AddressAbout Us
At Development Victoria, we’re passionate about making Victoria a great place to be. We create vibrant places across our state, through diverse and strategic property development and urban renewal projects.
As the Victorian Government’s development arm, we revitalise iconic public buildings, create important cultural and recreational facilities and repurpose public land, for all Victorians. We also build great homes and communities where people and business can thrive, catering for different budgets, lifestyles, and people - designed to be sustainable and affordable.
We are an equal opportunity employer that is committed to making employment related decisions without bias or discrimination. We actively encourage sharing of knowledge and best practice across our teams. We respect and value every individual’s unique talent and contribution and harness these strengths to collectively achieve the kind of results we can all be proud of.
We help create a better Victoria.
About the role:
Reporting to the Senior Manager, Organisational Development & People Experience, the Senior Advisor, Inclusion & Wellbeing is accountable for managing sustainable inclusion, diversity and employee wellbeing strategies and initiatives. This includes partnering with leaders and colleagues across the organisation and leveraging support of the PC&T team to provide leadership and advice that enables the advancement of an inclusive workplace culture.
Core Accountabilities
- Understand and promote the latest research, thinking and practice on key diversity areas including women, First Peoples, people with disability, LGBTIQ+, people from a culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) background.
- Identify, develop and deliver D&I and employee wellbeing initiatives in line with business and People & Culture strategy and commitments.
- Identify organisational-wide D&I learning priorities and develop solutions to address these.
- Develop, implement and maintain policies and procedures to best meet organisational D&I and wellbeing objectives.
- Monitor and report on progress of D&I and employee wellbeing strategies, including the Gender Equality Action Plan.
- Develop solutions to track and report on appropriate and relevant metrics
- Seek input and feedback from employees and leaders across all levels of the business to continually enhance the effectiveness of strategies and activities
- Work with the Executive Team and other leaders to ensure that supporting inclusion and wellbeing is a key part of their people practices.
- Support our D&I employee working groups and the D&I Committee to best shape and effectively advance their agenda
- Facilitate focus groups, training and workshops
- Promote and drive participation in initiatives targeting increased capability and awareness of D&I matters.
- Act as a SME on inclusion and wellbeing within the PC&T team and more broadly in the business
- Develop and maintain relationships with service providers, including managing procurement processes.
About you:
- Tertiary qualifications in Human Resources, Organisational Psychology or other relevant discipline highly desirable.
- Demonstrated significant experience in developing, implementing and evaluating innovative programs and policies to achieve diversity, equality and inclusion objectives.
- Change management skills to embed sustainable practices and capability that positively enhances organisational culture.
- Leadership and influence skills including the ability to engage others from all parts of the organisation.
- Knowledge and understanding of Federal and Victorian anti-discrimination legislation and equity and diversity employment issues.
- Strong communication skills and an engaging presence to ensure that strategies, initiatives and success stories are communicated and shared throughout the organisation in addition to reporting on targets and progress.
- Proven track record in delivering a program of works in a timely and effective manner to achieve material outcomes.
Employee Benefits:
- We drive strong collaboration and support our teams to work virtually and flexibly.
- Professional development opportunities available including;
- Study support
- Mentoring programs
- Opportunity to participate in cross functional working groups that drive diversity and inclusion and sustainability initiatives.
- Novated leasing
- Purchase leave
- Paid parental leave
- Technology salary sacrifice
- Employee referral bonuses
- Health & Wellbeing initiatives such as EAP and mental health and wellbeing leave
- Access to group life & group salary continuance insurance
- Modern onsite facilities
Application Process:
- Please apply via our careers page linked to this advertisement, applications will not be accepted via email.
- Applications may close prior to the closure date if a high volume of applications is received so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
- Please note: The preferred candidate will be required to complete a national police record check prior to an offer of employment being made.
- At Development Victoria, we work flexibly and value diversity, and we invite you to talk to us about any preferences or adjustments you may value or require to either our recruitment process or the role itself. If you identify as a person with disability, please let us know how we can provide additional support to your application.
- We are an equal opportunity employer that is committed to making employment related decisions without bias or discrimination. We actively encourage sharing of knowledge and best practice across our teams. We respect and value every individual’s unique talent and contribution and harness these strengths to collectively achieve the kind of results we can all be proud of.
We respectfully request no agency approaches. We will not be responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes being sent to anyone here in our business.
