Description:
- $143,798.00 per annum + 11.5% superannuation
- Full time, ongoing opportunity
- Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung / Melbourne CBD based role (hybrid work from home – 3 days in office)
About the role
Due to internal promotion, we are looking for an experienced Internal Review Officer to join our Melbourne CBD based team.
Key accountabilities
- Investigate and determine applications for review of an inspector or authorised person's decision in accordance with relevant legislation.
- Consider and determine requests initiated by WorkSafe management for cancellation or variation of an inspector or an authorised person's decision.
- Write clear and logical decisions setting out the basis for decision, relevant findings of fact and the material on which those findings were based.
- Communicate outcomes of reviews and the reasons for those outcomes to applicants, inspectors, authorised decision-makers and relevant WorkSafe staff in a timely and professional manner.
- Provide direct feedback to WorkSafe management on matters raised in reviews and outcomes of such reviews, and identify operational, policy or training opportunities which may arise from those reviews.
- Liaise with and provide instruction and guidance to employers, employees and other duty holders in relation to the review process.
- Provide authoritative guidance to WorkSafe staff, external organisations and individuals on issues relating to the review process.
About you
You are an experienced Internal Review Officer who has worked in a fast paced environment. You are a team player who has an eye for detail and excellent written and verbal communication skills. You have the ability to undertake a high level of complex investigative and analytical work that has significant implications across WorkSafe Victoria operations, while working within clear and established management systems, legislative/regulatory provisions and professional standards.
More specifically you have:
- Demonstrated experience in conducting administrative and merit reviews or formal organisational investigations.
- Demonstrated ability to assess competing and complex arguments and to reach logical and sustainable conclusions based on relevant material.
- Demonstrated ability to write sound logical and sustainable decisions capable of withstanding internal and external scrutiny, including scrutiny by Courts and Tribunals.
- Capacity to deal effectively and tactfully with a wide range of stakeholders in the review context, including workers, employers, lawyers and other representatives.
- Demonstrated ability to present review outcomes and learnings to internal and external stakeholder groups, and to represent the IRU in a range of settings.
Highly Desirable
- Experience in the operation of merit review Tribunals, such as VCAT in relation to administrative decision making.
- Relevant tertiary qualifications, including a Bachelor of Laws.
- Sound understanding of the principles of administrative review, and their application to the WorkSafe review context.
- Understanding of the principles of statutory interpretation and legal precedent.
- Understanding of the Maxwell Report, the OHS Act 2004, and other safety related legislation.
Applications close 11:00pm Monday 14 April 2025.