Principal Program Manager

Homes Victoria; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

The Department of Families, Fairness and Housing in Victoria is seeking a Principal Program Manager to lead a multidisciplinary team delivering social and affordable housing initiatives under the Big Housing Build.

You will develop program investment and implementation plans, manage funding approvals, analyse data, and coordinate with a broad range of stakeholders to meet governance, scheduling and cost controls.

Responsibilities

• Lead development of program investment and implementation plans.
• Manage funding approval and release.
• Analyse program and project data.
• Coordinate with a broad range of stakeholders through complex issues.

Skills

Program management

Stakeholder engagement

Financial analysis

Modelling

Project costing

Commercial advice

Job description

The Department of Families, Fairness and Housing (DFFH) works hard to create equal opportunities for all Victorians to live a safe, respected and valued life.

Our areas of focus are child protection, housing, disability, the prevention of family violence, multicultural affairs, LGBTIQA+ equality, veterans, women and youth. The work we do benefits thousands of Victorians, particularly those who are disadvantaged and vulnerable.

We work in a variety of community-based settings, including people's homes, residential facilities and secure settings across metropolitan, rural and regional Victoria.

We are committed to developing and supporting a workforce that is well equipped and highly motivated. All jobs can be worked flexibly, and we encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and people from diverse backgrounds and abilities.

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For more information on working with us and our recruitment process, please visit Department of Families, Fairness and Housing Victoria | Jobs (www.dffh.vic.gov.au/jobs)

THE ROLE

The Principal Program Manager is a specialised role that provides leadership within a collaborative and multi-disciplinary team focused on delivering the Government's agenda of increasing access to social and affordable housing for Victorians as part of the $6.3 billion Big Housing Build, Regional Housing Fund, and the Housing Statement. This extends to co-investment programs with the Commonwealth Government including the Housing Australia Future Fund and other initiatives.

The Principal Program Manager works in a team that leads the development of program investment and implementation plans, manages funding approval and release, analyses program and project data, proactively identifies issues, and works collaboratively with a broad range of stakeholders through complex commercial, financial, legal and technical matters to realise project, program, policy and strategic objectives.

Key specialised functions of the Principal Program Manager include providing Program Management Office functions across a range of projects, promoting a coordinated and efficient approach to program delivery, project and program reporting and monitoring, securing programmatic approvals and ensuring governance arrangements are satisfied, program scheduling and cost controls to ensure that decisions are made, funding is released, opportunities are progressed and risks and issues are managed to realise programmatic objectives.

For this particular position, a specialisation of skills, experience and/or qualifications in financial analysis, modelling, project costing and/or commercial advice is highly desirable.

ACCOUNTABILITIES INCLUDE

• Pro-actively build and maintain positive relationships with key internal and external stakeholders to facilitate a partnership approach. Identify emerging opportunities, issues, risk and trends and bring together partners to agree on and implement solutions to issues.
• Provide leadership, guidance and authoritative advice to internal and external stakeholders, deal effectively with a broad range of people and sensitive issues, work across multiple projects and multi-disciplinary teams to meet emerging pressures and demands, as required.
• Synthesise information from a range of sources, analyse and communicate both quantitative and qualitative information so that it is understood by different audiences.

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