Title:  Senior Advisor, Communications Performance

Major Road Projects Victoria 
VPS5, Senior Advisor, Communications Performance 

• Hybrid working environment. 

• 3 years fixed term, VPS5 - $113,022 - $136,747 + super & benefits. 

• This role will be located at 180 Lonsdale St. 

About MRPV 
 
Major Road Projects Victoria (MRPV) is delivering a massive investment in the state’s roads. We’re delivering major new road projects across metropolitan Melbourne and regional Victoria while improving the roads people rely on every day.  
 
The West Gate Tunnel Project will give Melbourne a second freeway link between the west and the city – providing a much-needed alternative to the West Gate Bridge and a vital second river crossing. 
 
North East Link will fix the missing link in Melbourne’s freeway network with new 6.5 km tunnels from Watsonia to Bulleen. We’re also overhauling the Eastern Freeway and completing the M80 Ring Road at Greensborough. 
 
Road Programs are also delivering dozens of new roads, bridges, road widening projects and major freeway upgrades.  
 
Come and be a part of our centre of roads excellence.  
 
Join us in building better connections for Victoria by: 

• Lead the design and implementation of systems to track data and identify evidence-based insights related to social impact, including local investment with community groups, sporting precincts, trader support initiatives and other metrics that measure benefit to the local areas.  

• Liaise with MRPV C&E delivery teams and other internal stakeholders to identify reporting gaps and proactively implement systems for effective data collection and visualisations and other areas of improvement.   

• Design and implement a statewide Power BI dashboard that captures community support metrics across each local government area and suburb, helping to depict how investment relates to areas with high construction impacts.   

• Lead the rollout of the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) framework to ensure accurate reporting and management of performance metrics across Road program, collaborating with delivery C&E Managers to drive contractor performance and identifying areas for improvement and avenues to communicate best practice.   

• Contribute to evaluation reports for Social Impact, which includes using data and recipient interviews to create communication assets that promote the positive outcomes that grant funding programs, and other MPRV project initiatives have delivered to communities during construction.    

• Contributing to transformative communications strategies using program data analysis and trend identification to raise public awareness of the social impact initiatives within MRPV and identify opportunities to promote how programs support local communities during major construction.   

• Lead and manage reporting and communication projects and internal and external stakeholder relationships with minimal direction, demonstrating sound judgement and identifying and escalating potential risks and issues as required.   

The successful candidate will primarily be responsible for implementing systems to track data to identify evidence-based insights and create communications strategies that promote the social impacts of initiatives that are delivered to communities while major construction takes place. 

This opportunity is a 3-year fixed-term. 

 
For more details about this opportunity, please take a look at the Position Description here. 

What can we offer you? 

We are committed to creating a workplace that inspires and engages you – we want you to be a powerful contributor to this wonderfully diverse and dynamic organisation. Our offering continues to grow but here is what we already have in store for you: 

• MRPV welcomes flexible working arrangements.  

• Access to annual health checks, including skins checks and flu shots. 

• Access low-cost gym memberships for yourself and family at over 200 facilities via Fitness Passport. 

• Access to Thrive Gateway, our employee benefits platform is your once stop shop for wellbeing as well as savings and discounts at hundreds of retailers. 

• We're committed to supporting our team members and their families in improving mental health and wellbeing. Our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) provides confidential counselling and advice for our team members and their families for work and personal issues. 

• Annual salary increases and incremental performance-based payments over the course of your employment. 

• Leave loading of 17.5% payment on top of your base salary when you take annual leave and ability to purchase additional leave  

How to Apply 
 
If this sounds like the opportunity for you, apply now via the ‘Apply’ button and follow the prompts. Applications to include a CV and preferably Cover Letter and will not be accepted via email. There is no need to provide any type of response to Key Selection Criteria separately, but we do encourage you to outline relevant experience and motivation for applying in your cover letter.  

The successful candidate will be required to undergo pre-employment checks which include a national police check and misconduct screening.  

To be part of something meaningful and leave a positive legacy connecting Victorian communities, apply for a role with us today.