Senior Program & Grants Lead, Early Childhood Infrastructure

Department-of-Education-1; Victoria; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Victorian School Building Authority is seeking a Senior Program Advisor to support early childhood infrastructure planning under the Best Start, Best Life reforms. The role focuses on stakeholder engagement, efficient data management, and strategic advice to aid program delivery and budgeting decisions.

The successful candidate will draft briefs, manage records, coordinate with internal and external partners, and contribute to kindergarten expansion initiatives across Victoria.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.

Responsibilities

• Build effective relationships with key internal and external stakeholders, including chairing meetings and leading communications.
• Maintain accurate records and track products to support planning and reporting, including managing complex financial data in databases.
• Advise managers and executives on key financial decisions, including rephasing program budgets and showing impacts of funding settings on contingency funding.
• Support data and administrative process improvements to ensure compliance with internal requirements.
• Undertake property/land investigations to analyse issues related to kindergarten expansion.
• Present options to senior audiences, outlining pros and cons and limitations of approaches.
• Draft Ministerial briefs, executive summaries and meeting minutes; approve BBP grant applications.
• Liaise with VSBA Communications to ensure public BBP documents are uploaded to DE/VSBA sites.
• Provide program planning and specialist advice to support forecast projects; perform Three-Year-old Kindergarten and Pre-Prep reforms tasks.
• Ensure all VSBA staff meet service standards outlined in the VSBA Customer Service Charter.

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Victorian School Building Authority is seeking a Senior Program Advisor to support early childhood infrastructure planning under the Best Start, Best Life reforms. The role focuses on stakeholder engagement, efficient data management, and strategic advice to aid program delivery and budgeting decisions.

The successful candidate will draft briefs, manage records, coordinate with internal and external partners, and contribute to kindergarten expansion initiatives across Victoria.