Child Safety Advisor

Lead Change in Child Safety, Empower Our Workforce and Impact the Community

Are you passionate about child safety and ready to make a real difference by empowering the workplace to drive positive outcomes for children and the community? Banyule City Council is seeking a Child Safety Advisor to play a pivotal role in guiding and supporting our team in the delivery of child safety strategies that lead to meaningful community impact. This is your chance to lead, educate, and shape the future of child safety across our services.

What You’ll Do

As the Child Safety Advisor, you will:

• Provide expert guidance and advice to teams to uphold child safety standards across all services, programs, and facilities.
• Lead the development and implementation of child safety strategies that contribute directly to positive community outcomes.
• Foster a culture of safety and accountability, ensuring all staff understand and adhere to child-safe standards, policies, and best practices.
• Monitor and evaluate workplace child safety practices, continuously improving protocols to ensure children are always protected.
• Work collaboratively with key stakeholders to align workplace practices with community-focused child safety outcomes.

Why you'll love this role

Impactful Work – The opportunity to directly contribute to the safety and well-being of children in the workforce and wider-community, making a meaningful difference.

Professional Development – Access to ongoing training, career growth opportunities, and the chance to lead best practice initiatives in child safety.

Collaborative Environment – Working with passionate professionals and business units to drive positive change and promote a culture of child safety across council services.

Work-Life Balance – Flexible work arrangements that support personal well-being alongside professional commitments.

What We're Looking For

We're looking for a passionate, proactive professional with:

• Tertiary qualifications in Human Resources, project management, compliance, social work, psychology, community or human services, or lesser qualifications with extensive demonstrated experience in these areas.
• Proven experience in child safety, compliance, or risk management, preferably with a focus on the workforce.
• Strong understanding of child protection laws, regulations, and best practices.
• Excellent communication, leadership, and training skills to influence and guide teams effectively.
• A deep commitment to community outcomes, and ensuring child safety is integral to all services.

Pre-employment requirements

• Current Victorian Drivers Licence
• Current Working with Children’s Check
• Psychometric Assessment
• Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check (NCCHC) (Previously known as a police check)

We offer:

• A senior leadership role with organisational and community impact
• Permanent, full-time position
• Monthly Rostered Day Off (RDO)
• Salary range $105,724.83 - $117,953.20 per annum plus super
• Ongoing learning and development opportunities, including health and well-being initiatives
• Flexible work and leave arrangement, hybrid work arrangements

Ready to make an impact?

Apply now and take the next step in your career as our Child Safe Advisor.

How to apply

Please submit your resume and a cover letter addressing the Key Selection Criteria from the position description. Please also respond to the two screening questions in the application form.

For a confidential discussion, please contact Lara McNally on (03) 9490 4284

Applications close: 16 February 2025 at 11:45 PM.

Why choose Banyule?

At Banyule City Council, we value innovation, collaboration, and professional growth. You’ll have the opportunity to lead a passionate team, lead and support preparedness response and recovery of emergency management activities and contribute to the success of an organisation that values its people.

Banyule City Council is an Equal Opportunity Employer; we value diversity and inclusion, and we welcome candidates from all backgrounds. If you have a reasonable adjustment, support, or access requirement, we encourage you to inform us through your application or email employment@banyule.vic.gov.au

Our Values: Our employees align their careers with Banyule because they share our values of respect, integrity, responsibility, initiative, and inclusion. They thrive in our strong learning and development culture, and the positive way we work in partnership with the community. You will share our values and have a passion for helping a community of over 130,000 residents to live happier, healthier and more connected lives, all while growing your skills and advancing your career. We look forward to you starting the next chapter of your career at Banyule Council.

Diversity Statement: Our community is made up of diverse, cultures, beliefs, abilities, bodies, sexualities, ages, and genders. We are committed to access, equity, participation, and rights for everyone: principles that empower, foster harmony, and increase the well-being of an inclusive community.

To discover more about Banyule's commitment to advancing gender equality in the workplace, please find Banyule's Workplace Gender Equality Action Plan 2021-2025.

Acknowledgment of the Traditional Custodians: Banyule City Council is proud to acknowledge the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung people as Traditional Custodians of the land and we pay respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elders, past, present and emerging, who have resided in the area and have been an integral part of the region’s history.

Banyule City Council endorses the Uluru Statement from the Heart in full and accepts the invitation to walk with First Nations peoples, to a better future for us all.

Child Safe Standards Statement of Commitment: Banyule City Council is a child-safe organisation committed to the safety and well-being of children.

Council has a zero tolerance for child abuse. All allegations and safety concerns will be treated seriously and acted upon. As a child-safe organisation we are committed to providing a child-safe environment where children feel safe, are empowered, valued and protected. Council will actively listen to children, ensuring their voices are heard and considered in decisions that affect their lives.