Aboriginal Community Engagement Lead

3 weeks ago

Melbourne, Australia Department of Justice and Community Safety Full time

Location: Melbourne | CBD

Job type: Full time

Organisation: Department of Justice and Community Safety

**Salary**: $105,479 - $127,621

Occupation: Community Services

Reference: VG/D01711JULY23

The Department of Government Services was established in 2023 to improve the experience for Victorian’s doing business and interacting with the government.

We are doing this by connecting and digitising our systems and platforms across state and local government, streamlining our corporate and procurement services and refocusing government policy and operations to make sure we are customer focused.

Department of Government Services brings together Digital Victoria, Service Victoria, Local Government Victoria, Consumer Affairs Victoria, the grant program centre and consolidates procurement policy, and whole of Victorian government telecommunications policy as well as the Working With Children Checks and Births, Deaths and Marriages. Oversight of Cenitex and the Public Record Office Victoria also transfers to DGS.

DGS also brings together VPS accommodation management, grant administration platforms and administration, and the procurement of whole of government goods and services. A new corporate shared service arrangement between DGS and central agencies (DPC and DTF) will deliver seamless and efficient services, while also driving VPS-wide corporate services reforms.
- ** Utilise your knowledge and experience to provide support to Consumer Affairs Victoria**:

- **Ongoing, Full-Time Opportunity to work with a passionate team in the Victorian Public Service**:

- **VPS Grade 4: $**105,479 - $127,621,** plus superannuation.**

**_ This is an Aboriginal Designated Position, classified under 'special measures' of section 12 of the Equal Opportunity Act 2010. Only Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are eligible to apply._**

**About the Business Unit**:
The Community and Consumer Engagement branch supports Consumer Affairs Victoria and the broader Regulatory and Dispute Services, playing a central role in driving a coordinated approach to community and consumer engagement. This includes building staff capability and embedding good stakeholder engagement practices to support work as an effective regulator. The team is central to engagement initiatives and includes forums and a focus on high risk, high priority communities to ensure they are considered and supported in our functions and services.

**About the Role**:
Reporting to the General Manager, Community and Consumer Engagement, the role forms part of a small community engagement team. The Aboriginal Community Engagement Lead, plays a central role in understanding, developing, and maintaining effective relationships with Aboriginal communities in Victoria while responding to priority needs. It also supports staff to understand diverse needs and recognise and engage with Aboriginal communities, meeting their needs effectively.

**About You**:
To be successful in this role, you will have:

- Expert knowledge and understanding of issues affecting Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islanders
- Demonstrated ability to work closely with and appreciate intersectionality and actively seek to understand and effectively address issues and views of stakeholders holding competing priorities and views

Qualifications/Requirements
- **_This is an Aboriginal Designated Position, classified under 'special measures' of section 12 of the Equal Opportunity Act 2010. Only Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are eligible to apply._**

**How to apply**

**_ FOR INTERNAL VPS EMPLOYEES:_**

**_ CHILD SAFE STATEMENT OF COMMITMENT_**
- The Department of Justice and Community Safety is committed to the safety and wellbeing of children and young people. We seek to prevent harm of any kind impacting children and young people and have zero tolerance for racism, child abuse and inequality. Children and young people's rights, relationships, identity, and culture must be recognised and respected, their voices heard, and their concerns acted upon. We aim to foster a culturally safe, child safe and child friendly environment for all children and young people we have contact with, deliver services to, or are impacted by our work_._

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