Work Type: Ongoing - Full-time
Salary: $142,790 - $191,084
Grade: VPS 6
Occupation: Occupational health and safety
Location: Melbourne - CBD and Inner Metro suburbs
Reference: VG/DE/PES/1922765
About the Department
The department provides a wide range of learning and development support and services.
The department provides policy leadership, plans for the future of education in Victoria and leads key cross-sector collaboration. The department plays an important system steward role by providing support, guidance, oversight and assurance across early childhood and school education systems, as well as directly providing school education and 50 new early learning centres.
About the Division
The Employee Safety Wellbeing Division helps create safe, healthy, respectful, and inclusive working environments to help employees thrive and succeed. The Division's teams span from prevention to response and recovery, strategy, advice and support. The Division adopts a holistic approach to supporting our workforce's health, safety and wellbeing across schools and central and regional offices. This includes Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) and Workers' Compensation policy advice and support for both physical and mental health and wellbeing, diversity, and inclusion initiatives.
The objectives of the Division are to:
About the Role
Reporting to the Director, OHS Services Branch, the Assistant Director will lead managers and teams to provide high quality, responsive advice and direction setting on projects. Projects include evaluation of the Statewide OHS Services Program, ensuring sustainability of the eduSafe Plus system, contract management, and development of resources and systems to support the Statewide OHS Services Program.
You will build strong relationships with senior leaders in the Department, both centrally and within regions, resolve complex issues and provide trusted expertise, thought leadership and advice. You will work closely with Emergency Management leaders and the Victorian Schools Building Authority to ensure partnering on the delivery of the Statewide OHS Services Program and the Small Schools Program.
You will have established yourself an exceptional operator, experienced in change management, motivating teams and people leaders, with a strategic innovative mindset. Your understanding of school operations and the pressures faced by principals and school leaders around administration is complemented by an interest in achieving the best possible outcomes for health, safety and wellbeing in schools.
Key responsibilities for this role will include:
Desirable Qualifications and Experience
Essential:
Desirable:
Further Information
For more details regarding this position please see attached position description for the capabilities to address in application.
The department values diversity and inclusion in all forms - gender, religion, ethnicity, LGBTIQ+, disability and neurodiversity. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates are strongly encouraged to apply. For more information about our work, working for the Department, diversity and inclusion, and our employment conditions visit the Department website and our Diversity and Inclusion page
Applicants requiring adjustments can contact the nominated contact person.
Information about the Department of Education's operations and employment conditions can be located at www.education.vic.gov.au.
For further information pertaining to the role, please contact Krystle Graham – Director, OHS Implementation Services via 0456 942 510 or [email protected]
Preferred applicants may be required to complete a police check and may be subject to other pre-employment checks. Information provided to the Department of Education will be treated in the strictest confidence.
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Applications close 11:59pm on Monday 18 May 2026.