Branch And Administrative Support Officer

Enjoy a career that makes a difference by helping to shape the education experience for Victoria.

• Be part of a vibrant Department culture with a strong sense of community and inclusion.
• Join the Education State.
• At the Department of Education, we are committed to giving every Victorian the best learning.
• and development experience, making our state a smarter, fairer, more prosperous place.

The Information Management and Technology Division guides the Departments' digital capability and is leading digital transformation for the Department including Victorian government schools. The Division architects, manages and supports the largest technology network in Victoria, supporting a user base of approximately 750,000 staff and students.

IMTD provides innovation and leadership in the transformation and management of the Department's digital capability through the implementation of solutions on the department's cloud environment (IaaS), enterprise cloud platforms (PaaS) and software (SaaS), using agile practices with a focus on user experience, security, and integration.

As a valued member of the diverse IMTD team, you will have the opportunity to be part of influencing the new way of working for the department through your strong technical skills and customer centric approach.

About the opportunity

This is an ongoing opportunity to join the Information Security team within IMTD reporting to the Information Security Director.

The Branch and Administrative Support Officer role will perform duties including email and calendar management, arranging and scheduling appointments and meetings, travel, accommodation and event organization/registration and general tasks as they arise.

This is a diverse, hands-on role which requires you to demonstrate a high level of professionalism and discretion when dealing with confidential and sensitive correspondence and other information, interpersonal skilfulness, energy, and attention to detail. You will need to manage relationships, on behalf of the Director, with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders.

If you are interested in gaining significant experience and exposure working with Victoria's largest network and userbase, be a change lead for an important cohort of the Victorian community (school children and staff) and be part of a vibrant team of professionals focused on enhancing education outcomes for Victorians, we encourage you to apply.

About you

If you are interested in gaining significant experience and exposure working with Victoria's largest network and userbase, be a change lead for an important cohort of the Victorian community (school children and staff) and be part of a vibrant team of professionals focused on enhancing education outcomes for Victorians, we encourage you to apply.

As our ideal candidate, you will have:

• Flexibility and Adaptability: Considers the merit of new ideas and approaches. Is willing to develop and apply new skills.

• Working Collaboratively: Builds a supportive and cooperative team environment. Engages other teams to share information to understand or respond to issues.

• Future Focus: Considers the future aims and goals of the relevant entity/group. Proactively stays up to date with best practice, relating to expertise and areas of work.

• Interpersonal Skills: Sees things from others point of view and communicates this. Understands motivations, needs, and wants of stakeholders and their impact on service delivery. Tailors' communication according to the audience or team.

• Resource Mobilisation: Understands the resources required to deliver work well. Monitors availability of resources and takes action to optimise resources.​ 

Why join us?

• An emphasis on work / life balance.
• High-performing team environment.
• Equal opportunity employer.
• Personal & Professional development opportunities.
• Access to salary packaging and novated leasing.

For more details regarding this position please see attached position description.

The Department values diversity and inclusion in all forms - gender, religion, ethnicity, LGBTIQ+, disability and neurodiversity. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates are strongly encouraged to apply. For more information about our work, working for the Department, diversity and inclusion, and our employment conditions visit the Department website [education.vic.gov.au] , HRWeb [education.vic.gov.au] and our Diversity and Inclusion page [education.vic.gov.au].

Applicants requiring adjustments can contact the nominated contact person.

Applications close 29 March 2024