Guide to hiring with special measures in the public sector

About this guide

This guide is for public sector employees who want to hire using a special measure.

It helps you make sense of:

• what a special measure is
• how to design a special measures role
• how to advertise a special measures role
• the steps you need to take to create a special measure role

If in doubt, check with your legal and policy teams before you apply a special measure.

Or if you need more information after reading this guide, go to:

• Special Measures: Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission
• Section 12 of the Victorian Equal Opportunity Act

• Types of equality and special measures

  Before we explain what a special measure is, you need to understand the legal terms of formal equality and substantive equality.
  
  

• When to use a special measure

  You don’t tie a special measure to a person or a role in an ongoing way. If the role becomes vacant, you can consider if you still need a special measure.

• How to use special measures in role design and advertising

  If you want to use a special measure, you must work with your HR team to design the role.

• Checklist to create a special measure

  Before you start, check if your organisation has a special measures process.