The Department of Jobs, Skills, Industry and Regions (DJSIR) is focused on growing Victoria’s prosperity, building the productive capacity of our economy and increasing participation – by creating more opportunities for people through skills and jobs; helping businesses and industries to thrive; and building vibrant communities and regions. For more information, see the DJSIR Strategic Plan 2023-2027.
Established on 1 January 2023, our work spans numerous portfolios, supporting departmental ministers and operating across metropolitan, regional and international offices. We oversee various public entities, including public corporations, regulatory authorities and specialist boards.
The Department strongly encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and offers reasonable adjustments for applicants with disabilities.
Our values are accountability, integrity and respect, and underpin everything we do.
Regional Development Coordinator
- Salary: $113,022 – $136,747 (Plus Superannuation)
- Fixed-term to 30 June 2026
- Usual hours of work: Full time (flexibility may be available)
- Usual work location: Bairnsdale Office - 574 Main Street, Bairnsdale VIC 3875 (flexibility may be available)
The Role
As a Regional Development Coordinator, you will be responsible for developing, coordinating, and implementing a range of development initiatives for communities and businesses in the region to identify and facilitate place-based solutions to support enhanced livability and prosperity in regional communities. The role will also include the delivery of a range of programs and projects at the local and regional level as part of the East Gippsland regional team.
The position is well suited to a highly motivated individual with a track record in community and industry development in government and/or industry sectors. The successful applicant will be resilient, solutions focused, results orientated, highly motivated and enjoy building and developing effective stakeholder relationships.
Key accountabilities include:
- Utilise a significant understanding of the local region and its community, industry, and government context, local issues, and their context within the regional, State and national setting, as well as understanding local trends, opportunities, and risks to lead delivery of governmental priorities.
- Lead integrated investment in place by understanding, influencing, and negotiating with key internal and external stakeholders and partners by developing and maintaining strategic relationships and networks with Federal, State and local government, community organisations, business, and industry.
- Lead investment attraction, economic development, and the delivery of a range of DJSIR/RDV industry and recovery initiatives across the region, utilising commercial acumen and a sound understanding of regional economies, workforce, geography, stakeholders, and transport links to identify, leverage and create regional development opportunities.
- Manage and support a portfolio of stakeholders through promoting, delivering and managing a range of development initiatives for community and businesses within the region including identifying and delivering new investment initiatives in response to leads from business intelligence and analytics insights, community, industry and other internal and external stakeholders in alignment with investment KPIs.
- Achieve program objectives by maintaining strategic links with program areas including facilitating grant and milestone management activities and monitoring, managing and reviewing performance of grant recipients and supporting cohesive grant delivery within the group.
The Team
The position of Regional Development Coordinator will work across Gippsland branch, which sits within the Regional Development Victoria group.
Regional Development Victoria groups work with businesses, communities and across government to deliver economic growth, create jobs, build resilience, and support economic recovery in our regions. We have a strong role in activating networks; building partnerships; realising outcomes that boost local economic and community resilience; and bringing the lived experience of communities into government decision making. In delivering our portfolio priorities, we work closely with parts of government given the many synergies and linkages with other priorities across government.
About You
To be successful in this role you will have the following skills and experience:
- Specialist Expertise: Sound understanding of the key industry and economic drivers, and knowle
dge of Government policies and programs, current and emerging trends specifically related to rural and regional communities and industry, including the issues and factors affecting and influencing their social and economic growth, development and capacity to engage in the global economy.
- Project Management: Consults, liaises with and influences key stakeholders; produces detailed project plans where objectives are clearly defined and action steps for achieving them are clearly specified; monitors performance against objectives and manages project risks and issues; ensures project objectives are met.
- Stakeholder Management: Identifies issues in common for one or more stakeholders and uses this knowledge to build mutually beneficial partnerships; identifies and responds to stakeholder's underlying needs; uses understanding of the stakeholder's organisational context to ensure outcomes are achieved; find innovative solutions to resolve stakeholder issues.
- Verbal and Written Communication: Prepares complex briefs, letters, emails and reports using clear, concise and grammatically correct language; edits written communications to ensure they contain the information necessary to achieve their purpose and meet audience needs; ensures appropriate style and formats are used. Confidently conveys ideas and information in a clear and interesting way; clearly understands the target audience and the objectives of the communication; uses audience feedback to refine communication and ensure communications are understood; handles difficult and sensitive communications well.
- Conceptual and Analytical Skills: High level conceptual and analytical skills, ability to apply complex concepts to program development and translating concepts to operational activities and strong issue analysis and resolution skills.
Further Information
For a confidential discussion, please contact Sara Rhodes-Ward, Regional Director, Gippsland on 0447 721 803.
The department is committed to creating and maintaining a child safe organisation. We have zero tolerance of child abuse and are committed to taking the necessary steps to protect children from harm by adopting a preventative, proactive and participatory approach to child safety in accordance with the Child Safe Standards.
Successful candidates will be required to undergo a National Police Records Check prior to commencing employment with the Department. For further information on the position, please refer to the attached position description.
Please note: We are accredited as a Disability Confident Recruitment (DCR) organisation and committed to inclusive recruitment. If you require an adjustment to participate in any stage of the recruitment process or have a particular requirement to be communicated with by either telephone or email only, please notify the DJSIR Recruitment Team on 0472875685, or via email at [email protected] with the position number in the subject line. For additional contact details for our team please review the attached Position Description, located under Job Attachments in the right hand menu.
How to Apply
Please click the ‘Apply Now' button. As part of the application process, you will need to provide a copy of your resume and cover letter.
Applications close at 23:59pm on Sunday, 10 August 2025.