We are looking for an experienced Manager, Project Delivery to lead VCAA's IT Projects Unit and drive the successful delivery of significant and complex ICT projects.
You will lead and support project managers, oversee project priorities and capacity, and provide hands-on leadership for major projects.

About the Department

The VCAA is a statutory body responsible to the Victorian Minister for Education, serving both government and non-government schools. In this context, the VCAA is responsible for developing high-quality curriculum and assessment products and services.

The VCAA is a registered foundational and senior secondary awarding body with the Victorian Registration and Qualifications Authority (VRQA). As part of its functions, the VCAA develops policies, criteria and standards for:

- curriculum, assessments and courses for school-aged students
- learning, development and assessments which relate to early childhood

The VCAA develops strong relationships with the government, Independent and Catholic school sector, other national and interstate curriculum authorities, academics in the field, teacher/subject associations and, most importantly, with Victorian educators.

All VCAA employees are expected to perform their duties in accordance with relevant legislation, governance requirements, policies and procedures, safety obligations, the Code of Conduct for Victorian public sector employees, and the Victorian Public Sector Values.

All roles are expected to work collaboratively across teams and functions, build productive relationships, and contribute to shared organisational outcomes.

About the Division





Corporate Services Division provides enabling services to support the operation of the VCAA with communications, engagement, data and analytics, legal policy, finance, human resources, technology infrastructure and applications.

Corporate Services is focussed on delivering high quality, innovative services and operating as a strong collaborative partner to the Curriculum and Assessment Divisions to support delivery of the VCAAs vision and mission.

The IT Projects Unit in the IMT branch manages formal IMT project delivery, including planning, governance, reporting, risks, issues and dependencies, and coordinates cross-unit delivery where structured project management is required.

About the Role

We are looking for an experienced Manager, Project Delivery to lead VCAA's IT Projects Unit and drive the successful delivery of significant and complex ICT projects.

You will lead and support project managers, oversee project priorities and capacity, and provide hands-on leadership for major projects. Working closely with business and technology stakeholders, you will ensure projects are well planned, effectively governed and delivered against agreed outcomes.

You will provide authoritative advice on project risks, dependencies, resources and performance, while building project management capability and promoting consistent, transparent and accountable delivery practices across IMT.





The role will also play a key part in embedding consistent ways of working across the Branch, including common approaches to planning, delivery cadence, reporting, governance and the use of Jira.

Attributes

The ideal candidate will demonstrate strong leadership, project delivery, stakeholder engagement and people management capabilities. You will be comfortable operating in a dynamic and complex environment and able to provide clear, authoritative advice on project priorities, risks, dependencies and delivery performance.

You will also bring:

- demonstrated experience leading project delivery teams and managing significant and complex ICT projects within government or a similarly complex workplace
- proven experience managing and developing a team, including setting priorities, allocating resources, building capability and ensuring high-quality delivery outcomes
- strong project management capability, with experience managing scope, schedule, budget, resources, risks, issues, dependencies and bene fits
- the ability to provide clear and timely reporting and authoritative advice to senior leaders and governance forums
- highly developed stakeholder engagement, relationship management and negotiation skills, with the ability to influence senior leaders and delivery partners
- experience establishing and embedding consistent project management practices, governance, reporting and ways of working
- the ability to mentor, coach and develop project managers, building delivery capability across the team
- a commitment to innovation, continuous improvement and disciplined, transparent project delivery
- the ability to model

📌 Manager, Project Delivery (Melbourne)
🏢 Department Of Education
📍 Melbourne