Position Vacant - VFBV Support Officer
VFBV Support Officer – West/South West Regional Victoria (Districts 4, 5, 6, 7, 15, 16, 17)
VFBV is seeking to appoint a VFBV Support Officer to work in regional Victoria with VFBV District Councils, Brigades and volunteers to facilitate consultation, issues resolution and volunteer engagement. This is an existing position, with the incumbent leaving the role.
In addition to relevant skills, candidates will need to understand CFA and volunteerism, be good listeners and be able to navigate through complex issues resolution, be self-starters and have a passion to improve arrangements that benefit the welfare and efficiency of CFA volunteers.
Extensive regional Victorian work travel is envisaged and flexible work base locations will be considered for the position, with the priority focus to assign a support officer in the CFA West/South West Region covering Districts 4,5,6,7 15,16,17)
Flexible working arrangements, to cater for extensive evening and weekend work, will be tailored to match the needs of our volunteer membership base.
This is a full time position giving the right candidate an opportunity to really put his/her stamp on the VFBV of the future.
All applications must include both a current resume and a cover letter addressing the key selection criteria outlined in the attached position description.
Send applications to the CEO, VFBV, PO Box 453, Mt. Waverley, Vic. 3149 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Applications close 26th September, 2016.
For further information contact Cathie Smith on 03 9886 1141
Position Vacant – VFBV Support Officer
VFBV Support Officer – North East Region (Districts 12, 13, 22, 23 and 24)
VFBV is seeking to appoint a VFBV Support Officer to work in regional Victoria with VFBV District Councils, Brigades and volunteers to facilitate consultation, issues resolution and volunteer engagement. This is an existing position, with the incumbent due to leave the role at the end of April this year.
In addition to relevant skills, candidates will need to understand CFA and volunteerism, be good listeners and be able to navigate through complex issues resolution, be self-starters and have a passion to improve arrangements that benefit the welfare and efficiency of CFA volunteers.
Extensive regional Victorian work travel is envisaged and flexible work base locations will be considered for the position, with the priority focus to assign a support officer in the CFA North East Region covering Districts 12, 13, 22, 23 and 24.
Flexible working arrangements, to cater for extensive evening and weekend work, will be tailored to match the needs of our volunteer membership base.
This is a full time position giving the right candidate an opportunity to really put his/her stamp on the VFBV of the future.
All applications must include both a current resume and a cover letter addressing the key selection criteria outlined in the attached position description.
Send applications to the CEO, VFBV, PO Box 453, Mt. Waverley, Vic. 3149 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Applications close 28 March, 2016.
For further information contact Cathie Smith on 03 9886 1141
1 x VFBV Policy and Advocacy Officer - 2 x VFBV Support Officers
Job Opportunities with VFBV
VFBV is seeking to appoint a VFBV Policy and Advocacy Officer
and two VFBV Support Officers.
These will be key roles in the small VFBV team.
The two VFBV Support Officers will work in Regional Victoria with VFBV Distirct Councils, brigades and volunteers to facilitate consultation, issue resolution and volunteer engagement.
The VFBV Policy & Advocacy Officer will play a vital role helping VFBV to work with volunteers to research issues, develop our position on key issues and advocate this position to decision makers.
In addition to relevant skills, the successful applicants will need to display a strong understanding of CFA and volunteerism.
Click on the links below to see full details and download position descriptions;
VFBV Policy and Advocacy Officer
Auxiliary and Support Group Conference cancelled
The VFBV Auxiliary & Support Group Conference, originally scheduled for 8 August, has now been cancelled.
If you have any enquiries, call VFBV on (03) 9886 1141.
9th State Auxiliary & Support Group Conference
Representatives of all Brigade Auxiliaries and Support Groups to are invited to attend the 9th State Conference at Tabcorp Park, 2 Ferris Road, Melton South on Saturday, 8 August 2015.
The Conference starts at 10 am (Tea and coffee will be available from 9 am).
Whilst the Conference Agenda has not been finalised, the following presentations are proposed:
- Ms Claire Higgins, CFA Chair
- Ms Christine Nixon
- Ms Kate Harrap, Acting Executive Director, Operational Training & Volunteerism
- Ms Toni van Hamond, Assistant Director, National Disability Insurance Scheme
- Open Forum
A flyer and RSVP form have been sent to Auxiliaries and Support Groups – for more information, or to have your Auxiliary or Group added to the mailing list, please contact Jenni Laing at the VFBV office on 03 9886 1141 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
2014 VFBV Volunteer Survey - Support from CFA
This theme, more than any other, has generated survey responses relating to specific brigade or individual member issues. Issues raised, include the lack of CFA support for the resolution of management issues at brigade level, a high level of CFA staff turnover at Region and District level impacting on support to brigades and budget cuts impacting on resources for volunteers.
Survey comments for this theme are consistent with previous themes in relation to perceived differences in the level of support provided by CFA to paid and volunteer members, and the general feeling that CFA volunteers are being treated as ‘second class’.
Other notable survey respondent comments include a desire to see more CFA staff working in support of brigades rather than in CFA headquarters on projects, a concern regarding the lack of training for volunteers in administrative roles, and a number of comments that CFA is too focussed on the metropolitan area and not providing sufficient support to regional Victoria brigades.
Whilst performance has improved over the past three years (6.4 to 7.0) resulting in a smaller gap, importance has remained consistently high, reinforcing the fact that support from CFA remains a high priority for volunteers.
The gap improvement from 2.5 to 2.0 is driven by improved performance across all statements within the themes. Statement performance scores all improved between 0.2 and 0.7 in 2014 as compared to the 2013 results.
The statement “CFA paid personnel in my local brigade/district area are committed to supporting and empowering volunteers” improved in performance score by 0.7 from 2013 to 2014 – the equal highest statement performance improvement in the 2014 survey.
There are minor variations in the Region scores as compared to other themes. As previously discussed in the Cooperation theme observations for Regions, further analysis of the factors influencing these results may reveal more valuable information.
Friday 25 October - Federation Square rally in support of NSW
'We Are Thinking Of You'
Melburnians Rally for New South Wales
Federation Square
Centre Stage
12.00 noon Friday 25 October 2013
Representatives of charities gearing up to help in the wake of the disaster, members of the emergency services and the community will gather at Fed Square at 12.00 noon Friday 25 October for the launch of the Big Screen campaign and to collectively show their support for New South Wales at its time of need.
Federation Square invites volunteers to attend, in uniform if possible, and advises that there will be a contingent of people from Marysville there to show their support for people affected by the NSW fires.
