This is a strategic role responsible for leading and strengthening child safety practices across a complex organisation, with a solid focus on compliance, organisational culture, policy, risk and stakeholder engagement.

About the Role

Reporting to the Manager Children, Youth & Families, you will provide leadership across the organisation's child safety function and support the continued development and implementation of a comprehensive Child Safe Framework.

Key responsibilities will include:

- Leading the development and ongoing implementation of an organisation-wide Child Safe Framework
- Developing and maintaining child safeguarding policies, procedures and related documentation
- Ensuring compliance with the Victorian Child Safe Standards and Reportable Conduct Scheme
- Identifying, assessing and managing strategic, operational and reputational child safety risks
- Implementing child safety work plans and providing strategic reporting and advice to senior leadership
- Leading child safety training, communications and awareness initiatives
- Supporting organisational cultural change and embedding a strong culture of child safety
- Leading and supporting a Child Safety Project Officer
- Coordinating child safety working groups and cross-organisational initiatives
- Building effective relationships with government, community organisations, sector partners and other stakeholders
- Preparing high-quality briefings, reports, recommendations and training materials
- Providing advice on complex and sensitive child safety matters

About You

To be successful,



you will have demonstrated experience in child safety, compliance, risk, policy, project management, community services or organisational cultural change.

You will ideally have:

- Demonstrated experience implementing and applying the Victorian Child Safe Standards
- Strong understanding and practical experience with the Reportable Conduct Scheme
- Experience leading organisation-wide frameworks, compliance programs, campaigns or cultural change initiatives
- Strong policy development and implementation experience
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Strong stakeholder engagement and relationship-building capability
- Experience facilitating working groups, networks and cross-functional initiatives
- The ability to manage sensitive and confidential information with integrity and discretion
- Experience working within local government or a comparably complex organisation

A relevant tertiary qualification in human services, community services, compliance, risk management or a related discipline, and/or significant relevant experience is desirable.

A National Police Check and current Working with Children Check will be required prior to/at commencement, as applicable to the engagement.

The Prospect

This is an opportunity to step into a senior, organisation-wide child safety role where your expertise will directly contribute to strengthening compliance, culture and outcomes for children and young people.

Please note: This is a contracted opportunity at this stage.

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📌 Child Safety Advisor (Melbourne)
🏢 Planned Resources
📍 Melbourne