Work Type: Fixed-term - Part-time
Salary: $113,022 - $136,747
Grade: VPS 5
Occupation: Education and training
Location: Barwon South West
Reference: VG/DE/SRS/1878305
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.
About the Group
Schools and Regional Services (SRS) offers central, regional, and local expertise to enhance learning and development outcomes, supported by a diverse and geographically dispersed workforce. It comprises 17 areas within 4 regions, backed by 5 central office divisions, all collaborating to deliver improved outcomes for early childhood services, schools, communities, and learners, in line with Education State commitments. SRS regions serve as a bridge between the central office, schools, and service providers, ensuring smooth transitions for learners and achieving the department's ambitious targets. Each region includes divisions specialising in school performance, student wellbeing and early childhood support, working with area-based teams to tailor local interventions and practices. The 17 areas provide crucial insights into local trends and issues, facilitating effective policy and program development and driving child and learner outcomes across all services and programs.
This role is located in the Health, Wellbeing and Specialist Services Branch, Brimbank Melton Area, South Western Victoria Region, SRS. The Health, Wellbeing and Specialist Services Branch promotes and maintains strong relationships with key internal and external early childhood, education and health stakeholders, facilitating wrap-around support for children, young people, a school or group of schools, or a system wide issue.
About the Role
The primary responsibility of this role is to lead the implementation of programs designed to improve the educational outcomes for students with diverse learning needs, including strategies that ensure inclusive practices and effective educational programs to support students with diverse learning needs in schools from Foundation until year 12 in a multidisciplinary team.
The role contributes to and supports the inclusive education agenda by performing all roles required of the Disabilities Coordinator. Working within the Health, Wellbeing and Specialist Services branch, the role will work closely with other area staff, Divisional staff and central staff. The Disabilities Coordinator will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team within and across the area.
The role requires an excellent understanding of disability, inclusion and the legislated rights of children and students with disabilities. The position works with schools and families in a way that promotes competency, strengthens families and schools and encourages collaborative planning for student learning needs. The Disabilities Coordinators develop, build and maintain close working relationships with regional staff and schools and develop effective linkages with relevant health and wellbeing service providers in the area. This includes finding innovative solutions to stakeholder issues, overcoming barriers, garnering support and negotiating appropriate outcomes in highly complex individual cases along with preparing high quality correspondence and briefings, whilst liaising with a range of stakeholders and management as required.
The position provides training and support for inclusive education and the effective implementation of the Program for Students with Disabilities and Disability Inclusion. The position also provides opportunities to develop and manage projects to drive change for schools to deliver effective educational outcomes for students with diverse learning needs.
Attributes
Working Collaboratively: Promotes a culture of collaboration . Identifies and works to overcome barriers to knowledge or information sharing. Identifies opportunities to work with other teams to deliver outcomes.
Strategic Planning: Ensures day to day planning and work processes are in line with team strategy. Identifies and develops own and team objectives linking strategies to actions to achieve these.
Stakeholder Management: Partners with stakeholders to collaborate program design process, to best understand user needs, obtain ideas, insights, and input. Ensures decisions are made within agreed timelines. Monitors stakeholder satisfaction and constructively deals with stakeholder issues.
Enabling Delivery Project Delivery: Translates strategies into programs or projects that actively enable the achievement of outcomes. Defines the governance (e.g., success measures, roles and responsibilities, progress monitoring) required to manage risks and maximise success.
Qualifications and Experience
The successful applicant will be required to provide a current Working With Children Check.
How to Apply
Applicants are required to provide:
Further Information
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
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 Tina Brooks, Manager HWSS Branch, via Phone: 0448 621 219 or Email: [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 Friday 20th August 2025