Statutory Support Officer

Work Type: Fixed-term - Full-time

Salary: $79,122 - $96,073

Grade: VPS 3

Occupation: Projects

Location: Melbourne - CBD and Inner Metro suburbs

Reference: 8161

About Us

We create thriving places and connected communities by bringing together transport, planning, land use, precinct, and policy functions in one department to deliver the best outcomes for Victorians.

Together with our portfolio agencies, we are responsible for planning, building, operating, and maintaining Victoria's transport, planning, and land services for use by all. We foster a safe, inclusive, and constructive workplace.

Planning and Land Services delivers responsive, customer focussed, high quality planning, land administration and property services that support thriving places and connected communities. Heritage Victoria is a Division within Planning and Land Services, and is responsible for the administration of the Heritage Act 2017 which enables the identification, protection and management of Victoria's State significant heritage places and objects, historical archaeological sites and maritime heritage.

We foster a safe, inclusive and constructive place to work.

About the Role

The role is fixed term fulltime until 30 June 2026. The Statutory Support Officer, Approvals provides administrative support to assessments under the Heritage Act 2017 including permits and permit exemptions for State listed places and objects, archaeological consents and permits for maritime heritage. The position will provide systems and record keeping support to ensure that all statutory processes are completed within required timeframes

In this role you will:

• Provide a range of end-to-end administrative services in support of carrying out of statutory functions under the Heritage Act 2017.
• Provide accurate and timely support, resolve local operational issues and provide improvements to business operations.
• Help ensure that functions are completed within required timeframes and to required standards.
• Help ensure that staff adhere to and are trained to follow business and statutory processes and use business systems

Key Selection Criteria

• Knowledge management and business continuity (foundational): Understands and can identify how own work is part of a system that connects to and interacts with other processes, people and structures.
• Customer Focus (Foundational): Understand customer requirements and how work addresses customer needs.
• Stakeholder (Leading): Identifies and manages a range of complex and often competing needs.
• Knowledge management and business continuity (Foundational): Understands the importance of knowledge management.

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Qualifications and Experience

Desirable

Qualifications and Experience – Understanding of Victorian Government business practices.

Culture Value

We welcome applicants from a diverse range of backgrounds representing the community that we serve, including veterans, parents, carers, First Peoples, people with disability, multicultural, multifaith and LGBTIQA+ individuals.

As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to fostering a safe, inclusive, and high-performance culture. Through shared actions and behaviours aligned with our strategy and direction, we empower our people to thrive and meaningfully contribute to the department's goals.

What we offer

Working at the Department of Transport and Planning provides people with the opportunity to contribute to creating thriving places and connected communities for all Victorians. For further details please refer to Careers at the Department of Transport and Planning.

Pre-employment checks and employment conditions

All new appointments to the department will be subject to a National Criminal Records Check, Misconduct Screening, and a Qualification Check where there is a requirement for a mandatory qualification. Information provided to the Department of Transport and Planning will be treated in the strictest confidence consistent with the requirements of the Privacy and Data Protection Act 2014.

Applicants must be an Australian Citizen, Permanent Resident or hold a valid work permit or visa necessary for the nature of the position.

Recipients of Victorian Public Service (VPS) voluntary departure packages should note that re-employment restrictions apply.

Non-VPS applicants will be subject to a probation period of six months.

How to apply

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Applications close at 11.59pm on Friday, 5 September 2025.

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Applications close Friday 5 September 2025 at 11.59pm

Posted

22 August 2025