Aboriginal Community Engagement Lead

About Us 

The Department of Government Services (DGS) was established on 1 January 2023 to improve everyone’s experience of doing business and interacting with the Victorian government.  We bring important day-to-day services together in one department to make things easy and seamless for Victorians and businesses.  We are doing this by connecting and digitising our systems and platforms across state and local government as well as streamlining our corporate and procurement services.   

You can find out more about our Ministers, leadership and entities here: Department of Government Services.  

About the Group 

The Consumer Affairs and Local Government Group

The Consumer Affairs and Local Government (CALG) group is responsible for policy development; regulatory design and administration; system and program design; and the delivery of services in the best interest of Victorians. Spanning both the Consumer Affairs and Local Government portfolios, the group identifies strategic priorities, drives system and regulatory reform and coordinates DGS’ emergency management responsibilities to improve practical outcomes for the community. 

The Community and Consumer Engagement (CCE) branch enables CAV to effectively engage with consumer, industry, regulatory and government stakeholders. This includes building staff capability and embedding evidenced-based stakeholder engagement practices to support work as an effective regulator.

About the Role 

Reporting to the General Manager, Community and Consumer Engagement, the Aboriginal Community Engagement Lead plays a central role in developing and maintaining effective relationships with First Nations communities and stakeholders in Victoria.

This is an Aboriginal Designated Position, classified under 'special measures' of section 12 of the Equal Opportunity Act 2010. Only Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people are eligible to apply

Key Accountabilities 

• Builds and maintains productive relationships with Aboriginal stakeholders to facilitate inclusive engagement and inform CAV’s work in supporting the Victorian community.
• Design, develop, implement, embed and maintain an approach to drive human/client-centricity as the standard cultural setting across CAV as we build capability to understand Aboriginal community needs and equip staff with the ability to respond.
• Identify and recommend improvements relevant to CAV’s engagement with Aboriginal Victorians

About You 

We are seeking applicants who have demonstrated experience from the following criteria: 

• Experience in developing. implementing and managing community engagement initiatives.
• Proven ability to work in Aboriginal communities providing inclusive engagement across wide ranging views and interests in high risk, diverse vulnerable priority communities.
• Demonstrated ability to work closely with and appreciate intersectionality and actively seek to understand and effectively address issues and views of stakeholders holding competing priorities and views

This role is a 6 months fixed term position. This position is only open to applicants with relevant rights to work in Australia. 

For more information, please see the Position Description.

How to apply  

Apply before the advertised closing date 11:59pm on 12 August 2026. All applications should include:   

·       a resume; and   

·       a cover letter which addresses the key selection criteria (within three pages). 

Other relevant information 

To be eligible for appointment to this role, applicants will possess corresponding work rights for the advertised employment period. Appointment to an ongoing role is only available to an Australian/New Zealand citizen or an Australian Permanent Resident.  Preferred applicants will be required to undertake pre-employment screening. DGS actively promotes diversity, inclusion and an equal opportunity workplace. We welcome applicants from all diverse backgrounds, including people with disabilities and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. All roles at DGS can be worked flexibly, however it may differ from role to role.