Work Type: Fixed-term - Full-time
Salary: Salary not specified
Grade: Grade not specified
Occupation: Leadership and management
Location: Melbourne - CBD and Inner Metro suburbs
Reference: 1520920
This role reports to the Executive Director, ESW Division, and will oversee the provision of high-level, authoritative and strategic advice, support and service delivery in relation to workers compensation and employee wellbeing.
The role requires excellent leadership and stakeholder management skills and an ability to engage with senior department staff, school principals and peak industrial organisations.
The role will lead the Response and Recovery Branch which comprises of the following teams:
Overall, the branch builds organisational resilience for employee safety and wellbeing. It prevents injuries and critical incidents through targeted strategies, programs and services, informed by risk. It is pivotal in supporting best possible outcomes for employee health, safety and wellbeing and reducing school administrative burden.
Please note: this positions classification falls under the Victorian Government Schools Agreement.
The role requires the Director to:
The department is committed to diversity and inclusion and developing a workforce that is representative of the community we service. We value diversity and inclusion in all forms - culture, gender, religion, ethnicity, LGBTIQA+, disability and neurodiversity. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates are strongly encouraged to apply for roles within the Department. The Department recognises that the provision of safe, respectful and inclusive workplaces is essential to high performance and promotes flexible work and diversity across all schools and Department workplaces. It is our policy to provide reasonable adjustments for staff with disability (see Workplace adjustment guidelines).
Additional support and advice on the recruitment process is available to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander candidates from the Koorie Outcomes Division (KOD) via [email protected]
Applicants seeking part-time employment are encouraged to apply for any teaching service position and, if they are the successful candidate, request a reduced time fraction. Such requests will be negotiated on a case-by-case basis and will be subject to the operational requirements of the school.
Victorian government schools are child safe environments. Our schools actively promote the safety and wellbeing of all students, and all school staff are committed to protecting students from abuse or harm in the school environment, in accordance with their legal obligations including child safe standards. All schools have a Child Safety Code of Conduct consistent with the department's exemplar available at:
https://www2.education.vic.gov.au/pal/child-safe-standards/policy
The department's employees commit to upholding the department's Values: Responsiveness, Integrity, Impartiality, Accountability, Respect, Leadership and Human Rights. The department's Values complement each school's own values and underpin the behaviours the community expects of Victorian public sector employees, including those who work in Victorian Government Schools. Information on the department values is available at:
https://www2.education.vic.gov.au/pal/values-department-vps-school-employees/overview
Required capabilities for the position
People and Executive Services
The Employee Safety Wellbeing Division sits within People and Executive Services, which supports the delivery of great education by providing specialist services. People and Executive Services is responsible for a range of functions including human resources, workforce health and safety, integrity and employee conduct, child safety and school standards assurance, workforce diversity and inclusion, communications and media, cabinet and ministerial support, executive services, knowledge and records management, freedom of information, privacy, audit and assurance and legal and legislation services.
Employee Safety and Wellbeing Division is committed to the department's vision to create safe, healthy, respectful and inclusive working environments for Department employees to thrive and succeed.
Employee Safety and Wellbeing Division performs its functions through six teams that span from prevention, through to response and recovery, along with strategy, advice and support on occupational health and safety and workers compensation. These teams adopt a holistic approach for supporting the health, safety and wellbeing of our workforce across schools, 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.
The objectives of the division are to: