• Position : Full time, ongoing position
• Salary : $92,972 - $104,664, plus super (based on skills & experience)
• Location : Preston

The Organisation

Victorian Aboriginal Child Care Agency (VACCA) is the largest organisation of its kind in Australia, employing more than 600 employees and delivering more than 70 programs across Victoria. VACCA is an Aboriginal community-controlled organisation that supports and advocates for the Aboriginal community. Our strength lies with our people. Our team is committed to the organisation's vision and values; advocates for our children and other vulnerable community members; and shows respect for, observance and compliance with Aboriginal cultural protocols, practice and ceremony. Our Aboriginality is what distinguishes us from mainstream services and what enables us to deliver the positive outcomes we achieve for our people.

About the role

As part of CQI, you will work with a highly motivated and positive group of people who are passionate about assisting VACCA deliver safe, quality services. This role will undertake a diverse range of activities related to the oversight, case review and investigation of critical incidents that promote the safety and wellbeing of children, young people and families receiving services from VACCA.

This senior role will have responsibility for the care, oversight and development of Investigator staff, and ensure work by all investigation team members is delivered in a timely manner, of acceptable standard across all processes, and demonstrates investigative best practices.

Risks and issues are to be proactively managed and escalated to the Executive Manager CQI as appropriate. Regular reports that provide clear status updates on performance, risks, and issues across the CIMS landscape will enable VACCA to identify and address gaps and publicise good practice

About You

• Demonstrated ability to understand and apply principles of natural justice and procedural fairness in conducting investigations and other best practice investigative principles.
• Demonstrated project and task management, sound judgement, organisational skills, including strong attention to detail, the ability to analyse and assess information and the proven capacity to deliver on multiple, competing and varied tasks within mandated time frames.
• Excellent conceptual, analytical and problem-solving skills, the ability to assess complex information, identify practice and technical issues arising from investigations and case reviews.
• Proven engagement and relationship building skills, with evidence of excellent consultation, communication, interpersonal and dispute resolution skills, showing capacity to work collaboratively with others, negotiate and exercise influence in a diversity of contexts and with management and staff at all levels to develop and implement creative, innovative and flexible solutions.

What we can offer you!!

• Professional support and training via in-house learning and development training modules
• Attractive salary packaging to increase your take home pay
• Great career development opportunities.
• Access to Employee support and wellbeing program(s)
• Opportunity to work and build connection with the Aboriginal Community and culture

We strongly encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders people to apply

Applications should include a cover letter, addressed key selection criteria and current resume.

We encourage applicants to view the Position Description prior to applying. Please click here to view the position description

We are committed to Aboriginal self-determination and supporting strong, safe, thriving Aboriginal communities and aim to ensure every individual is treated with dignity, honouring all cultural backgrounds, abilities, ethnicities, sexual orientations, gender identities and spiritual beliefs.

VACCA is a child-safe organisation and is committed to ensuring the safety and wellbeing of children and young people with zero tolerance for child abuse. All successful applicants will be required to undertake a National Police Record Check and Working with Children Check prior to commencement of employment and periodically following commencement.

VACCA is an equal opportunity employer and has a smoke-free workplace policy.