Senior Project Lead

Senior Project Lead

• Part time (0.8 FTE), fixed term opportunity until 30 June 2027


• $152,556 per annum + super (full time salary) paid at 0.8 pro-rata equivalent


• Wadawurrung / Geelong based role (hybrid – 60% minimum in office)

Make a meaningful impact as a senior project professional at Return to Work Victoria

Are you driven by purpose and ready to shape outcomes that genuinely change people’s lives? As a Senior Project Lead at Return to Work Victoria (RTWV), you’ll take the helm of high impact projects that support injured workers on their path to recovery. The projects you will be leading may influence everything from health and recovery, compensation to premiums, self-insurance and beyond, helping to build a system that is supportive, innovative and future focused.

In this role, you’ll partner closely with business leaders across RTWV to uncover opportunities for positive change. From project planning to implementation, you’ll shape plans that align with our strategic direction and elevate outcomes across the scheme. You will lead passionate project teams, bring strategic initiatives to life, and deliver improvements across people, processes and systems. Your leadership will directly contribute to our organisation’s key performance priorities, including prevention, return-to-work outcomes, service excellence and financial sustainability.

Success in this role calls for highly developed project management skills, someone who is adaptable, curious and ready to collaborate. You will work with project specialists across a range of critical delivery functions interchangeable, from analysis to change management, responding with agility to support the evolving needs of the project.

If you’re energised by work that has real impact and enjoy leading and managing projects that make organisations stronger and people’s lives better, this is the opportunity for you.

Key accountabilities

• Lead and manage the development of relevant projects to support the RTWV Business Unit and WorkSafe’s strategic programs, including Agent based initiatives. Initiates, establishes and maintains key strategic relationships with a broad range of stakeholders promoting RTWV’s key objectives


• Undertake the role of project management, some business analysis and change management activities interchangeably, with the purpose of leading the business through transformation and supporting impacted areas through change.


• Develop robust business cases based on research with clear and sound justification towards recommended options, anticipating opportunities, benefits, risk, interdependencies and financial considerations.


• Systematically research and conduct in-depth analysis of complex data and information, using various analytical techniques to propose systematic solution options to specific issues.


• Identify and work with stakeholders to make recommendations about their involvement/influence on project outcomes. Determine the best approach to implement new or changed policy and make strategic recommendations accordingly.


• Identify impacts on operations, clients and stakeholders and make recommendations to influence on project outcomes, as well as contributing to the overall RTWV Business Unit’s planning and strategy, including the risk management framework.


• Lead or participate in strategic project reviews relating to scheme viability, market trends and developments, streamlining of policies / work practices and any other issues related to current and future operations.

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About you

You are an experienced project lead with a strong background in project management methodologies. Your communication, negotiation and organisational skills are highly developed, and your strong interpersonal skills allow you to establish and maintain effective and collaborative relationships with a wide range of stakeholders.

Additionally, you will possess the following skills and experience:

• Experience leading and managing medium to large scale projects, with demonstrated use of strong project management methodology to deliver outcomes.


• Experience working in projects in the health and/or hospital industries and/or government sector is desirable.


• Strong problem solving skills to synthesise ambiguous information to formulate approaches to address emerging issues and support strategic decision making.


• Excellent written and presentation skills to explain highly complex concepts, contentious or sensitive issues and information where high levels of negotiation, communication and interpersonal skills are required.


• Understanding of change management principles, how to influence to gain acceptance of change, and ability to manage stakeholders through change.


• Ability to research best practice and developments across industries and jurisdictions to identify improvement opportunities and develop business cases for change.


• Understanding of WorkSafe’s operating environment and systems, including the agent model and WorkSafe’s Project Management Framework, or ability to acquire is desirable.

Qualifications

• Tertiary education in project management or at least 3 years industry experience together with relevant tertiary education in a business related discipline.


• Project Management certification (i.e. Prince2, agile or waterfall delivery methods) desirable

Working with us

At WorkSafe, our goal is for every employee to feel connected, safe, and valued within their team, for teams to feel appreciated in the workplace, and for WorkSafe to be respected in the community.

We believe that a diverse workforce is essential for delivering the best outcomes for the Victorian community. We strongly encourage applications from all individuals, including First Nations people, people with disabilities, those from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, and individuals of all sexualities and genders.  

What’s next?

Applications close 11:00pm Thursday 13 August 2026. Click the link to apply, and join us in making a difference to Victorian lives.

Only applications submitted via the WorkSafe Careers website will be considered.

Preferred candidates will be required to satisfactorily complete a Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check and/or other checks as required for the position as part of the recruitment process.

Eligibility for ongoing employment with WorkSafe Victoria requires Australian or New Zealand citizenship or permanent residency.

Due to the volume of applications received, individualised feedback will only be provided to candidates who progress to interview stage.

For further enquiries please contact TA Specialist, Bree Jackson via email [email protected]