Department of Education Victoria – East Melbourne VIC

14h ago , from Department of Education & Training Victoria

The KESO role supports the Department of Education (DE) priorities in Early Years, schools and the strategic priorities set by the Council of Australia Governments (COAG), the Victorian Aboriginal Affairs Framework (VAAF) and Closing the Gap initiatives.

The Victorian Government is establishing Victoria as the Education State. The vision for the Education State is about educational excellence, equity and the opportunity to engage in lifelong learning.

The Education State: Schools agenda sets out the government¿s plans to reach a set of ambitious but achievable system-wide targets

- Learning for life; Happy, healthy and resilient kids; Breaking the link; Pride and confidence in our schools.

The Framework for Improving Student Outcomes (FISO) has been developed to assist schools to focus on key strategies that are known to have the greatest impact on school improvement and support the achievement of the targets. These include: Positive climate for learning; Excellence in teaching and learning; Professional leadership; Community engagement in learning.

A new regional structure, Learning Places, was implemented in March 2016. It establishes 17 Education Areas within the existing four Departmental regions to be the primary point of contact on a day-to-day basis for services. Additional executive and VPS staff in the regions facilitate the creation of multi-disciplinary, dedicated teams within these areas. This stronger, more place-based system of support, coupled with more effective application of current and existing resources,



allows our regions to better undertake their role and meet the needs of all children and their families. Each region also includes two Divisions - Early Childhood and School Support Division, and School Improvement Division.

The positions will be based out of our Greensborough office.

Selection Criteria

Criteria 1: 'Specialist Expertise - Koorie Engagement & Culture'

Specialist Expertise Koorie Engagement & Culture

- - Identifies relevant referral agencies and support services to support educational success of Koorie children and young people.
- - Engages with key stakeholders in government and community for a common educational purpose.
- - Works with community and key stakeholders, including Local Aboriginal Education Consultative Groups (LAECGs), to share educational values and responsibility for achievement, engagement, education related wellbeing programs, and activities for Koorie children, young people and their families engaged in education.
- - Promotes community awareness of educational issues and services through a range of formal and informal settings, as appropriate in local communities.
- - Uses diverse approaches, activities, and partnerships to link services and stakeholders, to increase involvement of Koorie families and community with service providers and their staff.
- - Can identify and communicate local Koorie community priorities and issues to education service providers.




- - Has a comprehensive understanding and awareness of local Koorie history and cultural protocols.
- - Can appropriately promote and facilitate the understanding and observance of local Koorie culture and protocols.

Criteria 2: 'Project Management'

Project Management

- - Develops project plans that clearly describe program/service objectives, actions required and progress made.
- - Organises and coordinates regular meetings that support other members of the regional Koorie Education Workforce team.
- - Anticipates potential issues and facilitates solutions to ensure program t objectives are met.
- - Implements projects in a planned way identifying risks and planning to minimise their impact on project.
- - Monitors the progress of projects, adapts and updates plans and tasks to keep project results successful and achieve objectives.

Criteria 3: 'Relationship Building'

Relationship Building

- - Establishes and maintains effective relationships with people at all Departmental levels, stakeholder groups, organisations and communities.
- - Builds trust through consistent action, communication and implementation.
- - Promotes harmony and consensus through diplomatic handling of disagreements.
- - Communicates and relates well to people from a diverse range of cultures and backgrounds, and sees issues from other perspectives.
- - Provides professional support to colleagues within the workplace.

Criteria 4: 'Initiative & Accountability'

Initiative & Accountability

- - Is proactive, initiates action and follows DET's referral and reporting processes.
- - Identifies opportunities and acts on the

📌 Koorie Engagement Support Officer (Melbourne)
🏢 Department of Education Victoria
📍 Melbourne