Deputy Director, Workforce, Talent and People Experience

Victorian Infrastructure Delivery Authority; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

VIDA Health in Melbourne invites applications for a Deputy Director, Workforce, Talent and People Experience. You will lead the Workforce, Talent and Development team and partner with senior leaders to shape the people strategy across VIDA Health.

You will translate workforce data into practical actions, drive culture, onboarding and graduate talent, and ensure a high-performing, inclusive workplace across VIDA Health.

Qualifications

• Extensive senior people leadership experience.
• Experience with workforce planning and talent development.
• Ability to translate workforce data into actionable insights.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Workforce, Talent and Development team and build a collaborative environment.
• Use workforce trends and feedback to identify emerging needs and drive action.
• Shape attraction, development, succession and capability initiatives.
• Drive onboarding, recognition, engagement, wellbeing, culture and development efforts.
• Partner with executives to provide practical, credible people advice.

Skills

People leadership

Data insights

Employee experience

Stakeholder management

Strategic thinking

Education

Tertiary qualification in human resources or related discipline

Job description

Deputy Director, Workforce, Talent and People Experience

Victorian Infrastructure Delivery Authority – Melbourne VIC

The Victorian Infrastructure Delivery Authority (VIDA) is a specialist project delivery organisation, responsible for delivering Victoria's major transport, health and community safety infrastructure program.

This multi-disciplinary program includes more than 200 projects including the North East Link, removing level crossings, Melbourne Airport Rail Stage 1, new and upgraded hospitals specialist programs such as the early parenting centres expansion and upgrade program and community safety projects including Corrections and Emergency Services.

The unprecedented program of works brings together expert skillsets to deliver crucial health, community safety, and major transport projects, and ensures that operations are streamlined and efficient while delivering better outcomes for Victorians. Led by the Director-General, VIDA is comprised of the five project offices, VIDA Road, VIDA Rail, VIDA Health VIDA Metro and VIDA Community Safety. VIDA is established as an Administration Office under the Public Administration Act 2004 as a specialist organisation.

About VIDA Health

VIDA Health (Victorian Health Building Authority) is responsible for the rollout of the Victorian Government's multi-billion-dollar health capital projects. We're delivering world-class health facilities across Victoria, including new public hospitals and emergency care, community health services, ambulance branches, residential aged care and mental health facilities. VIDA Health also provides technical support across engineering, property, asset management and environmental sustainability disciplines.

The Opportunity

Reporting to the Director, People and Capability, you'll lead a talented team responsible for workforce planning and insights, talent, development, culture and employee experience across VIDA Health.

It's a role with real breadth. You'll help us understand what our workforce needs to look like in the future, strengthen how we attract and retain great people, and create experiences that support employees from the moment they join VIDA Health and throughout their career with us.

Data and insights will be an important part of how you work. Whether it's workforce trends, employee feedback or emerging capability needs, you'll help turn information into practical actions that leaders can use to make better people decisions.

You'll also be a trusted adviser to the Director, People and Capability and executive leaders, bringing together strategic thinking, sound judgement and a genuine understanding of what creates a positive employee experience.

This is an opportunity to influence the people agenda at an exciting time for VIDA Health and help build the workforce and culture we need to deliver some of Victoria's most significant health infrastructure projects.

Key aspects of the role include:

• Leading and developing the Workforce, Talent and Development team, creating a collaborative environment where people can thrive and deliver great outcomes.
• Helping VIDA Health look ahead by using workforce trends, data and employee feedback to identify emerging needs and turn insights into meaningful action.
• Shaping how we attract, grow and retain great people, including our approach to talent attraction, graduate talent, succession and critical capability.
• Creating a positive and consistent employee experience through initiatives spanning onboarding, recognition, engagement, wellbeing, culture and development.
• Partnering with leaders across the organisation, bringing practical ideas, constructive challenge and credible people advice to important workforce decisions.

We are looking for someone who:

• Is an experienced and engaging people leader who enjoys developing others and bringing teams together around a shared purpose.
• Is comfortable working with workforce data and insights and, importantly, knows how to turn them into a clear story and practical action.
• Brings strong experience across talent and workforce initiatives and understands what it takes to attract, develop and retain people in a complex organisation.
• Has a genuine interest in employee experience and culture and can translate that into initiatives that make a meaningful difference for employees.
• Builds trusted relationships easily and can work confidently with executives, senior leaders and stakeholders across an organisation.
• Combines strategic thinking with a willingness to get involved, solve problems and turn ideas into outcomes.
• Leads with integrity and contributes to an inclusive, collaborative and high-performing culture.

A relevant tertiary qualification in human resources or a related discipline is highly desirable. Extensive equivalent experience in senior people leadership will also be considered.

Interested in working with VIDA Health?

Applications close 11.59pm on Sunday 15th of November 2026.

If you require any adjustment to the recruitment and selection process or need an alternative format to any of the application material, please contact ***************@vida.vic.gov.au

Further information

Want to know more about VIDA Health? Check out our website and LinkedIn.

VIDA Health is an equal opportunity employer, committed to fostering a values-led, diverse and inclusive workplace. We believe our teams should represent the diversity of our communities in which we work, and we actively embrace and celebrate people from all walks of life.

All prospective employees undergo a National Criminal Records Check. You must be an Australian Citizen or Permanent Resident or hold a valid work permit or visa. Preferred candidates will be subject to pre-employment checks including, but not limited to, police checks, reference checks, qualification checks and role related clearances.