Aso8 Executive Officer, Child Death and Serious

**Department for Education**

**Job reference**: 508478

**Location**: 5000 - ADELAIDE

**Job status**: Ongoing

**Eligibility**: Open to Everyone

**Why work with us**:
We’re building a public education system which is genuinely recognised as world-class - where every preschool and school is great and where there is growth for every child and student.

We are one team, statewide. Everyone in public education works together, united behind our vision because what we're doing today will improve the futures of children in South Australia.

We’re making a difference so South Australia thrives.

**About the** **Child Death and Serious Injury Review Committee**:
The Child Death and Serious Injury Review Committee (the Committee) is an independent, statutory body that reports directly to the Minister for Education. Its role is to contribute to the safety and wellbeing of children and young people in South Australia.

The Committee reviews the circumstances and causes of death or serious injury to children and young people and makes recommendations to relevant agencies that may help prevent similar deaths or serious injuries.

Recommendations suggest changes to legislation, policies, procedures, or practices. CDSIRC conducts in-depth reviews of deaths and publishes an Annual Report that summarises the outcomes of its reviews and provides a statistical overview of trends and patterns in child deaths in South Australia.

**About this role**:
The Executive Officer is responsible for the effective functioning of the Committee by supporting the Presiding member, committee members and the secretariat to undertake activities associated with the conduct of the Committee in accordance with its legislation by:

- Providing the Committee, and its key stakeholders with high level, expert advice on complex matters about the prevention of death and serious injury to children.
- Overseeing leading and managing the Committee’s death review processes with a view to influencing legislation, policy and practice about the safety and wellbeing of children.
- Initiating and leading processes that support the delivery of complex reports on highly sensitive matters with the intent of influencing policy and practice change across government.
- Leading and managing the Committee’s strategic direction in collaboration with the Presiding member, the Committee, and the secretariat, ensuring the Committee achieves its goals and outcomes.
- Overseeing the development and maintenance of effective, strategic, and collaborative working relationships with the Committee’s key stakeholders.
- Leading the development and maintenance of policies and processes necessary to ensure effective and efficient child death review functions.
- Managing administrative, financial, and human resource matters in accordance with government and departmental policies and procedures.

**To be successful you will need**:

- Highly developed research, analytical and conceptual skills coupled with expertise in identifying emerging and specific issues relevant to the serious injury and death of children and young people.
- High level of ability to analyse and provide expert advice on significant policy matters and sensitive and complex strategic issues and to present complex concepts clearly and concisely.
- Experience in leading the design and implementation of strategic, politically sensitive, and complex projects within defined timeframes and deadlines.
- Proven interpersonal and negotiation skills to foster trust, confidence and co-operation across a range staff and stakeholders, to influence outcomes, resolve conflict and deal with complex issues.
- Demonstrated high level writing skills with ability to effectively and concisely summarise pertinent information to enable clear and informed decision-making and lead the preparation of reports and reviews.
- Demonstrate contemporary knowledge of best practice in the analysis, interpretation, and presentation of both qualitative and quantitative data.
- Proven ability to effectively lead a small team, build skill and expertise, and motivate team members to work in constructively and collaboratively and deliver quality outcomes.
- Proven ability to work with limited direction whilst exercising significant delegated authority and judgement with a high degree of professionalism including dealing with sensitive issues with tact and diplomacy and maintaining a high level of confidentiality.
- Demonstrated well-developed time management skills including a high level of attention to detail that can be used to determine, manage, and address multiple competing priorities autonomously, within tight deadlines.
- Demonstrate knowledge and commitment to promoting and creating a safe and inclusive work environment; and the legislative requirements of Equal Opportunity and Work Health and Safety legislation.

**Qualifications**:
**Desirable**: Relevant tertiary qualification e.g., management, psychology, business, law, or policy.