Title:  Manager, Environment & Sustainability

Employment Type: 3-year Fixed Term

Salary: VPS 6 $138,631 – $185,518 per annum + superannuation and benefits

Primary Office Location: Ballarat

Work Arrangement: Site-based role located in Ararat

About VIDA ROADS

VIDA Roads 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.

Road Programs are also delivering dozens of new roads, bridges, road widening projects and major freeway upgrades.

The Manager, Environment & Sustainability is responsible for providing expert advice and guidance on land, planning, environment and sustainability matters for the delivery of the VIDA Roads – Big Builds Roads Program.

This role is responsible for ensuring compliance during project delivery (construction) with relevant legislation and Government policy, complex approvals and permits, and works closely with project teams, delivery partners and their sub-contractors, government departments and stakeholders. This is a construction-site based role reporting into the Senior Manager, Environment and Sustainability.

Join us in building better connections for Victoria by:

1. Outcomes Thinking: Establishes mechanisms to monitor impact of work on the community; Ensures

team/ organisation’s operating and delivery model is designed in ways that creates a positive impact

on community.

2. Flexibility and adaptability: Works to find new ways to deliver outcomes; Recognises the merits of

different options and acts; accordingly, Has courage to alter strategies in situations when there are

clear indications of existing strategy may not deliver the best outcome; where significant amount of

effort or investment has been put in. Builds commitment of others to adopt new strategies to deliver

against outcomes

3. Strategic Planning: Guides others through the strategic planning process, creating a shared vision

for the future. Has a comprehensive understanding of external and internal issues that influence the

strategic direction of the organisation. Ensures that overall strategic plan cascades to operational and

team planning processes and performance plans; Provides subject matter expertise and building

capability of others.

4. Political and Organisational Context: Uses strategic relationships and knowledge to predict and

prepare for the impact of events on the organisation; Understands the impact of external events and

changing stakeholder needs on the organisation and government; Drives a values-based organisation

by holding self and organisation accountable in adhering to public sector values.

5. Stakeholder Management: Identifies and manages a range of complex and often competing needs;

Facilitates innovative solutions to resolve stakeholder issues.

6. Managing People: Holds self and team accountable to public sector values and agreed performance

standards; Supports achievement of outcomes by anticipating and resolving issues; Establishes and

implement actions to increase level of people engagement; Creates opportunities for recognising performance.

It will be a requirement to travel and spend time at one or all our site offices.

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:

• VIDA Roads 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. Need more information?

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.

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