Development Director, Regional Housing

About Us

At Development Victoria, we create places for people.

We’re a government agency partnering with industry and communities to transform ambitious ideas into reality.

We balance community needs with commercial discipline – and our experience shows that sustainable, liveable places deliver the best long-term return for all.

Together, we deliver places that make a genuine difference to the people of Victoria.

Job Description

Your New Role

Reporting to the Senior Director, the Development Director will lead a high performing team to deliver Development Victoria Housing Statement priorities in regional Victoria.

This is your opportunity to make an impact, leading a team to deliver outcomes that will benefit the Victorian Community now and into the future.

Core Accountabilities

• Lead, manage and inspire an internal team of development professionals, to ensure team members are empowered to make decisions, proactive when addressing project challenges and supported to grow professionally.
• Motivate the team to deliver on all key project targets, government policy priorities and DV’s own organisational objectives – whilst striving to maximise customer satisfaction.
• Providing strategic direction to enable project teams’ successful delivery of all facets of the projects they manage.
• Play a leadership role across Development Victoria to promote and implement corporate strategy and organisational policies and values.
• Work with the Housing Senior Management team to support delivery of the divisional objectives and priorities in line with Government policy.
• Maintaining oversight of, and overall responsibility for, financial performance of projects – cost and revenue budgets, cashflow forecasts and risks likely to impact forecast return or expenditure/revenue timing.
• Lead the management and delivery of the allocated project/s by ensuring the project team and external consultants and contractors are working efficiently and effectively to meet agreed project deliverables.
• Collaborate across the organisation to establish and deliver marketing and sales strategies, incentives, advertising campaigns and estate promotions.
• Work with the internal communications team to prepare and implement a structured project communications and where relevant develop an engagement methodology to ensure an enhanced customer experience.
• Establish and maintain key governance project documentation.
• Prepare and provide strategic advice to inform key project governance or strategy decisions for senior management, Departments or Ministers.

Please note - This is a fixed term position available for a period of up to 5 years.

Desired Skills and Experience

About You

The role involves a key focus on strategic management and team leadership with the goal of progressing the relevant projects in a complex operating and challenging stakeholder environment.

The ideal candidate will require:

• Tertiary degree or higher qualification in property, architecture, design, engineering, project management, construction, or related fields.
• A demonstrated ability to manage competing stakeholder needs within a value creation & capture framework.
• an understanding of state and local government economic, planning, and other policy drivers, including the Victorian government’s Housing Statement, and their impact on successful delivery of housing projects.
• experience working with a broad range of stakeholders to deliver housing outcomes with the right balance between policy and commercial delivery.
• successful people, strategic and commercial management skills, consistent with organisational goals, objectives, and government policy.
• Ability to manage and prioritise complex issues involving multiple stakeholders with divergent interests.

Employee Benefits

• We drive strong collaboration and support our teams to work virtually and flexibly.
• Professional development opportunities available including;
  • Study support
  • Mentoring programs
  • Opportunity to participate in cross functional working groups that drive diversity and inclusion and sustainability initiatives.
• Novated leasing
• Purchase leave
• Paid parental leave
• Technology salary sacrifice
• Employee referral bonuses
• Health & Wellbeing initiatives such as EAP and mental health and wellbeing leave
• Access to group life & group salary continuance insurance
• Modern onsite facilities

Application Process

• Please apply via our careers page linked to this advertisement, applications will not be accepted via email.
• Advert may close prior to the closure date if a high volume of applications is received so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
• Please note: The preferred candidate will be required to complete a national police record check prior to an offer of employment being made.
• At Development Victoria, we work flexibly and value diversity, and we invite you to talk to us about any preferences or adjustments you may value or require to either our recruitment process or the role itself. If you identify as a person with disability, please let us know how we can provide additional support to your application.

Application Deadline

Please submit your application by 14th April 2024. Applications received after this date may not be considered.

We respectfully request no agency approaches. We will not be responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes being sent to anyone here in our business.