Work Type: Ongoing - Full-time
Salary: $142,790 - $191,084
Grade: VPS 6
Occupation: Other
Location: Melbourne - CBD and Inner Metro suburbs
Reference: VG/DE/PES/1952409
About the Department
The department provides policy leadership, plans for the future of education in Victoria and leads key cross-sector collaboration, providing support, guidance, oversight and assurance across early childhood and school education systems.
About the Division
The Employee Safety Wellbeing Division helps create safe, healthy, respectful, and inclusive working environments. The Division's teams span from prevention to response and recovery, strategy, advice and support, adopting a holistic approach to supporting our workforce's health, safety and wellbeing across schools and central and regional offices, including Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) and Workers' Compensation policy advice.
The division objectives are:
About the Role
The Manager, eduSafe Plus is a key leadership role within the department's OHS Services Branch, responsible for leading the operational delivery, ongoing development and continuous improvement of digital systems, including eduSafe Plus and Chemwatch. The role also has responsibility for some data monitoring and evaluation activities.
eduSafe Plus is the department's digital system supporting Victorian government schools to report and manage health and safety incidents, hazards, sick bay and first aid events. It also has functionality for OHS and worker's compensation management in department workplaces. Chemwatch is the department's free and preferred chemical management system available to department staff to manage and record dangerous goods and hazardous substances.
The eduSafe Plus team's functions extend to building capability of end users with the department's digital system, by providing advice, support, instruction and training and providing insights on the data captured by relevant systems.
Reporting to the Assistant Director, OHS Services Branch, you will lead a multidisciplinary team responsible for supporting the effective operation and ongoing development of eduSafe Plus, including ensuring system sustainability and exploring potential innovations.
You will oversee service delivery, system performance and improvement priorities, working closely with business and technical partners to identify, prioritise and deliver system enhancements and change.
A key focus of the role will also be leading data analytics to better understand performance, identify trends, opportunities for improvement, and provide meaningful insights to support decision making.
You will be an experienced people and service leader who can operate effectively in a complex environment, build strong relationships and translate business and user needs into practical improvements.
Key responsibilities for this role include:
Desirable Qualifications and Experience
Essential: Desirable:
Desirable:
Further Information
For more details regarding this position please see attached position description.
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 Con or McIlroy at [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. Please let us know via phone or email if you require any adjustments to ensure your full participation in the recruitment process or if you need the ad or any attachments in an accessible format (e.g large print) due to any viewing difficulties or other accessibility requirements.
Applications close 11:59pm on Wednesday 28th October, 2026.