Assistant Director Operational Asset Management
Level 8, $157,900 - $171,005 pa, PSCSAA 2024
Come join the team at the new Department of Housing and Works.
The Department of Housing and Works delivers and maintains essential social housing and critical infrastructure across Western Australia—including schools, hospitals and police facilities.
We manage tenancy services, support housing provision in remote Aboriginal communities, and oversee government employee accommodation.
Through office accommodation solutions, State Fleet management, procurement, planning and asset policy, we empower other government agencies to deliver their best.
We actively encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, youth, people of diverse sexualities and genders, and culturally and linguistically diverse people.
We are committed to ensuring our hiring processes are inclusive. If you are an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander person, a young person or a person with a disability seeking support with your application, please reach out to Jobs and Skills WA by calling 13 64 64.
If you are a person living with disability and require adjustments or accommodations during the recruitment process, please contact Mel Reid on (08) 6551 1556 or via email at mel.reid@dohw.wa.gov.au. You can also reach us through the National Relay Service.
When you join us, you can enjoy a variety of benefits, including:
- flexible work options, including working from home up to 2 days per week
- professional development, training, and on-the-job learning to advance your career
- generous leave entitlements, which include 4 weeks annual leave, 3 public service holidays each year, accrued long service leave every 7 years and an option to purchase additional leave each year. Access to cultural leave for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
- modern workspaces, where you choose your workspace that assists you to do your best work
- access to activity-based work hubs in the CBD, Fremantle and Joondalup for ad hoc flexible work
- corporate discounts with selected health insurance providers and access to wellness programs
- opportunity to support our Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP), Disability Access and Inclusion Plan, Indigenous Network, Gender Equity Champions Group, and Youth Working Group.
About The Role:
The role leads a team responsible for the operational asset management of the Department of Housing and Work’s (DHW) owned buildings and selected buildings within the leased portfolio, including managing contracts associated with facility management and minor office fit-outs to optimise the useful life of the asset while balancing cost, risk, and performance.
About You:
You are a dynamic individual, who possesses significant leadership experience to inspire a team and deliver on various asset management activities.
You will possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills, to develop and sustain collaborative relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
You will achieve quality outcomes, through exemplifying the Department of Housing and Works values and adopting a constructive, facilitative leadership style.
This position operates in the context of Leading Leaders. This means you will be required to deliver results through leaders and your teams in a single business area, and by influencing leaders in other business areas. You will add value by providing direction and developing and coaching your leaders to achieve operational objectives. You will make decisions about how services should be provided based on the resources at hand.
How to Apply:
If you have what it takes to be part of our dynamic and forward-thinking team, submit the following in MS Word or PDF format only:
1. A comprehensive CV (maximum five pages) that shows your skills, experiences and key achievements, including the contact details of two referees, including current manager.
2. Cover letter of two (2) pages or less, outlining how you meet the essential requirements of the role and providing examples in relation to how you meet the following requirements:
- Extensive conceptual, analytical, and strategic problem-solving skills with the ability to lead the development and management of strategies in relation to asset operations as well as the development of business cases and/or funding submissions
- Leadership Context -
- Think through complexity: Think critically, work with ambiguity and uncertainty, assess solutions and impacts, and take calculated risks.
- Deliver on high leverage areas: Identify priorities, pursue objectives with tenacity and display resilience in the face of challenges.
- Build capability: Proactively develop others; share learning to promote efficiency and effectiveness; and champion diversity and inclusion.
Please ensure you apply before the closing deadline as we won’t accept late and incomplete applications.
Further Job-Related Information:
Please contact Mel Reid on (08) 6551 1556 for further information about the position (not to be contacted for Applicant Information Packs or assistance with lodging your application).
To assist you in preparing your application, please refer to the Applicant Information Pack, Job Description Form, and Leadership Behaviours. Additionally, the WA Jobs and Workforce Hub provides information on working in Western Australia. This includes guidance on applying for government sector jobs, industry insights, application tips, relocation resources, training opportunities, and apprenticeships.
If you are unable to view or download these documents, please contact us by calling (08) 6557 8111 (select option 1) or email recruitment@dohw.wa.gov.au, quoting the reference number VCID03279 for support.
Currently there is one (1) permanent full-time position available for filling. Whilst this selection process will initially be used to appoint to this advertised vacancy, it may also be used to appoint to similar positions that may arise in the Agency within the next eighteen (18) months on a full-time, part-time, permanent or fixed-term basis with the possibility of further extension(s) and/or permanency.
The Department may conduct an Executive Search to supplement the field of applicants.
