Work Type: Fixed-term - Full-time
Salary: $100,894 - $114,476
Grade: VPS 4
Occupation: Administration
Location: Melbourne - CBD and Inner Metro suburbs
Reference: VG/1931043
The Department of Justice and Community Safety (the department) is seeking a Business Support/Project Officer to provide a critical role at Emergency Management Victoria.
About the Business Unit
Emergency Management Victoria (EMV), within the Department of Justice and Community Safety, is responsible for the overall coordination of the emergency management system in Victoria. EMV drives the integration of policy, strategy, operational coordination, sector specific technology, and planning across Victoria's emergency management sector, contributing to safer, more resilient communities.
EMV works closely with government and agencies across the emergency management portfolio. The organisation is led by the Deputy Secretary & Chief Executive, and Emergency Management Commissioner, and includes oversight of statutory entities and offices and the department's emergency management accountabilities.
About the Role
This role provides business and project support to the EMV Strategy and Policy Division and the Investment, Performance and Reform Division, primarily to the two Executive Directors.
Strategy and Policy Division
The Strategy and Policy division develops effective strategies, policies, and legislative frameworks to support emergency management preparedness, response, relief, and recovery in Victoria. The division collaborates across Emergency Management Victoria, government bodies, agencies, communities, and businesses to implement improvements and reforms that promote safer and more resilient communities. This is achieved by providing essential foundations for the sector, volunteers, and communities, such as supporting reviews and inquiries, managing grant funding, implementing disaster-recovery funding arrangements for Victoria, and ensuring initiatives meet community needs and sector outcomes.
Investment, Performance and Reform Division
The Investment, Performance and Reform division is responsible for overseeing organisation planning, reform, sector investment, and performance monitoring of emergency management portfolio agencies to ensure that priorities are aligned with outcomes.
Some of your duties will include:
To learn more about this role before applying, please read the attached position description.
About you
To be successful in this role, you will have:
Qualifications
There are no mandatory qualifications; however, relevant experience in a similar role in a fast-paced dynamic environment would be an advantage.
How to Apply
Please click the Apply button on this advertisement. Applications should include a resume and covering letter. Attachments can be uploaded in .doc, .docx, .pdf, .txt or .rtf formats.
The successful candidate will be required to undergo pre-employment checks which may include national police checks and misconduct screening.
If you require adjustments to the recruitment and selection process, or require an alternative format to any of the application material, please don't hesitate to get in touch with the contact person listed on this ad.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
CH ILD SAFE STATEMENT OF COMMITMENT:
The Department of Justice and Community Safety is committed to the safety and wellbeing of children and young people. We seek to prevent harm of any kind impacting children and young people and have zero tolerance for racism, child abuse and inequality. Children and young people's rights, relationships, identity, and culture must be recognised and respected, their voices heard, and their concerns acted upon. We aim to foster a culturally safe, child safe and child friendly environment for all children and young people we have contact with, deliver services to, or are impacted by our work.