Social Services Regulator
The Social Services Regulator (SSR) is an independent statutory authority that exists to safeguard the rights of children and young people as well as people who use social services in Victoria.
The SSR regulates the Social Services Standards, the Child Safe Standards (for organisations without a sector specific co-regulator as well as the social services sector), and also administers the Worker and Carer Exclusion Scheme (WCES), Reportable Conduct Scheme (RCS) and Working with Children Clearance (WWC Clearance) scheme and NDIS Worker Screening Check.
The Social Services Regulator takes an integrated and intelligence driven approach to identifying, preventing and excluding unsafe people from working with children and young people, as well as ensuring organisations that work with children and young people keep children safe from abuse and harm by meeting the Child Safe Standards.
As a co-regulator of the Child Safe Standards, the Social Services Regulator works with other co-regulators of the Child Safe Standards including the Department of Health, Victorian Registration and Qualifications Authority (VRQA), Victorian Early Childhood Regulation Authority (VECRA), and Workforce Inspectorate Victoria to keep children safe from harm and abuse.
THE ROLE
The role provides high-level executive support to the Social Services Regulator, including high quality executive and administrative support including diary management, management of services for office support, correspondence and record keeping, and application of administrative policies, procedures and protocols.
The successful applicant will be required to contribute to the effective management of a senior executive office, provide effective executive support, demonstrating strong planning and organising capability. This position requires the successful applicant to demonstrate administrative skills and high-level interpersonal skills, including the capacity to manage the relationship interface, on behalf of the Social Services Regulator, with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders
ACCOUNTABILITIES INCLUDE
- Provides high level administrative support to the Social Services Regulator, including expert diary management, preparation of materials for the Regulator, coordination of internal and external executive meetings, and management of workflow of executive tasks and information requests.
- Works cooperatively with the Regulator, Office of the Regulator, executives, managers, Divisional Coordinators and SSR staff to provide a range of services to executives and team members and to support the Social Services Regulator's goals, values, and behaviours.
- On behalf of the Regulator, liaise with executive support staff in the Minister's Office, as well as departmental staff and staff of public and private sector agencies to support the appropriate flow of relevant
- Promote and maintain strong relationships within the Social Services Regulator, across the Department of Family, Fairness and Housing, and with external stakeholders
For more details, please open the position description.
HOW TO APPLY
Applicants are encouraged to apply online. Attachments can be uploaded in .doc, .docx, .pdf, .txt or .rtf formats.
Applicants are required to submit a CV and Cover Letter (max 2 pages) outlining their suitability to the role in line with the Key Selection Criteria.
Applicants must be an Australian Citizen, Permanent Resident or hold a valid work permit or visa. Work eligibility will be checked as part of the recruitment process.
Preferred candidates will be required to complete pre-employment screening, including a national police check and misconduct screening.
For more information on working with us and our recruitment process, please contact SSR HR at [email protected].
Please apply to submit your interest in this position.