Advertised Vacancy Number: DOE953548

Now is the ideal time to join the Employee Support Bureau within the Department of Education as we embark on a transformative journey to enhance how we support our workforce. With significant investment and fresh opportunities, we are building a dynamic, forward-thinking team committed to innovation and delivering exceptional outcomes for our employees. If you’re eager to make a meaningful impact in a fast-evolving environment, we invite you to be part of this exciting future.

The Employee Relations Directorate is responsible for ensuring that industrial instruments and legislative frameworks are complied with and that employees are supported in a range of discrete human resource matters. The Directorate is made up of two branches: Labour Relations and Employee Support Bureau. It provides strategic and operational advice to the Minister, Director General, school leaders and line managers on a range of employee relations matters. The Employee Support Bureau handles WHS, injury management, staff wellbeing and workers’ compensation functions for the whole Department.

We are establishing a multi-level pool within our branch for permanent and fixed term, full-time and part-time vacancies which may arise during 2025 and up to the end of March 2026. Appointments may be offered at any time for vacancies that commence during this period.

The positions to fill from this process are:

· Injury Management Consultant – Level 6

· Senior Consultant - Health Safety and Wellbeing – Level 6

· Principal Consultant - Employee Support – Level 7

For more information about these opportunities, please contact Esma Pollock, Manager on (08) 9264 4981 or emailing [email protected] or click on the link to view the full advert online.

Eligibility

To work with us, you must:

· be an Australian or New Zealand citizen, permanent resident or have a valid visa with relevant work rights for the term of the appointment.

· consent to a National Criminal History Check with the Department's Screening Unit.

All roles require a valid 'C class' driver’s licence and the ability to travel to metropolitan and regional schools, sometimes on short notice. We recognise that individual circumstances vary, and we will consider applicants with parenting or caring responsibilities, part-time work arrangements, or medical conditions that may impact long-distance travel, during the recruitment process.

Application instructions

Apply online direct via the link to JobsWA.

Applications close: 4.30pm (AWST) on Tuesday, 4 March 2025.