About this job
About the Opportunity
The School Facilities Operations Team, work collaboratively to deliver support and advisory services to Principals and Business Managers to manage school facilities operations. The Team interacts with Organisational Safety & Wellbeing to promote safe practices aligned with the department's current chemical management requirements and equipment use. School Facilities Operations also provides support to Procurement, Corporate Finance, Payroll and Human Resources.
About the Role
The Manager, School Facilities Operations is responsible for (but not limited to) the following:
- Manage teams in the delivery, management and reporting for a range of complex infrastructure, planning and asset management activities for the department.
- Provide strategic advice to the Minister, Director-General, Division executive, senior management and departmental stakeholders across a range of infrastructure, planning and asset management issues.
About You
What we're looking for in our Manager is someone who can:
- Lead, manage and participate in a team(s) providing a high-quality service in the formulation of innovative and workable solutions for infrastructure and planning related services to internal and external clients and stakeholders.
- Provide and be accountable for high level advice to the Minister, Director-General, Division management and senior executive, Regional Directors and Principals on a broad range of issues including the preparation of responses, reports and briefing materials on a range of infrastructure, planning and asset management issues and review material created members of your team(s).
- Manage project teams in the development, implementation, maintenance and review of programs, policies and procedures to support the strategic direction of the department for a range of infrastructure and planning related issues.
- Establish and maintain strategic networks to monitor issues and changes, and to identify, define and analyse best practice approaches to implementing consistent processes with respect to a range of infrastructure and planning related services and facilitate ongoing departmental relationships within these networks.
- Regularly liaise with stakeholder groups to ensure services managed by the unit meet their needs.
- Proactively support teams and work units across the Division to achieve business priorities and deliver services aligned to strategic objectives.
- Manage the human, financial and physical resources allocated to support the service function and be accountable for their effective use.
- When working in regulated employment an employee must have a current Working with Children Clearance (blue card) issued by Blue Card Services.
To apply please attach the following:
- A brief resume including contact details for 2 referees (one of whom should be your current supervisor).
- A two-page statement on how your achievements and capabilities meet the requirements of the role, as detailed above and within the attached Role Description.
We welcome all applicants to share any support needed to ensure our recruitment process is inclusive.
Applications remain current for 12 months from the closing date and may be considered for appointment to identical or similar vacancies within the Department.
Applications from recruitment agencies will not be accepted.
When working in regulated employment an employee must have a current Working with Children Clearance (blue card) issued by Blue Card Services.
Salary rate shown is reflective of full-time (1.0 FTE).
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