Department of Education Victoria – Melbourne VIC

This role is a Fixed Term - Full Time roles until 30/06/2028

Located in the Property Branch within the Victorian School Building Authority, this role sits within the Property Branch's Early Childhood Operations team. The team is responsible for oversight of the operational portfolio of early childhood facilities, including leasing and licensing of facilities, comprehensive due diligence on site suitability and providing expert property support to the Best Start Best Life Program. A strong working knowledge of property and development will be critical.

The position, also known as Property Officer, is within the Early Childhood Operations team at the Victorian School Building Authority.

The role reports to the Manager, Early Childhood Operations and will be required to collaborate with other team members across the VSBA teams and other stakeholders.

The Property Officer's role will have a focus on:

- Undertaking property-focused site reviews to support the planning and delivery of early childhood facilities, including kindergartens on school sites, modular kindergartens, and early learning and childcare centres. Advice will be focused on property-specific issues and risks that may impact development feasibility, including title analysis, restrictive covenants, easements, caveats, native title, subdivisions, and Crown land, among others.
- Implementing system and management of property site reviews, including ongoing stakeholder support and education to ensure property matters are clearly understood at both the planning and delivery phases.




- Implement and manage leases and licenses to enable operation of department-owned early childhood facilities.
- Responding to daily maintenance requests by clearly defining lease responsibilities and coordinating operational activities across branches and ensure efficient service delivery.

The Property Branch is a strongly collaborative environment where staff work together across various projects. The team manages a high volume of projects and it is a fast paced highly responsive environment. Given the high profile nature of the projects, the role requires good stakeholder management and communication skills and that reporting and record keeping is delivered to the highest standard.

An important element of the role is the provision of timely advice and specialist support to other areas within the VSBA in relation to the VSBA's Best Start Best Life Program. The role would suit someone with excellent stakeholder management skills, attention to detail and robust communication skills.

All VSBA staff have a shared responsibility to meet the same service standards outlined in the VSBA Customer Service Charter.Our goal is to make every interaction with the VSBA a positive one for our customers, colleagues and key partners regardless of our individual role or team.

For full time employees,



the department expects 3 days per week in the office, in line with the VPS Agreement 2024.

This role follows those same operational requirements: 3 in-office days, 2 remote (if full-time).

About the Department

The Department of Education (DE) provides a wide range of learning and development support and services.

The Department provides policy leadership, plans for the future of education in Victoria and leads key cross-sector collaboration. The Department plays an important system steward role by providing support, guidance, oversight and assurance across early childhood and school education systems, as well as directly providing school education and 50 new early learning centres.

About the Victorian School Building Authority

The Victorian School Building Authority (VSBA) is part of the Department of Education. Established in 2016, it oversees Victoria's largest school building program since the state introduced free public education in the 1870s.

The VSBA upgrades and expands existing schools and plans, designs and builds current schools to meet enrolment demand. We also support schools to maintain their buildings and grounds by offering expert advice and coordinating maintenance programs and grants.

With Victoria recently introducing two years of funded kindergarten, the VSBA is also working with the early childhood sector on a massive kindergarten construction program.

About the Division

The Major Projects & Property Division is responsible for delivering educational infrastructure projects and programs, including the acquisition and management

📌 Property Officer (Melbourne)
🏢 Department of Education Victoria
📍 Melbourne