Assistant Development Manager

About Us    

At Development Victoria, we’re passionate about making Victoria a great place to be. We create vibrant places across our state, through diverse and strategic property development and urban renewal projects.    

As the Victorian Government’s development arm, we revitalise iconic public buildings, create important community, creative and sporting facilities and repurpose public land, for all Victorians. We also build great homes and communities where people and businesses can thrive, catering for different budgets, lifestyles, and people - designed to be sustainable and affordable.    

Your New Role

Two Assistant Development Manager roles are currently available in the Precincts team.

The Assistant Development Managers support project teams by coordinating financial reporting, procurement, stakeholder communication, and project administration across all phases of planning, design, documentation, and construction. These roles ensure timely, cost-effective, and compliant delivery of housing development projects aligned with Development Victoria’s strategic objectives.

One role is focused on precincts such as Fitzroy Gasworks, Kew, Ballarat West Employment Zone and Revitalising Central Dandenong, where you may be required to work across multiple projects.

The other role is focused on precincts at Docklands including City Harbour, Yarra’s Edge, Waterfront City, New Quay and Victoria Harbour, where you may be required to work across multiple projects.

Both roles offer a huge variety of work and an excellent opportunity for someone looking to broaden their skills in the development space.

The two roles are 12-month fixed-term opportunities and work on a hybrid, flexible basis. You’ll balance your time between our head office in Melbourne CBD, site offices as required and the rest working from home.

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Core Accountabilities: 

• Maintain accurate and up-to-date project documentation, records, and reporting tools to support compliance, transparency, and effective decision-making.
• Coordinate communication with internal and external stakeholders to support project alignment, approvals and delivery outcomes.
• Assist in the coordination of planning and design documentation, ensuring alignment with project scope, timelines and strategic objectives.
• Monitor project financials including budgets, forecasts and expenditure tracking, supporting commercial performance and reporting.
• Support construction activities, including site maintenance and issue resolution on site.

About You

You have a bachelor’s degree in a property development, construction, civil engineering or project management discipline.

• Demonstrated experience in property development and/or infrastructure delivery within either the public or private sector.

• Familiarity with planning, design, masterplanning, and divestment processes is advantageous but not essential.

 • Proficient in Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook) and PDF-based programs such as Adobe Acrobat Pro.

• Capable of preparing and delivering presentations and project updates as required.

• Experience using electronic filing systems is desirable, though not mandatory.

• Proven ability to operate effectively in complex stakeholder environments, including coordination and liaison across multiple parties.

• Exposure to financial feasibility analysis using tools such as EstateMaster, alongside experience in budgeting and cost monitoring.

• Strong written communication skills, with the ability to produce clear, concise, and grammatically accurate documentation, correspondence and reports.

Employee Benefits    

• We drive strong collaboration and support our teams to work virtually and flexibly.    
• Professional development opportunities available including;     
  • Study support    
  • Mentoring programs    
  • Opportunity to participate in cross functional working groups that drive diversity and inclusion and sustainability initiatives.    
• Novated leasing    
• Purchase leave    
• Paid parental leave    
• Technology salary sacrifice    
• Employee referral bonuses     
• Health & Wellbeing initiatives such as EAP and mental health and wellbeing leave    
• Access to group life & group salary continuance insurance    
• Modern onsite facilities    

What next?    

• Please apply via our careers page linked to this advertisement, applications will not be accepted via email.     
• Advert may close prior to the closure date if a high volume of applications is received so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
• Please note: The preferred candidate will be required to complete a national police record check prior to an offer of employment being made.    
• At Development Victoria, we work flexibly and value diversity, and we invite you to talk to us about any preferences or adjustments you may value or require to either our recruitment process or the role itself. If you identify as a person with disability, please let us know how we can provide additional support to your application.    

If you have any role queries or would like to notify us of adjustments required during the recruitment process, please get it touch with our Recruitment team via email - recruitment.enquiries@development.vic.gov.au

Please submit your application by 11:59pm Wednesday 16th September 2026. Applications received after this date may not be considered.    

We respectfully request no agency approaches. We will not be responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes being sent to anyone here in our business.