About the Division

The Information Management and Technology Division (IMTD) oversees the department's digital capabilities, spearheading the digital transformation for both the department and Victorian government schools. They manage Victoria's largest technology network, supporting around 750,000 staff and students. IMTD leverages cloud solutions (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS) and agile practices to enhance user experience, security, and integration.

About the Role

As a Principal Developer in the Victorian Government's Financial, Policy, and Information Systems, your role centres on making informed decisions, expertly communicating technical insights, and serving as a specialist in the field. .

Your extensive expertise will significantly enhance the efficiency of operational service delivery, playing a crucial role in the department's successes.

The Principal Developer role is focused on leading solution design during the discovery phase and conducting benefit analyses to inform process improvements and technology investments. Working with a diverse team, they gather business inputs, measure the current state, and secure estimations for product proposals. They are responsible for presenting solution designs, including MVP, future phases, costs, benefits, risks, and alignment with the department's strategy.

The Principal Developer ensures a coherent presentation model for discovery, creating templates and communication methods. They play a key role in presenting solution designs to the business, emphasizing alignment with strategic goals. This role is pivotal in optimizing and transforming business areas through technology, fostering collaboration between technical capabilities and diverse business units. Furthermore, it offers opportunities for iterative process improvement and standardization.

Capabilities

This role emphasises personal attributes such as adaptability and collaborative skills. It requires a system thinking approach, driving innovation, and continuous improvement. For delivery, it demands digital literacy, critical problem-solving, and stakeholder management. In people leadership, it focuses on knowledge management, capability development, ethical leadership, and fostering an engaged and high-performing team.

Desirable Qualifications and Experience

• Demonstrated experience in benefit analysis methodologies including modelling, mapping, calculations, evaluation and value analysis
• Demonstrated experience with financial modelling including return on investment (ROI), payback, net benefit etc
• Demonstrated experience in the application of industry benchmark data and trends 
• Demonstrated experience in measuring risk, ease to implement and impact 
• Demonstrated experience in deconstructing complexity
• Demonstrated experience in documenting ‘defensible' evidence in line with industry standards 
• Tertiary qualifications/accreditation in a related discipline would be advantageous

Further Information

For more details regarding this position please see attached position description.

The department values diversity and inclusion in all forms - gender, religion, ethnicity, LGBTIQ+, disability and neurodiversity. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates are strongly encouraged to apply. For more information about our work, working for the Department, diversity and inclusion, and our employment conditions visit the Department website and our Diversity and Inclusion page

Information about the Department of Education's operations and employment conditions can be located at www.education.vic.gov.au.

For further information pertaining to the role, please contact Nicola Wolfe, HR Consultant via 03 9057 4515 or Nicola.Wolfe@education.vic.gov.au  

Preferred applicants may be required to complete a police check and may be subject to other pre-employment checks. Information provided to the Department of Education will be treated in the strictest confidence.

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Applications close 11:59pm on Sunday 3rd December, 2023