Executive Director, State Planning Services – Heritage
Victorian Government
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Melbourne • Australia
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About the role
- Provides strategic and high-level leadership within the Department’s planning portfolio.
- Oversees the Metropolitan Planning, Regional Planning Services and Heritage Victoria areas.
- Supports local government planners, senior officers, regional planning teams and ministerial service functions at Executive level.
- Delivers quality and timely statutory planning processes and outcomes.
- Provides authoritative strategic and operational advice to senior leadership.
Requirements
- Mandatory tertiary qualification in urban planning or a related discipline.
- Experienced senior leader with a proven record of success working in a large, complex organisation, including leading change and improvement initiatives.
- Demonstrated political acumen, with a strong understanding of government processes and levers, and the ability to facilitate initiatives and outcomes at a whole-of-government level.
- Strong track record of stakeholder engagement, consultation and communications to ensure internal and external stakeholder interests are represented and incorporated into reform initiatives.
- Demonstrated record of achievement in driving and leading responsive and high-quality statutory planning processes and outcomes.
- Expertise in leading a statutory planning function with a strategic focus, and experience with heritage matters, including developing organisational capability in this area (desirable).
Benefits
- All new appointments to the department will be subject to a National Criminal Records Check
- Misconduct Screening
- Qualification Check where there is a requirement for a mandatory qualification
- Information provided to the Department of Transport and Planning will be treated in the strictest confidence consistent with the requirements of the Privacy and Data Protection Act 2014.
- Applicants must be an Australian Citizen, Permanent Resident or hold a valid work permit or visa necessary for the nature of the position.
- Recipients of Victorian Public Service (VPS) voluntary departure packages should note that re-employment restrictions apply.
- Non-VPS applicants will be subject to a probation period of six months.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
urban planningstatutory planningstrategic planningchange managementprocess improvementstakeholder engagementconsultationgovernment processesheritage planning
Soft Skills
leadershippolitical acumencommunicationorganizational capabilitystrategic advice
Certifications
tertiary qualification in urban planning