Investigator

515330
- Varsity Lakes, QLD, 4227
- Legal and Compliance
- Permanent Full time

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G8 Education is one of Australia’s largest early education and care providers, with more than 400+ centres across Australia and over 10,000 team members who are all helping shape the lives of over 50,000 children every day. Our core values of passion, innovation, dedication, compassion, and integrity, unite us on our journey to ensure the health and happiness of future generations where we are committed to developing a culture that empowers and rewards our family of early childhood educators, teachers, leaders, and support office team members.

**The Opportunity**

The** Investigator** is responsible for conducting thorough investigations, utilising due process and detailed documentation, into child safety incidents or allegations, compliance breaches, incidents under the Reportable Conduct Scheme, Whistleblower complaints, G8 Education policies and procedures, and other complaints, allegations or issues as part of G8’s Investigation Framework.
This role is a national role with investigations occurring across the G8 business and centre network.

**Your day-to-day**

No two days are the same; this role is diverse, with depth and breadth to cement your career, now and into the future. Areas of core responsibility include, but are not limited to:

- Conducting thorough investigations, utilising due process and detailed documentation, into child safety incidents or allegations, compliance breaches, incidents under the Reportable Conduct Scheme, Whistleblower complaints, G8 Education policies and procedures and other complaint, allegations or issues as part of G8’s Investigation Framework.
- Collection of data captured throughout the investigation process to identify exceptions, trends, and key risk indicators.
- Prepare comprehensive reports providing clear and concise conclusions.
- Internal and external management of all parties whilst maintaining a strong and reputable relationship to achieve results
- Communicating and implementing improvement opportunities identified throughout the investigation process and contributing to the continual improvement of G8’s national Investigation Framework.
- Positively influence G8 Educations culture to ensure investigations are conducted in a fair and just manner and investigation outcomes/actions prevent a recurrence.

**About You**

You are someone who thrives in a fast-paced and engaging work environment. You value great partnerships, you’re collaborative, you always strive for excellence, and you own the outcomes. Some of the required skills and experiences to be successful in this role:

- Qualification in children's services at a Diploma level or above.
- Strong understanding of practices, processes, policies, and legislative framework related to Child Safety.
- Excellent knowledge of legislative, regulatory, risk, and policy frameworks affecting the requirements of government corporations
- Demonstrated interpersonal and communications skills for conducting interviews, well-developed report writing skills, and proven and effective stakeholder management skills

**Benefits Include**:

- Flexible working arrangements and WFH offered.
- Fully funded investigator course to upskill your skillset to foster your success in this role.
- Company travel and professional networking.
- Access to our employee assistant program offering mental/physical wellbeing counseling
- Join our social club with monthly events - there is something for everyone
- Access a 50% discount on early education and childcare fees at any G8 Education Centre
- Exclusive access to our employee benefits program covering a wide range of discounts and promotions
- Dedicated focus on professional growth and development
- G8 Education is a committed advocate for child protection, safety, and wellbeing. We have zero-tolerance for any form of child abuse or harm. The safety and well-being of children will always be our priority and all team members are expected to embrace this shared commitment._