Learning Support Specialist

**Monitor and report on the delivery and effectiveness of the Workforce Capability services.**:

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

- **VPS Grade 4: $97,955 - $111,142 plus superannuation.**

The Department of Justice and Community Safety is seeking a Learning Support Specialist to provide a critical role within Community Operations and Parole.

**About the Business Unit**

Justice Services is responsible for the direction, management and operation of Victoria's Community Correctional Services (CCS) across more than 35 locations. It ensures individuals are safely managed in the community and aims to rehabilitate individuals by addressing the underlying causes of offending behaviour.

Community Operations and Parole is responsible for providing central end-to-end oversight of the CCS service system and includes System Integrity and Workforce Capability (SIWC), Practice Development and Review Branch, Court Assessment and Prosecutions Services Central Unit, Statewide Community Work and Partnerships and Parole Central Unit. Community Operations and Parole also includes and the Adult Parole Board (the Board) Secretariat, which provides operational and administrative support to ensure the Board can perform its functions.

SIWC is responsible for providing best practice interventions which aim to reduce the risk of reoffending including quality assurance systems for risk assessment and case management. It is also responsible for the delivery of high-quality learning and development programs to build and maintain the capability of the CCS workforce to contribute to high quality practice.

**About the Role**

The Learning Support Specialist works collaboratively with the Workforce Capability Learning Specialists and key stakeholders to provide effective workforce capability programs and resources to support staff to work safely and effectively. The primary function of this position is to facilitate and coordinate the delivery of Workforce Capability programs for practitioners in operational positions, drawing on best practice principles.

Some of your duties will include:

- Facilitate and deliver Workforce Capability programs.
- Design and develop high quality learning products using contemporary design methodology.
- Proactively contribute to Workforce Capability projects and initiatives, driving continuous improvement for all Workforce Capability products.
- Consult with key internal and external stakeholders to progress work across the Workforce Capability Team.

To learn more about this role before applying, please read the attached position description.

**About you**

To be successful in this role, you will have:

- Experience in presenting and/or facilitation in an adult learning context.
- Experience in risk assessment and case management practice within a correctional context.
- Experience in the design and development of workforce capability programs is desirable.

**Qualifications/requirements**

- A tertiary qualification in a relevant discipline is desirable.

**How to Apply**

**IMPORTANT INFORMATION**:
**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.