ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT

The role of the Department of Education is to support Victorians to build prosperous, socially engaged, happy and healthy lives. It does this by supporting lifelong learning and healthy development, strengthening families and helping to equip people with the skills and knowledge for a 21st century economy and society.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

• Demonstrated experience in supporting projects or programs
• Demonstrated ability to effectively manage a diverse range of stakeholders
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with a demonstrated ability to communicate to senior stakeholders
• Demonstrated ability to promote a culture of collaboration and understand user needs
• Sound organisation and project management skills, including experience with Microsoft Office suite
• Aptitude with digital systems, including the ability to learn DE technology systems to support programs and projects

DESIRABLE QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

• Knowledge of, and experience working with, OHS and/or emergency management
• Relevant tertiary qualifications

ABOUT THE ROLE

The Statewide OHS Services Systems and Support team is responsible for the program management of the OHS Services Program. This team works closely with the OHS Services team to support the delivery of regular, consistent, quality, hands on service with OHS and Emergency Management tasks across the state. The team is cross-functional; from designing systems and processes, supporting capability building and monitoring and evaluating the program for continuous improvement.
We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Program Advisor to join the team to support and service a variety of functions, with a focus on collaboration and stakeholder management. In this role you will have the ability to contribute to meaningful outcomes by designing and continuously improving systems and processes for the OHS Services Program.
You will support the capability building of our Statewide OHS Services team by building trusting relationships, understanding stakeholder needs and driving collaborative action to achieve tangible results. Knowledge management is also a key component of this role; with responsibilities for building and maintaining centralised knowledge repositories for the program.
This role provides great opportunity for anyone with a strong sense of service and support, who is passionate about co-designing pragmatic solutions to improve the effectiveness of operational delivery. The role also requires a drive and motivation to produce quality work to achieve positive outcomes within dynamic working environments.

Key responsibilities of this role are supporting and enabling the OHS Services program, and include:

• Undertaking project management activities and supporting the delivery of systems and process to enable delivery of the program
• Establishing and maintaining effective relationships with a diverse set of stakeholders, including schools, regional and central office staff
• Driving collaboration on service design for the program, including shaping practical, user-centred solutions for various systems, tools and processes.
• Developing and presenting clear, purposeful written and verbal communications to support program implementation of programs and projects, including procedure and guidance documents, training presentations and stakeholder communications.
• Effective communication with stakeholders, including demonstrating responsiveness, influencing and conflict management skills
• Providing administrative support for programs, projects and procurement
• Use of DE digital systems, including eduSafe Plus
• Supporting the team and Branch as required.

THIS IS A FULL-TIME ONGOING ROLE, BASED IN MELBOURNE

A position description is attached. Candidates should provide a short cover letter (no more than 2 pages) addressing the key selection criteria, as well as a copy of their CV.
This position may involve visiting school sites during operating hours and therefore would require a Victorian Employee Working With Children Check.