About the Business Unit

The Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission is an independent statutory body with responsibilities under Victoria's key human rights laws: the Equal Opportunity Act 2010, the Racial and Religious Tolerance Act 2001, the Change or Suppression (Conversion) Practices Prohibition Act 2021 and the Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities Act 2006.

We are a small and buzzing organisation that embraces creativity, accountability, rigour, and empathy as our values. Our teams are filled with highly motivated, conscientious, and collaborative people who love what they do and uphold our values.

We understand that work life balance is important, and we actively support flexible work across all our roles.

About the Role

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a high-impact, flagship project effecting the human rights of thousands of Victorians and setting the standard for leading practice workplace equality reform.

Reporting to the Manager, Independent Reviews, this role will be part of a small and dynamic team leading phases two and three of the independent review into workplace equality in Ambulance Victoria (the review). The role will be responsible for undertaking leading practice research and developing policy guidance and recommendations to support and audit workplace reform, human rights and equality. The project team reports directly to the Commissioner and sits alongside the Policy and Research Branch within the Commission.

About You

As our ideal candidate you will have:

• A strong working knowledge of the Equal Opportunity Act, as well as discrimination, sexual harassment, victimisation and bullying, or capacity to quickly acquire this
• Experience conducting reviews, inquiries, investigations, audits or other complex policy and research projects to effect systemic change and advance equality
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work collaboratively and respectfully in a dynamic, fast-paced and supportive team.

Qualification/ Requirements:

• A tertiary qualification in law, social or legal policy or a related field is highly desirable.

How to Apply

Please click Apply Now to apply. Applications should include a resume and covering letter. Attachments can be uploaded in .doc, .docx, .pdf, .txt or .rtf formats.

The successful candidate will be required to undergo pre-employment checks which may include national police checks and misconduct screening.

If you require adjustments to the recruitment and selection process, or require an alternative format to any of the application material, please don't hesitate to get in touch with the contact person listed on this ad.

FOR INTERNAL VPS EMPLOYEES:

• For this particular vacancy, priority consideration applies to Victorian Public Service (VPS) and select employees of the Victorian Public Sector who apply through the Jobs Skills Exchange (JSE) jobs board platform.
  
• For all VPS employees, due to the new Jobs Skills Exchange (JSE) policy, please apply through the JSE to be eligible to be considered for this position in the first round.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION:

The department is committed to providing and maintaining a working environment which is safe and without risk to the health of its employees consistent with the department's obligations under the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 (Vic). Therefore, there is a requirement that all DJCS employees be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to undertake duties outside of their homes.

Prior to commencement of employment with the department you will need to provide evidence that you are vaccinated against COVID-19.

Upon commencement of employment with the department you will be required to provide evidence that you have an up-to-date vaccination status within the timelines specified by the department into the DJCS Service Portal. This includes evidence of all doses of a COVID-19 vaccine required by the department (from time to time).

Acceptable evidence includes:

• COVID-19 digital certificate or ATAGI exemption certificate (available via your myGov account)

• Your immunisation history statement (available via your myGov account)

Other documentation outside the above will not be accepted as evidence of having received your COVID-19 vaccine doses.