Assistant Development Manager, Regional Housing

Development Victoria; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 75,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A government agency in Victoria is seeking an Assistant Development Manager to support their team in delivering community-focused development outcomes. The ideal candidate will have a relevant bachelor's degree and demonstrate strong problem-solving abilities, as well as experience in corporate environments. This position offers professional development, flexible work options, and various employee benefits including study support and parental leave.

Benefits

Professional development opportunities

Flexibility in work arrangements

Employee referral bonuses

Health & Wellbeing initiatives

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience in a corporate organization, ideally within property development or project management.
• Experience in project work and exposure to land development and construction.
• Some experience in financial feasibility studies, budgeting, and cost monitoring.

Responsibilities

• Assist with due diligence for new project opportunities.
• Prepare feasibility studies to analyze financial performance.
• Identify potential risk factors and opportunities.
• Assist with internal and external reporting.

Skills

Flexibility

Adaptability

Relationship building

Problem-solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in property development, civil engineering, project management, or similar discipline

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

Microsoft Teams

Microsoft Outlook

Job description

Role

This is an exciting opportunity for emerging development professionals to work in a high-performing team delivering outcomes that will benefit the Victorian community both now and in the future.

Reporting to the Senior Development Manager, the Assistant Development Manager plays a vital role in supporting the broader team. Your key responsibilities will include :

Responsibilities

• Assist with the collation of due diligence material for new project opportunities.
• Assist with the preparation of detailed feasibility studies to analyse the financial performance of potential and current opportunities.
• Work with the broader team to identify potential risk factors and opportunities.
• Assist with preparation of internal and external reporting.
• Assist with consultant procurements, progress claim assessment and processing.

Desired Skills and Experience

The ideal candidate will be flexible, adaptable, and self-driven, with the ability to build relationships, show initiative, and maintain resilience in a complex environment. You will be excited by a challenge, resilient to change, and a skilled problem solver.

Skills and experience

• Bachelor’s degree in property development, civil engineering, project management, or similar discipline
• Demonstrated experience working in a corporate organisation, ideally within property development, engineering, urban planning, project management, or similar.
• Intermediate use of Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, and Outlook.
• Prior experience in project work and exposure to land development and medium density construction.
• Some experience in the preparation and analysis of project programmes and financial feasibility studies, budgeting, and cost monitoring.
• Previous experience in the preparation of documentation, letters, emails, and reports using clear, concise, and grammatically correct language.
• Prior experience in the delivery of high-quality customer and stakeholder experiences.

Employee Benefits

• We drive strong collaboration and support our teams to work virtually and flexibly.
• Professional development opportunities available including; Study support Mentoring programs Opportunity to participate in cross functional working groups that drive diversity and inclusion and sustainability initiatives.
• Novated leasing
• Purchase leave
• Paid parental leave
• Technology salary sacrifice
• Employee referral bonuses
• Health & Wellbeing initiatives such as EAP and mental health and wellbeing leave
• Access to group life & group salary continuance insurance
• Modern onsite facilities

Application Process

• Please apply via our careers page linked to this advertisement, applications will not be accepted via email.
• Please note : The preferred candidate will be required to complete a national police record check prior to an offer of employment being made.
• At Development Victoria, we work flexibly and value diversity, and we invite you to talk to us about any preferences or adjustments you may value or require to either our recruitment process or the role itself. If you identify as a person with disability, please let us know how we can provide additional support to your application.

Application Deadline : Please submit your application by 01 / 09 / 2024. Applications received after this date may not be considered.

We respectfully request no agency approaches. We will not be responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes being sent to anyone here in our business.