Investigator

4 days ago

Melbourne City Centre, Australia Department of Education Full time

**About the Department**

The Department of Education (DE) leads the delivery of education and development services to children and students both directly through government schools and indirectly through the regulation and funding of early childhood services and non-government schools.

**About the Division**

The Conduct and Integrity Division provides expert advice and support to Victorian government school principals and other people managers in the Department of Education on managing employee conduct and performance including child safety concerns and fraud and corruption.

**There are four branches within the Division**:

- Preliminary Investigations Branch
- Child Safety Investigations Branch
- Child Safety and Fraud Investigations Branch
- Child Safety and Integrity (Policy and Operations) Branch.

The Division leads critical functions with respect to both school and corporate employees and operations:

- child safety misconduct and reportable conduct investigations, including notifications to the Commission for Children and Young People (CCYP) under the Reportable Conduct Scheme in relation to departmental employees and others engaged in departmental workplaces and notifications to the Disability Worker Regulation Commission
- fraud and corruption investigations, including mandatory reporting to the Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission (IBAC) and public interest disclosures
- providing expert advice and management of fraud and corruption, conflict of interest, and integrity performance monitoring and reporting
- pre-employment screening, and expert advice on suitability for employment and management of the department's Employment Limitation policy
- managing relationships with oversight and integrity bodies (including the Victorian Institute of Teaching, CCYP, IBAC, Victorian Ombudsman and the Victorian Public Sector Commission)
- strengthening avenues for staff to speak up about inappropriate behaviour and misconduct

**About the Role**

The Child Safety Investigator is responsible for conducting investigations into allegations of misconduct by department employees and allegations of child abuse falling within the Reportable Conduct Scheme related to our workplaces.

As part of this role, the Child Safety Investigator will be expected to:

- have experience or qualifications in investigations
- undertake collection and analysis of evidence and conduct investigations into allegations of misconduct by a staff member and allegations related to child safety (reportable conduct) following authorised procedures
- prepare high quality written materials including investigation reports, briefings and correspondence
- build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including advice to senior decision-makers
- contribute to branch and system improvement activities
- deliver service-focused and responsive complaint handling
- demonstrate the Public Sector Values and follow departmental policies and procedures in executing duties.

**How to apply**

For more details regarding this position please see attached position description.

Applicants requiring adjustments can contact the nominated contact person

Preferred applicants may be required to have a Working with Children Check, a police check and other pre-employment checks. Information provided to the Department of Education will be treated in the strictest confidence.

**Applications close 11:59pm on 10th November 2025

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