Office of Indigenous Employment and Development

The Office of Indigenous Employment and Development (OIED) is the University’s Indigenous Human Resources business unit, operational since January 2024. The unit is a key outcome of Murmuk Djerring, the University of Melbourne’s Indigenous Strategy 2023-2027 and the University’s continued commitment to being an employer of choice for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff.

The Office of Indigenous Employment and Development (OIED) is the University’s Indigenous Human Resources business unit, operational since January 2024. The unit is a key outcome of Murmuk Djerring, the University of Melbourne’s Indigenous Strategy 2023-2027 and the University’s continued commitment to being an employer of choice for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff.

OIED was established to deliver Indigenous staff recruitment, retention, professional development and providing targeted support to advancing career pathways through their employment journey at the University.

Our priorities

The Indigenous Employment Plan 2023-2027 sets out our Unit’s four broad focus areas:

  1. Attraction and Recruitment
  2. Retention and Development
  3. Cultural Safety and Wellbeing
  4. Governance and Leadership

Embedded in the four focus areas are key priorities and actions that are essential to meeting our Indigenous staff headline targets:

  • Indigenous staff numbers to reach 350 by 2025.
  • An Academic to Professional staff ratio to be equal for Indigenous and non-Indigenous staff by 2025.
  • A senior (Level 8 and above) to junior Professional staff ratio to be equal for Indigenous and non -Indigenous staff by 2025.

Our focus

OIED will work across faculties and administrative divisions to embed institutional cultural change by setting strategic policy, processes and systems change that is culturally safe, culturally responsive and culturally inclusive.

We will work to:

  • Develop and implement culturally safe policies and procedures that fosters safe and inclusive workplace for Indigenous students and staff.
  • Support faculties and business units to identify and develop roles for Indigenous peoples to gain meaningful and sustainable employment.
  • Increase opportunities that offer successful career growth and advancement to leadership roles for Indigenous students and staff.
  • Develop recruitment practices that are inclusive of Indigenous peoples.
  • Hear Indigenous stories, value the unique contributions of the many Indigenous voices to deliver change that will increase the number of Indigenous peoples employed at UoM.

Getting in touch

To reach out to us please send us an email to o-ied@unimelb.edu.au and one of our team members will get in touch.