Child Safety Engagement Officer Full-time Temporary with a Possibility of Permanency Closes : 15 January 2025
Classification : Senior Officer Grade C
Salary : $124,103 - $133,195 plus superannuation
Position No : 61497
Directorate : Education
Advertised (Gazettal date) : 24 December 2024
Contact Officer : Jane ShunWah at or (02) 6205 3312
Details : Are you passionate about Child Safety, enjoy regularly interacting with a range of stakeholders, and have great presentation skills? If so, we would like you to consider joining our team in the role of a Child Safety Engagement Officer. The role sits in the Strategic Reform Team and works to support ACT public schools to implement the 10 ACT Child Safe Standards by providing guidance to help create environments that prevent and address child abuse and harm. This role also offers guidance on policies and practices regarding sexualised behaviours displayed by students, to support the prevention and response to instances of sexual harm between students. You will assist schools by developing and implementing plans that support Child Safety; deliver presentations and training; engage and collaborate with school communities and other areas of the Education Support Office; and provide policy advice to ensure alignment with ACT Child Safety Standards Scheme and best practice responses.
We are committed to creating an inclusive environment where people with diverse thoughts, lived experience, and perspectives can thrive and contribute their unique talents to the ACTPS and ACT community. We encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, people with culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, veterans, younger and older workers, and people with diverse genders, sexes, and sexualities to apply.
Understanding of the ACT Education Directorate policies and procedures regarding child safety and the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse. Notes : This is a temporary position available immediately until 8 June 2025 with the possibility of extension up to 12 months and/or permanency. A Merit Pool will be established from this selection process and will be used to fill vacancies over the next 12 months.
Please note, this position involves activity-based working (ABW). Under ABW arrangements, officers will not have a designated workstation/desk. This officer will move between sites when visiting schools or attending meetings.
How to Apply : Please don't hesitate to contact Jane ShunWah, Senior Director System Reform for further information at or 6205 3312. To apply, please provide your curriculum vitae with the details of two recent referees (a current/recent manager is preferable); in addition include a response to the Selection Criteria detailed in the Position Description (maximum of two pages). The selection process will involve an interview in January 2025 - ideally you will be able to attend this in person and we encourage applicants to let us know if you need adjustments for the interview process.
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