Title: Senior Advisor Network Resilience
About the role
The Senior Advisor Network Resilience provides expert technical and operational analysis to support evidence-based decision-making and inform executive and ministerial reporting on network performance and disruptions. The role monitors network conditions during both normal operations and incidents, contributing insights that improve safety, efficiency, and customer outcomes. It plays a key role in post-incident reviews by identifying trends, root causes, and lessons learned to strengthen long-term resilience and response capability. The position also provides technical assurance for planned disruptions by reviewing traffic management, detour strategies, and mitigation plans to minimise impact on the network and community. In addition, it supports programs such as Signal Network Optimisation through data analysis and performance insights, while engaging with key stakeholders and contributing to continuous improvement initiatives to enhance overall network management and operational effectiveness.
What we're looking for (Selection criteria)
You're someone who has:
- strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build trusted, collaborative partnerships, understand stakeholder needs and context, and work towards mutually beneficial outcomes
- advanced critical thinking and problem-solving skills, able to assess issues from multiple perspectives, identify root causes and recurring problems, and implement practical, effective solutions that improve business outcomes
- strong influence and negotiation skills, with the ability to develop and deliver clear strategies to build buy-in and effectively engage a range of stakeholders
- systems thinking capability, understanding broader organisational impacts and interdependencies and ensuring solutions are well integrated across programs, services and networks
- a strong outcomes focus and resilience, able to connect team activities to organisational and community impact, provide clear and confident advice, and remain effective under pressure while managing competing priorities
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Qualifications and experience
You'll bring:
- a tertiary qualifications in civil engineering, transportation or related discipline or relevant traffic engineering experience.
- awareness of traffic and civil engineering principles
- 3+ years analytical & reporting experience.
Pre-employment checks and employment conditions
- Relevant pre-employment screening and reference checks will be required
- 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
How to apply
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Applications close at 11.59pm on Thursday 02 of July 2026.
Please include both your resume and a cover letter addressing how your experience addresses each of the key selection criteria for the role. 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 Debbie Seymour, Associate Director Network Resilience at debbie.seymour@transport.vic.gov.au
Redeployees
If you are a VPS redeployee, please state this in your cover letter and include your case manager’s contact details. This helps ensure your redeployment status is appropriately considered. For more information on redeployment, visit the Victorian Government policy.
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