Work Type: Ongoing - Full-time
Salary: $116,413 - $140,849
Grade: VPS 5
Occupation: Education and training
Location: Melbourne - CBD and Inner Metro suburbs
Reference: VG/DE/VRQA/1923088
About the Role
An exciting opportunity exists for a highly self-motivated team player to join our VRQA Schools Division as Senior Advisor. You will play a key role in ensuring that students receive a quality education in safe and well governed environments. This is an excellent opportunity to develop your career and to have an impact on the Victorian education system.
The position works collaboratively with other VRQA teams to ensure the effective regulation of non-government and government registered schools (including providers to international students), school boarding premises, non-school registered providers and not-for-profit student exchange organisations. The primary purpose of this role is to assure the compliance of duty holders with the minimum standards for registration, including the Child Safe Standards. You will spend a significant amount of time assessing evidence, undertaking stakeholder engagement (including visiting schools and other providers) in addition to writing assessment reports to meet agreed timelines. Extensive induction training will be provided.
The primary purpose of this role is to assure the compliance of registered schools, school boarding premises and other school sector providers (including providers to international students) with the minimum standards for registration, including the Child Safe Standards. You will play a key role in ensuring that students receive a quality education in safe and well governed environments.
Attributes
To be successful in this regulatory role, you will be a collaborative team player with excellent analytical, communication and project management skills. Experience in working in a government context will be highly regarded. It is a condition of ongoing employment that successful candidates hold a valid Victorian Working with Children Check.
For more details regarding this position please see attached position description.
About the Division
The VRQA is the Victorian schools, apprenticeships and traineeships regulator, a statutory entity with independent functions that is part of the Department of Education, also reporting to an independent board.
The Schools Division of the VRQA is responsible for registering and reviewing all Victorian schools, and in the process ensuring they meet child safety and other obligations. It works closely with a range of external stakeholders to deliver this function.
Further information regarding the VRQA's role in school education is available on the VRQA website.
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
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 abou t 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 Sandra Doss [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 Tuesday 19 May 2026