Underquoting Taskforce Officer

7 days ago


Melbourne, Australia Department of Government Services Full time

Location: Melbourne | CBD

Job type: Full time

Organisation: Department of Government Services

**Salary**: $76,817 - $93,274

Occupation: Regulatory Governance and Compliance

Reference: VG/1819625Z

**About us**

The Department of Government Services (DGS) was established on 1 January 2023 to improve everyone's experience of doing business and interacting with the Victorian government. We bring important day-to-day services together in one department to make things easy and seamless for Victorians and businesses. We are doing this by connecting and digitising our systems and platforms across state and local government as well as streamlining our corporate and procurement services.

**About the role**
**The role is part of CAV's Underquoting Taskforce, which addresses the unfair and deceptive practice of underquoting that can mislead prospective buyers in the residential real estate market. The taskforce aims to understand the drivers and behaviours behind underquoting and to develop strategies that eliminate these practices, thereby boosting consumer confidence in CAV's regulation of the real estate industry.

Reporting to the Taskforce Lead, the underquoting taskforce officer plays a crucial role in supporting both the Taskforce Lead and other key areas such as Intelligence, Investigations and Compliance monitoring. The role is responsible for tracking all taskforce operational outputs and supporting auction monitoring campaigns.

**About you**

To be considered for the role, you must be able to:

- Organise and prioritise a variety of tasks including being the first point of contact on the Taskforce Lead's behalf with CAV staff, managers, other Departments and staff, taking follow-up action as required.
- Coordinate Branch reporting requirements including the capture and reporting of performance measures
- Contribute to the coordination of daily activities, process improvements and other branch activities
- Under general direction, assist in research and analysis activities, and prepare discussion papers, briefs, reports and presentations as required
- Provide administrative and operational support and assistance to the Taskforce Lead, General Manager and other senior staff in the branch, including for example, handling confidential HR and financial records, arranging meetings and workshops, preparing general correspondence on a range of issues.

For specific responsibilities please review the attached position description.

This position is only open to applicants with relevant rights to work in Australia.

**How to apply**
- a resume; and
- a cover letter which addresses the key selection criteria (within three pages)

**Other relevant information**

The department is committed to providing and maintaining a working environment which is safe and without risk to the health of its employees and clients and consistent with the department's obligations under the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 (OH&S Act), to support this DGS has a COVID-19 Vaccination policy which **strongly recommends** all DGS employees be fully vaccinated.

DGS actively promotes diversity, inclusion and an equal opportunity workplace. We welcome applicants from all diverse backgrounds, including people with disabilities and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. All roles at DGS can be worked flexibly, however it may differ from role to role.



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