Executive Director, Land Infrastructure And Servicing

Job description

Agency Department of Infrastructure, Planning Work unit Land Infrastructure and Servicing,

and Logistics Housing Program Office

Job title Executive Director, Designation Executive Contract Officer 2

Land Infrastructure and Servicing

Job type Full time Duration Fixed for up to 4 years

Remuneration $237,573 Location Darwin

Position number 43825 RTF 263432 Closing 22/03/2023

Contact officer Dwayne McInnes, General Manager Housing Program Office on 08 8999 4438 or

Dwayne.mcinnes@nt.gov.au

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Apply online https://jobs.nt.gov.au/Home/JobDetails?rtfId=263432

Applications must be limited to a one-page summary sheet and detailed resume

Information for applicants – inclusion and diversity and Special Measures recruitment plans

The NTPS values diversity. The NTPS encourages people from all diversity groups to apply for vacancies and accommodates

people with disability by making reasonable workplace adjustments. If you require an adjustment for the recruitment process or

job, please discuss this with the contact officer. For more information about applying for this position and the merit process, go

to the OCPE website.

Under the agency’s Special Measures recruitment plan eligible Aboriginal applicants will be granted priority consideration for this

vacancy. For more information on Special Measures plans, go to the OCPE website.

Primary objective

Provide strategic leadership and expert advice to drive the delivery of land infrastructure and servicing projects that support

housing programs in urban and remote areas.

Context statement

The Housing Program Office supports the NT Government’s objectives for population and economic growth through urban and

remote housing programs and related construction projects.

Key duties and responsibilities

1. Lead a multi-disciplinary team to deliver land related capital works that underpin planned housing projects within urban and

remote areas, including securing land tenure in remote locations and arranging essential services, e.g., water, sewerage,

electricity.

2. Provide expert advice regarding enabling land infrastructure, essential services and remote land tenure to a diverse range of

audiences to facilitate community awareness, stakeholder buy-in, leveraged opportunities and risk mitigation.

3. Collaborate with relevant Government agencies, industry sectors, community organisations and local government entities,

including shire and Aboriginal land councils, to inform plans and incorporate place-based decisions into project outcomes.

4. Monitor, analyse, evaluate and report on project outcomes, including actions taken to address areas for improvement and/or

positive aspects that should be shared with others.

5. Manage the Division’s human, financial and physical resources to ensure optimum use of assets and compliance with relevant

legislative and governance frameworks, including operationalising Government priorities to guide team performance.

Selection criteria

Essential

1. Extensive experience scoping, designing, constructing and delivering essential urban and remote land infrastructure projects,

including inherent technical knowledge and understanding of related legislative, policies and best practice.

2. Demonstrated knowledge of issues impacting land development and housing projects in regional and remote Territory

localities, with proven experience successfully navigating political, business and community landscapes to leverage

opportunities and resolve problematic concerns.

3. Understanding of relevant industry drivers and market forces that may affect land infrastructure and servicing projects and

ability to collaborate with stakeholders to trouble-shoot issues and implement corrective actions.

4. Sound knowledge of project management methodologies, governance frameworks and best practice procurement and contract

management.

5. Contemporary leadership, influencing and negotiation skills to build commitment and wide support to achieve strategic

objectives, particularly by forging productive working relationships with key stakeholders and people of diverse professional

and cultural backgrounds.

6. Highly effective oral and written communication skills, with proven capacity to tailor messages to suite a variety of audiences.

Desirable

1. Tertiary Qualifications in a related discipline such as Engineering, Economic and/or Business.

Negotiation