Officer, Long Service Leave

**Position Description**
**Officer, Long Service Leave (Generalist)**

**Finance and Operations**_ _**

**About Victorian Catholic Education Authority (VCEA)**
VCEA is the peak body for Catholic education in Victoria. Established in 1973 by the Archbishop of Melbourne and the
Bishops of the Ballarat, Sale, and Sandhurst dioceses, it was incorporated in 2006 and acts as the voice of Catholic school
education in state and national matters.
VCEA receives and distributes funding from state and federal governments for Catholic schools, provides strategic
leadership and planning, and ensures proper governance in Catholic education statewide. It is responsible for sector
leadership in education integrity and governance and has a Memorandum of Understanding to act as a Review Body for
Catholic schools with the Victorian Registration and Qualifications Authority (VRQA). As a Review Body, VCEA supports,
reviews, and monitors the compliance of Catholic schools with all registration, reporting and other requirements under
relevant laws.

**Why work with us**
As the peak body for Catholic education in Victoria, VCEA provides employees an opportunity to help shape the future of
Catholic education across the state. VCEA offers flexible working, a central city office location, competitive remuneration
with generous benefits (including tax-advantageous salary sacrifice options), and opportunities for career development
and progression.
These benefits combined with our commitment to work life balance, make VCEA an employer of choice.

**About the role**
The Officer, Long Service Leave (Generalist) operates within the Finance and Opera
- ons por
- olio within VCEA.

The Finance and Opera
- ons por
- olio leads VCEA’s strategic planning, alloca
- on, acquital and evalua
- on of funding,
funding nego
- a
- ons with state and federal government through strong well-established internal and external
partnerships, informa
- on technology, facility services, and state-wide emergency management within the broader
por
- olio.

VCEA provides operational and administrative services to the Long Service Leave Scheme (Victoria) Ltd (the Scheme). The
Scheme is a portable Long Service Leave (LSL) scheme available to employees across the Victorian Catholic Education
Sector (the sector). The LSL Team administers the sector’s LSL and assists employers to meet their LSL compliance and
reporting obligations.

The Officer, Long Service Leave (Generalist) plays a cri
- cal role through collabora
- on within the LSL Team. They provide
cross training support to the Officers, Long Service Leave (Online Processes and Termina
- ons and Portability) to manage
unexpected workload increases and staff absences within the organisa
- on. The Officer, Long Service Leave (Generalist)
plays a key role in dra
- ing Communica
- ons for Schools, with support from the Manager, Long Service Leave. They are
responsible for priori
- ng to termina
- ons and portability within
specified
- on with the Administra
- on Assistants,
Long Service Leave.

Addi
- onally, this role involves suppor
- ng employers such as School Administrator Officers, Business Managers or
Industrial Rela
- ons (IR), Human Resource (HR) teams who submit LSL Loading forms. This support includes reviewing,
approving, and processing these forms as well as advising Melbourne Archdiocese Catholic Schools (MACS) Finance to
facilitate payment of LSL Loading to schools.

Posi
- on Title Officer, Long Service Leave (Generalist)

Reports to Manager, Long Service Leave

Direct Reports N/A

Internal Rela
- onships Employees within Finance and Opera
- ons, Employee Rela
- ons and LSL ecosystem
partners.

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**Key responsibilities of the role**
**Governance and Administration Reporting**:

- Dra
- Communica
- ons for Schools with support from the LSL Manger within specified
- meframes.
- Lead and develop the provision of accurate informa
- on for inclusion in the monthly management commitee

reports and board reports for the Chief Financial Officer within specified
- meframes.
- Review, approve and process online digital forms, including LSL Not Taken and returning any inaccurate forms back

to the school for correc
- on within specified
- me frames.
- Review, approve and process LSL Loading forms, including returning any inaccurate forms back to the school for

correc
- on within specified
- me frames.
- Undertake termina
- on and portability processes when required within specified
- meframes.
- Undertake online digital form processes (including LSL Not Taken) when required within specified
- meframes.
- ons and portability working closely with the Officer, Long

Service Leave (Termina
- ons & Portability) within specified
- meframes.
- on Assistants, Long Service Leave within

specified
- meframes.
- Liaise with Archdiocese and Diocese governing authori
- es within specified
- meframes to manage responsive LSL

online digital form requests and implement
- mely recommenda
- ons.
- Ensur