Principal Legal Policy Officer
Vor 3 Tagen
Organisation: Department of Justice and Community Safety
Occupation: Policy
Reference: VG/1800091JUNE2024
At the Department of Justice and Community Safety, we’re looking for people who want to make a difference. People who take pride in their work. People who get things done. People who are committed to making Victoria a safer place.
We embrace diversity and strive to have a workforce that reflects the community we serve. We’re all about recruiting the best people, regardless of gender, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation or cultural background. If you think you can do the job and would be a good fit for our department, we’d love to hear from you.
The department is committed to the safety and wellbeing of children and recognises that children’s rights need to be respected, their views welcomed and valued, and their concerns taken seriously and acted upon.
If you require adjustments to the recruitment and selection process, or require an alternative format to any of the application material, please don’t hesitate to get in touch with the contact person listed on this ad.
For more information on working with us and our recruitment process, please visit justice.vic.gov.au/careers
We’re proud of the important work we do across Victoria. Want to be part of it?
- Utilise your expertise to provide support and advice to key stakeholders.
- Ongoing, Full-Time Opportunity to work with a high-performing and passionate team in the Victorian Public Service
The Department of Justice and Community Safety is seeking a Principal Legal Policy Officer, Legal Policy Team to provide a critical role at Policy, Strategy and System Outcomes.
About the Business Unit
Corrections and Justice Services (CJS) is part of the Department of Justice and Community Safety and is responsible for the direction, management and operation of Victoria's adult corrections system, including both community and custodial corrections.
Policy, Strategy and System Outcomes (PSSO), a business unit within CJS, is responsible for policy reform, program design and development, and strengthening engagement with service sector partners. PSSO works closely with other CJS business units to deliver a modern corrections system that is focused on human rights, rehabilitation and community safety. PSSO lives the Victorian Public Service values in its work, with an emphasis on improving outcomes for people in contact with the system, and fostering a workplace culture that is kind, respectful and effective.
About the Role
The Principal Legal Policy Officer is responsible for leading legal policy projects and legislative reform for CJS, developing and coordinating new legislative and policy proposals, and the preparation and coordination of detailed and complex advice, reports and briefings.
Key priorities for the Legal Policy Team and PSSO over the next 12 to 24 months include:
- developing and delivering priority reforms across the adult corrections system, including community corrections, parole and post-sentence
- ensuring human rights are embedded in corrections policy and practice
- contributing to upcoming legislative and regulatory reforms, and
- providing strategic legal policy advice to the Minister and DJCS Executives on key issues and priorities within the corrections system.
The role operates within a complex and dynamic environment that requires a capacity to exercise sound judgement, and the ability to proactively develop and maintain effective relationships with key stakeholders, using influence and negotiation skills to support the provision of clear advice to support effective, timely actions.
Core to being successful in this role will be your ability to understand new subject matter quickly, demonstrate appropriate initiative, and your capacity to write accurate, timely and audience-appropriate documents and briefings.
Some of your duties will include:
- Support the Senior Manager by mentoring and advising the team to deliver advice to senior departmental executives and Ministers on legal policy relating to corrections and justice services.
- Provide high level, technical and authoritative strategic and innovative legal policy advice to departmental executives and Ministers on highly complex and potentially sensitive matters.
- Lead the development of legal policy to support operational service partners within CJS.
To learn more about this role before applying, please read the attached position description.
About you
To be successful in this role, you will have:
- Sound knowledge of and/or experience in Victorian government administrative processes, including Cabinet and legislative processes.
- Previous experience in providing public sector policy advice.
- Knowledge of current policy direction, research and issues within corrections and the criminal justice system more broadly, or the ability to understand these issues quickly.
- Strong conceptual and analytical skills with ability to analyse complex operational, policy and legal issues, interpret legislation and provide appropriate legal or regulatory options.
Qualifications
- A tertiary qualification in law is required for this role.
How to Apply
Please click the Apply button on this advertisement. Applications should include a resume and covering letter. Attachments can be uploaded in .doc, .docx, .pdf, .txt or .rtf formats.
The successful candidate will be required to undergo pre-employment checks which may include national police checks and misconduct screening.
If you require adjustments to the recruitment and selection process, or require an alternative format to any of the application material, please don't hesitate to get in touch with the contact person listed on this ad.
FOR INTERNAL VPS EMPLOYEES:
- For this particular vacancy, priority consideration applies to Victorian Public Service (VPS) and select employees of the Victorian Public Sector who apply through the Jobs Skills Exchange (JSE) jobs board platform.
- For all VPS employees, due to the new Jobs Skills Exchange (JSE) policy, please apply through the JSE to be eligible to be considered for this position in the first round.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
CHILD SAFE STATEMENT OF COMMITMENT:
The Department of Justice and Community Safety is committed to the safety and wellbeing of children and young people. We seek to prevent harm of any kind impacting children and young people and have zero tolerance for racism, child abuse and inequality. Children and young people's rights, relationships, identity, and culture must be recognised and respected, their voices heard, and their concerns acted upon. We aim to foster a culturally safe, child safe and child friendly environment for all children and young people we have contact with, deliver services to, or are impacted by our work.
Carly Inder | carly.inder@justice.vic.gov.au
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