Disaster Recovery Funding Assessor

**Overview**:
**Work type**:Full Time - Fixed Term

**Salary**:$95,102 - $107,905

**Grade**:VPSG4

**Occupation**: Insurance and Superannuation

**Location**: Ballarat

**Reference**: 6616

**About the Role**

**This is a Fixed Term Position until 30th September 2025**

Reporting to the Disaster Recovery Funding Assessor Engagement Lead, this role will coordinate with the Delivery Agencies (Local Government) and the regional Assessor to assess claims submitted by Local Governments after a declared disaster. The role performs data analysis in relation to claims assessments and generating reports as required. The incumbent will also be required to understand the DRFA Guidelines

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**Position Outcomes / Accountabilities**
- Exercise professional independent judgement in the claims assessment prosses of essential public assets that have been affected by declared disasters under general functional supervision.
- Monitor the Local Government’s submission of financial reporting and use these reports for the early identification of project and program risks.
- Negotiate with and influence key decision and options with stakeholders in relation to legislative responsibilities for the coordination of claim assessment for the DRFA Administering Authority (Department of Justice and Community Safety) while ensuring that policies, procedures, systems, and standards are adhered to.
- Promote and support safe, inclusive, and flexible team operations.

**Key Selection Criteria**

A key component of the role is identifying opportunities for innovation and continuous improvement, suggesting ideas, and creating a space for feedback to enhance work outcomes and efficiency. Your communication skills will be vital as you prepare and present DRFA claims, ensuring clarity and alignment with guidelines.

Finally, strong data entry and reporting capabilities are required. You will need to compile, verify, and sort data from various sources to prepare accurate claims for submission, ensuring high-quality, timely data entry.

**Personal Attributes**

**Qualifications and Experience**

**Mandatory**
- Data entry experience.
- Experience relevant to the capabilities of the role.
- License

**What we offer**
- Meaningful work making Victorian communities more accessible and liveable
- Professional growth and development opportunities across the department and the wider Victorian Public Services
- A hybrid working model focused on collaboration and teamwork
- Optimal work-life balance initiatives including flexible working arrangements
- Opportunity to work across multiple urban and suburban hubs
- We prioritise the development of a safe and inclusive culture

**Culture Value**

We are an equal opportunity employer, embracing a diverse range of applicants such as veterans, and people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, LGBTQIA community members, individuals with disabilities and/or health conditions, as well as those from varied faith and cultural backgrounds. At our department, we prioritize the development of a safe, inclusive, and high-performance culture through shared actions and behaviours that align with our strategy and direction. This empowers our employees to effectively contribute to our goals.

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Applications close **11.59pm on** **Monday 24th of February 2025**.

Applications close Monday 24 February 2025 at 11.59PM

Posted 10 February 2025