Transfers and Promotions
Public Service
Promotions
A promotion occurs when a VPS employee is selected to a job at a classification level higher than their current job.
Promotions of Department and other Victorian Government employees occurs through a merit selection process that follows the advertisement of a vacancy.
Persons external to the Department or other Victorian Government agencies may be appointed to advertised vacancies through a merit selection process.
Transfers
A transfer or other movement of a VPS employee to other duties in the Department or to duties in another Agency (including a transfer or movement at the initiative of the employee or as a result of an application for an advertised position) is at the same classification level as the employee. Such a transfer or movement does not constitute a resignation.
A VPS employee may be administratively transferred to another position without the position being advertised where a Deputy Secretary directs that an employee be re-assigned at level.
An ongoing VPS employee transferred to a fixed-term position must be paid not less than their substantive salary. There is no capacity to reduce an employee’s substantive salary on a temporary basis. For example, a VPS Grade 4 cannot be paid a VPS Grade 3 salary and then resume in the position in their original division at their substantive VPS Grade 4 salary. However, in this example, the VPS Grade 4 may elect to regrade to the VPS Grade 3 to enable the temporary transfer to the lower classified position on the basis that any such regrade remains the person’s substantive classification on resumption in their original division.
With the exception of action taken as a result of an employee's incapacity, misconduct or inefficiency, an employee cannot be transferred to a lower classification without the employee's consent.
Release and Resumption
Where a VPS employee is selected for a secondment or temporary assignment to another position elsewhere in the public service or within the Department, their release to take up the position is subject to the employee's manager agreeing to the release for the duration of the placement.
A request for early resumption in an employee’s substantive position during an approved period of secondment or temporary assignment to another position will be considered having regard to the workplace’s ability to accommodate the employee’s early resumption in the light of the arrangements made to replace the employee during the secondment or temporary assignment period.
Leave Entitlements
Where a VPS employee promotes, transfers or returns to a teaching or principal class position, all annual leave credits accrued in the VPS position must be used prior to returning, promoting or transferring to such a teaching or principal class position. The employee will be eligible for VPS annual leave loading payments for any annual leave taken during the temporary placement.
Prior to returning to the Teaching Service an employee should utilise any unused annual leave credits. On return to the Teaching Service any unused annual leave credits must be used during subsequent school holiday periods. The employee will be eligible for public service annual leave loading payments for any annual leave taken during the period of public service employment.
Where an employee of the Department transfers or promotes between the VPS and the Teaching Service, the employee is entitled to retain the long service leave and sick leave entitlements credited to them at the time of the transfer/promotion.
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Other Resources
Procedures and Forms
- Salary Charge Amendment form (Word - 133Kb) (EduLibrary - Edumail username and password required)
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