State Director (Victoria, SA & Tasmania) - Internal Job Posting

VLC is advertising internally for a driven individual with strong strategic thinking capabilities and sound commercial insight, broad networks and well-developed people skills seeking the next challenge in their career. This is an exciting opportunity to help shape the future of the business as a member of VLC’s Management Committee. In this role, you will be responsible for planning and executing the growth of VLC across Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania (and potentially the ACT), aligned with VLC’s Corporate Strategy. 

This role reports to the Managing Director and currently leads a team of 12. In this position, you will need to work collaboratively across the business, often supporting the delivery of projects throughout Australia and New Zealand.  

Typical success factors of the role: 

• Deliver annual revenue and profitability targets for the business unit, ensuring sustainable and predictable business performance. 

• Lead business development across the region, identifying new opportunities, nurturing client relationships and driving pipeline growth. 

• Ensure staff are appropriately deployed to achieve utilisation targets. 

• Manage the performance of individuals within your team to ensure that staffing levels are appropriate, and quality work is delivered on time and budget. 

• Build a positive team culture locally, ensuring collaboration and positive relationships across the firm. 

• Leverage VLC’s systems and processes to ensure integrity in dealings and an appropriate risk management culture. 

• Proactively position VLC in the market by building strategic relationships with clients, partners, contractors and industry bodies, and represent VLC at key industry events and forums. 

Highly desired qualities: 

• Experience with consulting in disciplines of transport planning, modelling, infrastructure advisory, business case and/or economics. 

• Track record of managing and delivering consulting projects with a focus on on-time delivery, budget and quality as viewed by the client.  

• Confident people leadership skills with the ability to develop and support staff across our business. 

• Highly developed networks across industry and a demonstrated ability to expand our client base with state and local government with the ability to expand networks in geographical and service line growth areas. 

Application process: 

Please apply via Bamboo and attach your VLC CV and cover letter addressed to Nick Veitch. Within your cover letter please let us know what motivates you to apply for this opportunity and what you will bring to the role.

This role will be advertised for two weeks with interviews to be scheduled for the week of 9 February. Any questions should be directed to Poppi or via p[email protected]. 

VLC is committed to the equal treatment for all applicants exhibited by ethical decision making, procedural fairness and respect for diversity.