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    • The Child Safe Advisor is responsible for leading and embedding child safe practices across the organisation, ensuring compliance with relevant legislation and…
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    • All applicants will be subject to child safety screening, including Working with Children Checks and reference checks.
    • FREE First Aid, CPR and Flu Vaccinations.
    • * Monitor and assess the progress of each child and maintain clear and consistent communication with parents.
    • *Working with Children's Check.
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    • You will hold an ACECQA approved Diploma Qualification in Children’s Services.
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Job Post Details

Child Safe Advisor - job post

Merri-bek City Council
Coburg VIC•Hybrid work
$102,000 - $111,000 a year - Permanent, Part-time, Full-time
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Job details

Pay

  • $102,000 - $111,000 a year

Job type

  • Part-time
  • Permanent
  • Full-time

Location

Coburg VIC•Hybrid work

Benefits

Pulled from the full job description

  • Parental leave
  • Salary packaging

Full job description

  • Hybrid Working #LI-Hybrid
  • Permanent part-time role – days and hours are negotiable (0.5 FTE based on 38 hours per week)
  • Salary: $102K - $111K (pro rata) + Super
  • Ability to transfer or take LSL (Long Service Leave) within Local Government

About Merri-bek City Council

Merri-bek City Council is a progressive council of 195,125 residents: one community, proudly diverse. Our council area sits within the banks of the Merri Creek and the Moonee Ponds Creek, and includes Brunswick, Coburg, Fawkner, Glenroy, Gowanbrae, Hadfield, Oak Park and Pascoe Vale. Our city is vibrant and energetic, known for its active community, cultural diversity, creative industries and the arts. Our long-term vision has ambitious goals for environmental sustainability, social justice, community wellbeing, and creating great places. With the Civic Centre located in Coburg, 8 kilometres north of Melbourne’s CBD, there are excellent public transport options and great food and cafés right at the doorstep.

Merri-bek Council strives to be a contemporary, innovative and collaborative organisation with a deep commitment to engaging and supporting the Merri-bek community. Our organisational vision is to be one team, brave and diverse, making a difference.

We pride ourselves on being an inclusive and welcoming workplace. We offer flexible and hybrid work options and genuinely care about providing our staff work/life balance. With the Civic Centre located in Coburg, 8 kilometres north of Melbourne’s CBD, there are excellent public transport options and great food, cafés, parks and a cinema right at the doorstep. Merri-bek is a great place to live, work and play.

About the role

An exciting opportunity has come up to join the People and Safety team in a key role following the resignation of our Child Safe Advisor. This is a permanent part-time position.

The Child Safe Advisor is responsible for leading and embedding child safe practices across the organisation, ensuring compliance with relevant legislation and standards. The role provides expert advice, delivers training, supports risk management and incident response, works closely with internal and external stakeholders to strengthen a proactive and robust child safety culture.

Skills and experience require to perform the role

Tertiary level qualifications and/or specialist technical experience in policy and service development in the families, youth and children sector or other areas relevant to working within the context of implementing Child Safe Standards.

Experience in community development, risk management, legislative compliance, change management would be an advantage.

Experience in completing investigations as well as reports

A current Working with Children Check.

What the role can offer

  • Extensive opportunities for training & career development
  • Salary sacrifice options
  • A real sense of work-life balance & flexible work options
  • Employer-supported study assistance schemes
  • Wellness programs

Further support offered for our staff

  • Up to 20 weeks primary & up to 5 weeks secondary parental leave
  • Purchase leave
  • Ceremonial leave
  • Gender affirmation leave
  • Family violence leave

For further information about this position please contact Theresa Harb (Safety & Wellbeing Coordinator) on 9240 2420 or THarb@merri-bek.vic.gov.au

Applications close: 11:30pm, Wednesday 15 July 2026.
  • in the case that we receive a high volume of applications, we reserve the right to close this advertisement before the current closing date.

Before submitting an application please view the Position Description.

Please note that when applying for this role, you may be required to attach your valid Driver's Licence, WWCC and Qualifications. Please have this ready when completing your application.

How to apply

Please fill out an application using our online recruitment system. You will be required to upload your CV, a cover letter outlining your relevant skills and experience. You do not need to respond to the individual Key Selection Criteria. Please also upload any other relevant documents.

  • Please note that some documents relating to this position may reference Moreland City Council. We are in the process of updating the councils new name of Merri-bek City Council.

Please note that applications must only be submitted online, applications will not be accepted via email.

Merri-bek City Council is proudly diverse and an equal opportunity employer. We encourage applications from the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community, people with disability, and people from every culture, sexuality and gender identity, age and ethnic background. Merri-bek City Council is a Child Safe organisation.

Merri-bek is focused on diverse representation of the community we serve. With this we value lived experience that could contribute to the shaping of this role and in turn will continue to provide representation and growth of safe and inclusive work culture.

We encourage everyone to apply and discuss opportunities to develop your knowledge and experience. Council is committed to removing barriers and access to employment where possible at any point in the recruitment, onboarding and during your time at Council. For further information regarding access or modifications you may require for a recruitment process please contact Danni Jovanovic, Recruitment Business Partner on recruitment@merri-bek.vic.gov.au

Our Commitment

In May 2021, Merri-bek Council adopted a revised Statement of Commitment to Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung People and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities of the municipality. The statement recognises the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung people as the traditional owners of the lands and waterways of our municipality.

Merri-bek City Council is committed to being a Child Safe Organisation and has zero tolerance for child abuse. We believe children and young people have the right to be and feel safe and that their safety and wellbeing is the responsibility of everyone. You can read more about our Child Safety Commitment Statement on our website.

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