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.
About the role
The Business Support Officer provides high-quality administrative support to the Digital Platforms division, with a focus on a major 15-month program of work delivering services to help Victorian families. This program includes multiple delivery teams and a temporary surge workforce comprising VPS staff and teams from external vendor partners.
About you
To be succesfull in this role, you need to have:
- The ability to build positive rapport with people and a demonstrated commitment to help people and complex projects be successful
- A good eye for detail (e.g., for matching invoices to timesheets)
- The ability to create Word, Excel, and PowerPoint documents quickly and accurately
- Good general digital skills as we use online tools a lot (e.g., SharePoint and Confluence - we can train in the specific tools)
- Availability to work from Footscray, the CBD, or elsewhere in Melbourne as required
- The ability to take minutes for working groups (so good typing, and some experience with minutes or notetaking will be ideal)
For more information on the accountabilities and key selection criteria for the role, please refer to the attached position des.cription.
This position is only open to applicants with relevant rights to work in Australia.
How to apply
Apply before the advertised closing date 11:59pm on Thursday, 14 August 2025. All applications should include:
a resume; and
a cover letter which addresses the key selection criteria (within three pages)
Other relevant information
The department is committed to providing and maintaining a working environment which is safe and without risk to the health of its employees and clients and consistent with the department's obligations under the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 (OH&S Act), to support this DGS has a COVID-19 Vaccination policy which strongly recommends all DGS employees be fully vaccinated. Preferred candidates will be required to complete a Pre-employment Declaration and Consent Form. Employment of successful candidates will be subject to a National Police Check.
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.
