Title:  Manager Integrity

About Us

We create thriving places and connected communities. We bring together transport, planning, land use, precinct and policy functions in a single department to deliver the best outcomes for Victorians. 

Together with our portfolio agencies, we are responsible for planning, building, operating and maintaining Victoria’s transport, planning and land services for use by all. 

We foster a safe, inclusive and constructive place to work. 

People, Legal & Governance is a Group within the Department of Transport and Planning and is responsible for providing business-enabling people and corporate services functions to drive a high-performance culture and to support integrated operations.

The Governance and Portfolio Services Division is responsible for delivering high-quality services and advice that supports and empowers the transport and planning portfolio to make good decisions, and to provide confidence that risk management, behaviour, performance, and service delivery is continuously improving

About the Role

The Manager Integrity leads the department’s integrity function and is responsible for providing expert specialist advice on integrity and to support if required ethical behaviour matters. The position is also responsible for developing and implementing a comprehensive approach for promoting integrity, ethical behaviour (as required), and preventing fraud and corruption occurring in the department and its portfolio entities.

Position Accountabilities

• Lead the development and adoption of strategies, structures and processes that seek to maintain the highest possible standards of integrity
• Lead the development of effective procedures and systems for monitoring breaches of integrity.
• Develop and deliver workshops, information and training programs designed to promote integrity, ethical behaviour and good governance, including promoting relevant information on the Department’s intranet for all staff.
• Provide leadership and coordination to the Department’s fraud and corruption control plan and Integrity Framework, including its development, implementation and application.
• Facilitate and support the Department and its portfolio entities in their integrity management and ethical behaviour.
• Represent the Department and provide leadership in the broader VPS and portfolio agencies on high complex and sensitive matters relating to integrity management and ethical behaviour.
• Manage a small team in the delivery of integrity related services ensuring high standards of professionalism, customer service and productivity.
• Provide high quality specialist advice on issues relating to the DTP Integrity policies including if required the Code of Conduct, serious employee misconduct, and fraud & corruption risks and activities, in order to minimise risk and liability.
• Keep abreast of emerging issues and external industry knowledge, monitoring trends and patterns in DTP activities, to ensure DTP has appropriate means of identifying, detecting, and addressing risks around fraud, corruption and misconduct.
• Provide effective leadership and coaching to employees, and motivate them to develop and sustain positive ethical behaviour standards and practices
• Provide support across the Governance & Portfolio Services Division as required.

Position Description her:  Manager Integrity

Key Selection Criteria
To be successful this role will require a confident leader who can motivate, coach and develop a high-performing team to deliver strong business outcomes. You’ll shape and apply policies, guidelines and precedents, using advanced professional judgement to resolve complex and novel issues. With experience providing accurate, influential advice to senior stakeholders, you’ll proactively identify emerging integrity risks—including fraud, corruption and serious misconduct—and ensure they are escalated and managed appropriately. Your strong analytical capability enables you to interpret complex data, implement targeted risk-reduction programs and strengthen organisational controls. A skilled communicator and relationship-builder, you’ll influence cultural change, challenge existing practices and raise organisational awareness of integrity, risk and ethical behaviour.

Qualifications and Experience

Tertiary qualification in a relevant discipline and/or extensive experience in a similar role.

Other Information

Ordinary hours of work are Monday to Friday between 7:00am and 7:00pm. Flexible/hybrid work options are available. The department expects a minimum of three days per week at a department designated office location.

Culture Value

We welcome applicants from a diverse range of backgrounds representing the community that we serve, including veterans, parents, carers, First Peoples, people with disability, multicultural, multifaith and LGBTIQA+ individuals.

As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to fostering a safe, inclusive, and high-performance culture. Through shared actions and behaviours aligned with our strategy and direction, we empower our people to thrive and meaningfully contribute to the department’s goals.

What we offer

Working at the Department of Transport and Planning provides people with the opportunity to contribute to creating thriving places and connected communities for all Victorians.

For further details please refer to Careers at the Department of Transport and Planning.

Pre-employment checks and employment conditions

All new appointments to the department will be subject to a National Criminal Records Check, Misconduct Screening, and a Qualification Check where there is a requirement for a mandatory qualification. Information provided to the Department of Transport and Planning will be treated in the strictest confidence consistent with the requirements of the Privacy and Data Protection Act 2014.

Applicants must be an Australian Citizen, Permanent Resident or hold a valid work permit or visa necessary for the nature of the position.

Recipients of Victorian Public Service (VPS) voluntary departure packages should note that re-employment restrictions apply.

Non-VPS applicants will be subject to a probation period of six months.

How to apply

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Applications close at 11.59pm on Tuesday, 9 Dec 2025.

Please include both your resume and a cover letter. All applications must be submitted via the online portal, we’re unable to accept email or manual submissions.

For further information about the role, please contact Sonia Rivalland - Director Integrity & Ethical Behaviour at sonia.rivalland@transport.vic.gov.au

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