About the Department

The role of the Department of Education is to support Victorians to build prosperous, socially engaged, happy and healthy lives. It does this by supporting lifelong learning and healthy development, strengthening families and helping to equip people with the skills and knowledge for a 21st century economy and society.

About the Group

Schools and Regional Services (SRS) offers central, regional, and local expertise to enhance learning and development outcomes, supported by a diverse and geographically dispersed workforce. It comprises 17 areas within 4 regions, backed by 5 central office divisions, all collaborating to deliver improved outcomes for early childhood services, schools, communities, and learners, in line with Education State commitments. SRS regions serve as a bridge between the central office, schools, and service providers, ensuring smooth transitions for learners and achieving the department's ambitious targets. Each region includes divisions specialising in school performance, student wellbeing and early childhood support, working with area-based teams to tailor local interventions and practices. The 17 areas provide crucial insights into local trends and issues, facilitating effective policy and program development and driving child and learner outcomes across all services and programs.

This role is located in the Health, Wellbeing and Specialist Services Branch, Barwon Area, South West Victoria Region, SRS. The Health, Wellbeing and Specialist Services Branch is responsible for the delivery of programs and initiatives such as school wellbeing, attendance and engagement, inclusion and disabilities coordination, respectful relationships, and primary and secondary school nursing programs.

About the Role

The role contributes to and supports the inclusive education agenda by performing all roles required of the Disabilities Coordinator. Working within the Health, Wellbeing and Specialist Services branch, the role will work closely with other area staff, Divisional staff and central staff. The Disabilities Coordinator will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team within and across the area.

The role requires an excellent understanding of disability, inclusion and the legislated rights of children and students with disabilities. The position works with schools and families in a way that promotes competency, strengthens families and schools and encourages collaborative planning for student learning needs. The Disabilities Coordinators develop, build and maintain close working relationships with regional staff and schools and develop effective linkages with relevant health and wellbeing service providers in the area. This includes finding innovative solutions to stakeholder issues, overcoming barriers, garnering support and negotiating appropriate outcomes in highly complex individual cases along with preparing high quality correspondence and briefings, whilst liaising with a range of stakeholders and management as required.

The position provides training and support for inclusive education and the effective implementation of the Program for Students with Disabilities and Disability Inclusion. The position also provides opportunities to develop and manage projects to drive change for schools to deliver effective educational outcomes for students with disabilities.

Attributes

The successful candidate will be a team player, have a strong continuous improvement mindset and demonstrate expertise and skills in managing all elements of the program. They will work collaboratively with colleagues and other staff and build authentic relationships with stakeholders to support the provision of specialist advice and support in relation to disability inclusion issues.

• Victorian Public Sector Values: The values of Responsiveness, Integrity, Impartiality, Accountability, Respect, Leadership and Human Rights are demonstrated at all times in day to day work.
• Customer Focus: The applicant can identify and respond to stakeholder requirements. They can use their understanding of a stakeholders' context to tailor advice and support to ensure that outcomes are delivered. The applicant can effectively manage risks to service delivery, and manage complex relationships within a school and community context.
• Project Delivery: The applicant can translate strategies into programs or projects that actively enable the achievement of outcomes for schools and students. The applicant can manage multiple streams of work and understand the context, governance (e.g., success measures, roles and responsibilities, progress monitoring) and requirements of the work for successful delivery, and to manage risks and maximise success.
• Partnering and Co-creation: The applicant can partner with all relevant stakeholders to support the operational requirements of the work.

Other attributes of the role include the ability to:

• influence and negotiate - to build support for ideas, progress work and negotiate outcomes, within a complex environment.
• provide specialist expertise including excellent knowledge of DE policies and priorities in relation to disability inclusion reform, and disability inclusion practices, and provide expert advice and guidance to stakeholders in relation to current evidence and good practice to enable effective inclusion of students with disabilities, this includes supporting queries from parents, schools and other area and divisional staff.
• deal with complex concepts and systems, and understand and manage multiple data and recording systems to support the work within disability inclusion and related areas.
• adjust and deliver complex information related to disability inclusion reform and inclusive practices to a variety of audiences.

Qualifications and Experience

• Desirable: A relevant tertiary qualification in a related field (E.g. Education, Nursing, Disabilities Services or Allied Health)
• The successful applicant will be required to provide a current Working With Children Check.

How to Apply

• Applicants should keep a copy of the position description as it can not be accessed once the job has closed.
• Applicants are to submit a current resume and a detailed cover letter that addresses the attributes needed for the role.

Further Information

For more details regarding this position please see attached position description for the capabilities to address in application.

The department values diversity and inclusion in all forms - gender, religion, ethnicity, LGBTIQ+, disability and neurodiversity. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates are strongly encouraged to apply. For more information about our work, working for the Department, diversity and inclusion, and our employment conditions visit the Department website and our Diversity and Inclusion page

Applicants requiring adjustments can contact the nominated contact person.

Information about the Department of Education's operations and employment conditions can be located at www.education.vic.gov.au.

For further information pertaining to the role, please contact Louise Medler, Manager Health Wellbeing and Specilaist Services via or louise.medler@education.vic.gov.au

Preferred applicants may be required to complete a police check and may be subject to other pre-employment checks. Information provided to the Department of Education will be treated in the strictest confidence.

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Applications close 11:59pm on Friday 15 June 2026.