Aboriginal Liaison Officer

Location: Melbourne | CBD

Job type: Full time

Organisation: Department of Justice and Community Safety

**Salary**: $90,067 - $102,192

Occupation: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander services

Reference: VG/DJ2612FEB23

At the Department of Justice and Community Safety, we’re looking for people who want to make a difference. People who take pride in their work. People who get things done. People who are committed to making Victoria a safer place.

We embrace diversity and strive to have a workforce that reflects the community we serve. We’re all about recruiting the best people, regardless of gender, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, or cultural background. If you think you can do the job and would be a good fit for our department, we’d love to hear from you.

The department is committed to the safety and wellbeing of children and recognises that children’s rights need to be respected, their views welcomed and valued, and their concerns taken seriously and acted upon.

For more information on working with us and our recruitment process, please visit justice.vic.gov.au/careers

We’re proud of the important work we do across Victoria. Want to be part of it?
- **Utilise your knowledge and understanding of the Victorian Aboriginal community to provide support and advice to **Regulatory Services**.**:

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

- **VPS Grade 4: $**90,067 - $102,192 **plus superannuation.**

**About the Business Unit**

Consumer Affairs Victoria (CAV) is Victoria's consumer regulator. Our vision is a fair and competitive marketplace in Victoria.

We:

- provide information to business, consumers, landlords and tenants about their rights and responsibilities
- register and license organisations and occupations
- ensure compliance with consumer laws, and
- review and advise government about Victoria's consumer protection framework.

The outcomes we are working to achieve for the Victorian community are:

- businesses that comply with consumer laws,
- Victorians who exercise their consumer rights
- a fair and safe rental market for Victorians.

Regulatory Services includes the following:

- Information and Analysis - provides strategic and operational intelligence and analysis to the organisation, and manages CAV's compliance data and other information.
- Investigation Services - delivers compliance and enforcement functions including investigating businesses and individuals alleged to have breached consumer protection law in Victoria.
- Regulatory Transaction Services - provides CAV's licence and registration processing function, maintains and regulates non-profit and business entities, and manages a range of public and non-public registers.
- Performance and Outcomes - ensures Regulatory Services is contributing to CAV's outcomes framework as well as overseeing strategic project delivery and continuous improvement practice.

**About the Role**

The role of an Aboriginal Liaison Officer
- The Regulatory Transaction Services (RTS) provides business and occupational licensing and not-for-profit registration services to Victorians.
- Reporting to the Business Services Manager, the Aboriginal Liaison Officer (ALO) is charged with: improving access to Consumer Affairs Victoria (CAV) services and information for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander consumers; delivering consumer education programs, and developing and maintaining effective relationships with Aboriginal communities in Victoria.
- A key focus of the ALO's role is to assist Aboriginal Victorians to comply with legislation relating to the operation of cooperatives, incorporated associations and other CAV administered regulatory schemes. This will include liaising with committee and general members of incorporated associations and cooperatives and representing CAV and the department more broadly in meetings and community forums.
- This role involves occasional travel within Victoria.

**About You**
- Knowledge and understanding of the Victorian Aboriginal community, both society and culture and the issues impacting on it.
- Ability to communicate sensitively and work effectively with the Victorian Aboriginal community. Knowledge of the content and administration of CAV administered legislation, including cooperatives and incorporated associations.
- Capacity to liaise successfully with Aboriginal communities.
- Business and legal qualifications would be highly regarded, however, there are no mandatory qualifications for this position.

**How to Apply**

**IMPORTANT INFORMATION**:
The department is committed to providing and maintaining a working environment which is safe and without risk to the health of its employees consistent with the department's obligations under the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 (Vic). Therefore, there is a requirement that all DJCS employees be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to undertake du