Deputy Secretary, Youth Justice

5 months ago

Melbourne, Australia Department of Justice and Community Safety Full time

Location: Melbourne | CBD

Job type: Full time / Up to 5 Years

Organisation: Department of Justice and Community Safety

**Salary**: $401,018 - $533,431

Occupation: Executive Management

Reference: VG/JEP430-JAN24

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.

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?
- ** Provide expert, authoritative and timely policy advice on issues impacting on the Youth Justice system.**:

- **Executive Contract for up to 5 Years within Office of the Deputy Secretary.**:

- **SES Grade 3: $401,018 - $533,431 Total **Remuneration** Package.**

The Department of Justice and Community Safety is seeking a Deputy Secretary to provide a critical role within Youth Justice.

**About the Business Unit**

The Department of Justice and Community Safety (DJCS) provides a range of government programs and services which focus on improving community safety, victim services, regulatory services and crime prevention, and building strong collaboration across the justice system.

DJCS reports to the following ministers:

- Attorney-General and Minister for Emergency Services
- Minister for Police, Minister for Racing and Minister for Crime Prevention
- Minister for Corrections, Minister for Youth Justice, Minister for Victim Support
- Minister for Casino, Gaming and Liquor Regulation.

Youth Justice is a group within the Department of Justice and Community Safety that operates within a dynamic environment. The group works to achieve a leading youth justice system in Victoria across custodial and community-based services to improve community safety outcomes through reducing re-offending and supporting children and young people to turn their lives around.

**About the Role**

Reporting to the Secretary, this position plays an integral role in delivering justice services across Victoria. The position leads the Youth Justice Group at DJCS, which oversees the Victorian Youth Justice system, including custodial and community-based orders, and justice health services for people in youth justice centres. Youth Justice administers court orders and is working to reduce recidivism, improve community safety and provide genuine opportunities for rehabilitation and support for reintegration. This includes programs to address over-representation, addressing drivers of imprisonment and upgrading correctional infrastructure to support safe and humane environments.

The position will also play a significant role in developing and maintaining relationships with a wide variety of stakeholders including ministers, senior executives, government departments and agencies.

Some of your duties will include:

- Provide expert, authoritative and timely policy advice, reasoned recommendations and innovative options and solutions to highly complex and sensitive issues to Ministers and senior executives on a wide variety of issues impacting on the Youth Justice system.
- Lead and develop teams to foster a collaborative culture and build resilient and efficient processes. This will involve management and mentoring to deliver effective staff performance and building staff capability through training and development.

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:

- A proven track record in senior executive roles and leadership in matters of operational management, service planning, delivery and performance monitoring.
- A demonstrated commitment to achieve positive outcomes for people in contact with the justice system, and a willingness to develop and deliver innovative service improvements to achieve these outcomes.
- Highly developed skills in the development of and leadership for system and service development, innovation, and reform.
- Demonstrated expertise in leading the delivery of frontline services.
- Highly developed relationship building and stakeholder management skills with a track record in building successful partnerships, including a demonstrated ability to build cross portfolio relationships.
- Knowledge and understanding of the key is

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