About us

The Department of Treasury and Finance provides economic, financial and resource management advice to help the Victorian Government deliver its policies. We strive for excellence in financial and economic management to improve the lives of all Victorians.

Industrial Relations Victoria

The Industrial Relations Victoria (IRV) division provides strategic industrial relations legislative, policy and technical advice to the Government and departments.

IRV develops and reviews regulatory frameworks to support a positive industrial relations environment and fair and productive workplaces, secure work and gender equity.

IRV also oversees industrial relations matters and enterprise bargaining and processes across the Victorian public sector. It works towards achieving a positive working environment for all Victorians through engagement with public and private sector employers, workers, and other stakeholders and representatives.

IRV consists of the Office of the Deputy Secretary, the Private Sector Industrial Relations group and the Public Sector Industrial Relations group.

About the role
The Policy and Research Officer role combines industrial relations policy and research skills. This role supports the Enterprise Bargaining Team to coordinate and monitor public sector enterprise bargaining including the development of briefs and the collection of data to support regular reporting and work planning. This role will also provide policy support to the VPS and Workforce Policy Team.

Key Selection Criteria

• Strong organisational and prioritisation skills, including the ability to be flexible and adaptable to changing priorities, and recognising barriers and finding effective ways to overcome them.
• Ability to seek solutions to problems through accessing various resources such as departmental policies, guidelines and people, recognising barriers and risks, and finding effective ways to overcome them.
• Experience in preparing, proof-reading, and quality checking a range of business documents, briefs and correspondence to ensure it complies with departmental style and format guidelines.
• Demonstrated experience in engaging with internal and external stakeholders to ensure work and outcomes are achieved to a high standard, including monitoring the progress of enterprise bargaining and alerting managers to delays or other problems.
• Experience maintaining databases of information (such as Microsoft Access or Excel) – including inputting information and extracting information to feed into briefings and regular reporting.

Experience and qualifications

• A tertiary qualification in industrial relations, commerce or law will be highly regarded.
• Experience in enterprise bargaining, particularly public sector enterprise bargaining experience, will be highly regarded. 

About our culture

We aim to be a model employer providing an inclusive workplace that is understanding and respectful of differences such as gender, identity, race, disability or age. In addition, we are committed to supporting Aboriginal pathways between education and employment.

The Department strives to create an environment that supports a flexible and adaptive workforce. All requests for flexible working arrangements will be considered in line with operational requirements.

Further Information

For more information about the position and key selection criteria, please refer to the position description. If you have specific questions regarding the role, please contact Elise Lima-Bosworth at elise.lima-bosworth@dtf.vic.gov.au.

How to apply

To apply, select the ‘Apply Now' button and provide a copy of your resume and cover letter summarising your skills and relevant experience.

Applications close at midnight on Thurs 15 Jan 2026. If you require a copy of this advertisement in an accessible format, please contact the Recruitment team.

Covid-19 Vaccination
DTF is committed to providing and maintaining a working environment which is safe and without risk to the health of its employees and clients and consistent with the department's obligations under the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 (OH&S Act). To support this DTF has a COVID-19 Vaccination policy which strongly recommends all DTF employees be fully vaccinated.