Commission for Children and Young People Victoria

Team Leader

Provide independent scrutiny and oversight of services for children and young people, particularly those in the out-of-home-care, child protection and youth justice systems.

  • People and Culture

  • Full-time

  • Office | Melbourne, VIC, Australia

  • Visa sponsorship · No

  • Junior · A role for someone with some basic skills, good motivation and ability to learn. Typically 1-2 years of experience is required.

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Why Commission for Children and Young People Victoria

We are an independent agency committed to recognising, respecting and defending the rights of children and young people

About the role

Position Details 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.

What you'll be responsible for

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    HR Query Handling

    Promptly respond to HR queries and support compliance with HR policies

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    Internal Stakeholder Partnership

    Work closely with internal stakeholders to understand the business and advise on Human Resource matters

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    Implementation of People and Culture Projects

    Design and implement People and Culture projects to support the organization’s goals, and meet compliance requirements

Skills you'll need

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    Collaboration

    Works with others by being open, clear in communication and listening to achieve goals

  • Prioritization

    Compares and ranks the relative importance &/or urgency of different tasks to identify the best order of actions

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    Problem solving

    Identifies problems and develops logical solutions that address the problems

Meet the team

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Commission for Children and Young People Victoria