public Service, in roles involving ministerial, parliamentary, cabinet, government and legislative processes.
- Demonstrated record of developing constructive relationships with senior internal and external stakeholders, particularly with Ministers and Ministers’ Offices.
- Demonstrated experience leading the provision of high quality, authoritative, strategic and operational advice to Ministers, the Secretary and senior executives.
- Extensive leadership and management experience including the management of staff through complex and challenging environments.
- Demonstrated experience managing the development and management of workforce, budgets, finances, and expenditure.
- Demonstrated ability to effectively identify and assess emerging issues, consider options, and devise effective action plans and innovative solutions to complex challenges.
- A degree in a suitable discipline, such as business, public policy or administration, law, economics, social science or other relevant area is desirable, but not mandatory.
Benefits
- Create thriving places and connected communities.
- Safe, inclusive and constructive place to work.
- Timely and accessible legal advice and services.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
strategic leadershipministerial processesparliamentary processescabinet functionsgovernment processeslegislative processesbudget managementfinancial managementworkforce managementoperational advice
Soft skills
relationship buildingstakeholder engagementcommunicationproblem solvingdecision makingteam leadershipservice excellencecontinuous improvementaccountabilitystrategic thinking