Work Type: Fixed-term - Full-time
Salary: $97,955 - $111,142
Grade: VPS 4
Occupation: Projects
Location: Melbourne - CBD and Inner Metro suburbs
Reference: VG/PES/20015783
About the Department
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
The Employee Safety, Wellbeing and Inclusion Division (ESWID) is committed to the department's vision to create healthy and safe working and learning environments for department employees to thrive and succeed.
ESWID performs its functions through five branches that span prevention, response and recovery, as well as strategy, advice and support. 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 psychosocial wellbeing. The objectives of the division are to:
About the Role
The Employee Wellbeing Response Team (EWRT) leads the coordination of early response mental health and wellbeing supports for school staff in significant distress and at risk of injury, primarily through the Employee Wellbeing Support Services (EWSS).
The Team also leads the delivery and contract management of the Early Intervention Program, a bespoke mental health support service which is aimed at providing support to staff with specialised and escalated mental health needs. Initially developed as part of the Principal Health and Wellbeing Strategy, the Early Intervention Program now offers dedicated, private allied health and psychological support services to those department employees most in need, based on wellbeing risk factors and other criteria.
The Project Advisor in the EWRT provides administrative support and coordinated assistance to the EWRT. This role helps empower the team to provide effective risk management, advice, guidance, referral and capability building to respond to complex and high risk health safety and wellbeing issues involving DE staff.
The Project Advisor will work as part of the EWRT and will have:
the team's case and records management systems
Attributes
The required capabilities for the role are set out in the position description (see attachment).
Desirable Qualifications and Experience
Desirable:
Further Information
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 Megan Gibson, Acting Manger EWRT via (03) 70221203 or [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 Thursday 3 July 2025.