Work Type: Ongoing - Full-time
Salary: $116,413 - $140,849
Grade: VPS 5
Occupation: Governance and risk management
Location: Melbourne - Northern suburbs
Reference: VG/DE/VECRA/1924709
About the Role
An exciting opportunity is available for highly motivated individuals with strong attention to detail and a passion for meaningful work to support the Northern Metropolitan Area team within VECRA with the compliance and quality assessment of ECEC services.
As a Senior Authorised Officer, you will play an active frontline role in promoting quality improvement in ECEC services by conducting assessment and rating visits across metropolitan areas and planning and leading investigations as part of the core functions of VECRA. The role will also facilitate coaching and mentoring to colleagues, including Authorised Officers, in preparing and conducting assessment and rating visits, managing enquiries, complaint and incident notifications and conducting investigations. The role will at times have responsibility for key regulatory functions as determined by the Manager. The role will also be required to engage and provide specialist advice to internal and external stakeholders and provide leadership support across the team's regulatory functions.
Key accountabilities will include:
This is a full time ongoing VPS5 positions, based in the Northern Metropolitan Area of the North West Region, reporting to the Regional Manager and Area Manager. The Area team office is based in the Coburg Office.
The role involves travel (usually by car) across the North West Victoria Area, and to metropolitan and/or regional/remote areas such as Bendigo and Mildura . In this active frontline role, you will be visiting multiple ECEC services in a day and across the week. Typical work arrangements involve a balance of working offsite independently while visiting ECEC services, with time in an office environment working as part of a bigger inclusive team. The role will at times include planned overnight stays. There may also be some flexible start and finish times to accommodate service visits.
Attributes
To be successful in this role, you will:
Desirable Qualifications and Experience
Desirable: Relevant qualifications in early childhood education, teaching, or other human welfare studies, behavioural studies or similar.
Essential: Successful applicants will be required to hold a valid Victorian Working with Children's Check and Victorian driver's licence.
Further Information
Applicants are required to submit a CV and cover letter (max 2 pages for cover letter) summarising their skills, relevant experience and suitability to the role.
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 Karen Cullen, Area Manager 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.
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Applications close 11:59pm on 27-May-2026