Work Type: Ongoing - Full-time
Salary: $100,894 - $114,476
Grade: VPS 4
Occupation: Policy
Location: Melbourne - CBD and Inner Metro suburbs
Reference: VG/DE/PES/1954108
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
At a high level, Assurance, Knowledge and Executive Services Division (AKESD) provides the following key functions and services across the department, schools and early childhood sectors:
The Knowledge, Privacy and Records Branch (KPRB) within AKESD is responsible for leading the department's management of knowledge, privacy, intellectual property and records, which includes supporting departmental compliance with relevant legislation, policy and standards.
About the Role
As a Privacy Officer at the Department of Education, this role's purpose is to provide quality privacy advice, support and engagement to corporate, school and Early Learning Victoria staff, and to support a broad range of departmental programs and projects. As a member of the Privacy Team, the role achieves this purpose through a range of activities, including providing privacy advice on departmental initiatives, privacy impact assessment reviews, responding to privacy complaints and incidents, supporting training and resource development, and helping to identify and address privacy risk across the department's activities and operations. Privacy work intersects with many areas and functions, and the role requires engagement with key areas including information technology and security, legal, procurement, communications and digital learning. The team supports privacy compliance right across the department, including its regional offices and 1,600 government schools, as well as its Early Learning Victoria centres. Privacy Officers also engage with and support members of the public in relation to privacy complaints and incidents.
Attributes
The Privacy Officer works in a busy and collegiate team and will use their skills in investigation, analysis and customer service to help the department meet its legislative and policy obligations around the management of personal and health information. Key attributes include a close adherence to Victorian public sector values, strong written and verbal communication skills, and the ability to manage their own workload as well as support other team members and team goals.
Desirable Qualifications and Experience
Detailed knowledge of Victorian privacy legislation and practice is required, and experience working in government and/or education settings is highly desirable. An understanding of the changing landscape of information privacy and technological innovation, including generative AI, is also highly desirable.
Further Informati on
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 Anna Gifford – Manager, Privacy and Knowledge Management via ph. 8688 7813 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 11th November 2026.