Safer Communities Manager

The Safer Communities Manager is a best-practice leader supporting the Chisholm community in its ability to recognise and respond to concerning, threatening or inappropriate behaviours, involving students, including gender-based violence, sexual harassment and assault, family violence and child safety related matters (harmful behaviours).

The Manager is responsible for promoting a safe, respectful and inclusive community, through leadership of Chisholm's Safer Communities function. which is the central point for enquiry and reporting by students relating to harmful behaviours.

The Manager is responsible for assessment and coordination of Chisholm's response to alleged incidents of, or concerns about, harmful behaviour involving students (including coordination of complex investigations, in particular complex and sensitive situations). Investigations involving employees and workplace participants relating to child safety will be allocated according to the issue to this role or the Employee Relations team. This role will manage investigations that relate to student Conduct/performance which exclude employees, however the role will support students in investigations where a student is a party to the matter.

The incumbent will provide expert advice to the Chisholm Leadership Group, Executive Directors Group and the wider educational delivery and support teams.

Key Accountabilities include:

- Develop and implement an annual engagement and communication plan to promote awareness of and utilisation of Safer Communities programs.
- Co-ordinate an awareness and education program for employees relating to student conduct which promotes a safe and inclusive environment and is incorporated within Chisholm’s professional development frameworks.
- Manage the development and improvement of policies related to student safety and code of conduct at an organisation level.
- Coordinate the Chisholm process for responding to harmful behaviours in accordance with policies for Student and Employee Codes of Conduct and best-practice approaches to threat and risk assessment and case management, referring issues to relevant internal functions where required.
- Co-ordinate wrap-around support for affected students following receipt of a report or disclosure, working closely with Student services.
- Co-ordinate and/or provide support and guidance to affected students, including advice in navigating Chisholm's policies and processes.
- Coordinate the implementation of any measures necessary to ensure student health and safety, including whilst decisions are made about how to manage a disclosure and any student disciplinary process that ensues.
- Co-ordinate the conduct of trauma-informed investigations that concern students resulting in investigation reports to inform decision making.

**ABOUT YOU**

You are experienced and want to create impact through truly partnering and creating a Employee & Student Experience we can be proud of. Motivated by challenges and solving problems, you thrive in a fast-paced environment where no day is the same.

You will have formal qualifications and extensive demonstrated recent work experience in:

- Relevant graduate qualification and extensive relevant experience in law, psychology, forensic psychology, behavioural science, social work or related disciplines.
- Demonstrated experience in managing behavioural risks in a large and complex organisation.
- Experience in managing investigations and related processes.
- Demonstrated understanding of current best practice, regulatory and policy environment, and causal issues that relate to sexual harm and gender-based violence.
- Demonstrated expertise in engaging with vulnerable and at-risk people, including for example people with mental health and learning difficulties.
- Experience in developing and delivering tailored prevention focused services underpinned by sound theoretical solutions and informed by best-practice.
- Advanced networking, collaboration and advocacy skills working across departments/work groups/divisions/teams and business areas to achieve client objectives.
- Proven ability to communicate and manage high-risk individuals who pose significant risk to themselves or others.
- Expert and leading industry knowledge in behavioural risk assessment and threat management, community safety, and managing difficult behaviours in a large and complex organisation.
- Experience with and knowledge of privacy obligations, natural justice requirements, rules of evidence, and general case management.
- Excellent organisational, written, and verbal communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively within a team.

**ABOUT US**

At Chisholm, we transform lives through relevant and responsive quality education and training across Victoria, nationally and internationally, collaborating with our strategic partners.

We are a Victorian Government-owned technical and further education (TAFE) provider establish