Team Leader, Education And Capacity Building

Team Leader, Education and Capacity Building

Job posted:
25/06/2024

Organisation:
Commission for Children and Young People

Occupation:
Community Services

Reference:
VG/610604

Job posted:
25/06/2024

Closes:
09/07/2024

Occupation:
Community Services

Classification:
VPSG5.2

Job duration:
Not provided

Contact:
Pam Boag, Manager, Strategy and Engagement,

Reference:
VG/610604

Occupation:
Community Services

Salary Range:
$117,718 - $128,897

The Commission is an independent statutory body that promotes improvement in policies and practices affecting the safety and wellbeing of Victorian children and young people. It has a particular focus on vulnerable children and young people. The Commission is also the regulator for the Child Safe Standards and the Reportable Conduct Scheme. The Commission supports flexible and hybrid working models.

The Team Leader, Education and Capacity Building leads a small team and reports to the Manager, Communications and Engagement.

The Team Leader will foster a collaborative approach and work with content experts to contribute to the development practical, useful and clear guidance that adapts complex legislation and policy to a form suitable for its intended audience.

Please open the position description to read more.

In this role you will:

• Manage and lead the Education and Capacity Building team, ensuring that individual and team responsibilities are clear, performance is managed and outcomes delivered, and capability development is provided to staff as required
• Develop, review and quality assure content to ensure accuracy, relevance and reflection of contemporary research and CSS and RCS policy, legal and operational frameworks
• Lead and support the delivery of a responsive, ongoing education and awareness strategy for CSS and RCS, overseeing and participating in the roll out of targeted activities to support compliance
• Develop targeted resources and tools that will enable industry and sector organisations to achieve compliance
• Lead and support information, training and development projects using key project management principles
• Coordinate a stakeholder engagement and communications program on the Commission's functions and compliance activities
• Prepare, review and present advice through materials including briefings, discussion papers, responses and presentations on policy and operational issues

As our ideal candidate, you will:

• Have experience working in a regulatory agency
• Be flexible, responsive, creative
• Demonstrate initiative and have excellent interpersonal, written and oral communication skills
• Demonstrate strategic thinking in planning, design, development and deployment of new processes and identify opportunities for enhancements to existing processes.
• Have an interest in improving policies and practices affecting the safety and wellbeing of Victorian children and young people.

What we can offer you

• Flexible working arrangements.
• A friendly and supportive working environment.
• Training and development opportunities.
• Free access to the building's lifestyle centre including a gym, secure bicycles storage, shower rooms with hair dryers, straighteners, ironing board and fresh towels.
• Free Parcel Lockers - no more missing deliveries or rushing home to meet the courier.

Applications close 9 July 2024

How to Apply

Please include a resume and covering letter.

There will be questions pertaining to a number of the position's Key Selection Criteria to which you are required to respond. There is no need to respond to the selection criteria itself.

FOR INTERNAL VPS EMPLOYEES:

For all VPS employees, due to the new JSE policy, please apply through the JSE only to be considered for this position.

For this particular vacancy, priority consideration applies to Victorian Public Service (VPS) and select employees of employees of the Victorian Public Sector who apply through the Jobs Skills Exchange (JSE) jobs board platform.

The Commission is committed to diversity and strongly encourages people from different backgrounds to apply, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from different cultural backgrounds, LGBTI+ people and people with disabilities.

Pam Boag, Manager, Strategy and Engagement,

To apply for this role, you will be redirected to the Commission for Children and Young People job application system.