Assurance and Investigation Lead

2 weeks ago

Melbourne City Centre, Australia Department of Justice and Community Safety Full time

**Shape the future of Safety Assurance and Investigations at DJCS**
- **Fixed-term VPS5 role (24 months) based in Melbourne CBD**:

- **Establish and lead frameworks for OHS investigations, auditing and governance**:

- **Drive strategic and operational excellence across the department**:

- **VPS4 salary: $113,022 to $136,747 plus superannuation**

**About us**:
The Department of Justice and Community Safety is seeking an experienced and forward-thinking **Assurance and Investigation Lead** to join its Safety, Wellbeing and Compliance (SWC) team. This role is pivotal in establishing and overseeing the department's Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) assurance, auditing and investigative functions.

**About the role**:
You will be responsible for developing, enhancing and embedding robust frameworks that guide how investigations, audits and governance activities are conducted across the department. You will also lead and oversee complex or high-risk incident investigations and regulatory responses, ensuring that root causes are identified and addressed through effective risk controls.

**Key responsibilities include**:

- Establishing and maintaining comprehensive frameworks for OHS investigations, auditing and governance.
- Leading and overseeing complex or high-risk incident investigations and regulatory responses.
- Providing expert advice, mentoring and training to internal stakeholders on assurance and investigation practices.
- Acting as a liaison with regulatory agencies, fostering strong relationships and ensuring effective communication and collaboration.

**To succeed in this role, you will bring**:

- Demonstrated experience in OHS investigations, auditing and governance within a large organisation, regulatory or government setting.
- Proficiency in investigation methodologies such as ICAM, RCA, AcciMap or similar.
- Strong leadership and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate across all levels.
- A proactive and strategic mindset, with the ability to balance operational delivery with long-term framework development
- Formal occupational health and safety qualifications is highly desirable.
- Relevant qualifications for investigations and auditing are highly desirable.

This role is based in Melbourne CBD, with travel to metropolitan and regional locations as required to support quality investigations and assurance activities.

**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.

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