Work Type: Ongoing - Full-time
Salary: $97,955 - $111,142
Grade: VPS 4
Occupation: IT and telecommunications
Location: Melbourne - CBD and Inner Metro suburbs
Reference: VG/DE/FPIS/1917792
Are you passionate about cybersecurity, compliance and protecting sensitive information?
Join our Information Security team and play a key role in strengthening the Department's cyber security posture while supporting over 1,600 schools across Victoria.
As a Security Regulatory Reporting Officer, you will help coordinate security compliance activities, analyse data, and work closely with stakeholders to ensure the Department meets important regulatory obligations such as the Victorian Protective Data Security Standards (VPDSS).
This role offers a unique opportunity to combine security governance, data analysis and stakeholder engagement in an environment where your work helps protect education systems and student information.
About the Role
As a Security Regulatory Reporting Officer, you will play a key role in coordinating the Department's security compliance and attestation activities. You will analyse security data, support stakeholders with regulatory reporting requirements, and help drive continuous improvement in compliance processes.
What you'll be doing
In this role you will:
What We're Looking For
We are seeking someone who is passionate about security governance and improving organisational cyber maturity, with strong analytical and stakeholder engagement skills.
Essential:
Desirable:
How to Apply
Applicants are required to submit a CV and a cover letter summarising their skills and experience. For more details regarding this position please see attached role statement for the capabilities to address in application.
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.
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.
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 Allison Thaddeus via [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.
Applications close 11.59pm on Wednesday 22 April 2026.