Policy Officer

7 days ago

Melbourne City Centre, Australia Department of Justice and Community Safety Full time

Utilise your coordination expertise to provide support and advice to the Ministerial Services, Policy Reform and Programs branch
- Ongoing, Full-Time opportunity to work with a high-performing and passionate team in the Victorian Public Service
- VPS Grade 4: $92,332 - $104,762 plus superannuation.

**About Us**:
Ministerial Services, Policy Reform and Programs (MSPRP) comprise several business units, including: Ministerial Services and Coordination, Policy Reform and Programs and Redress Design. These business units are responsible for providing critical departmental and Ministerial coordination support and delivering essential family violence programs and crime prevention grants. MSPRP is also responsible for delivery of priority justice policy reforms in line with departmental and Ministerial priorities. It also leads on crime prevention, family violence and the public intoxication reforms. MSPRP teams work in a dynamic environment, requiring agile policy teams to respond to key priorities as they arise.

**About the Role**:
As the Policy Officer, you will be responsible for assisting the development and progression of sound policy and strategic advice to senior department executives on key coordination activities. Where appropriate, this may include engaging with key stakeholders to ensure quality advice.
You will work with the team to contribute to a range of project specific work. This may include briefing products, stakeholder engagement and secretariat support.

**Some of your duties will include**:

- Undertaking coordination and engagement activities to assist in the development of department wide advice to relevant Ministers and departmental executives on a wide variety of issues.
- Contributing expertise to a team working on key coordination activities with some guidance and direction, to ensure development of considered briefings, advice and delivery of project objectives.
- With some guidance and direction, leading the delivery of key activities to contribute to project delivery of coordination activities including engaging with relevant stakeholders, recognising potential barriers and developing options to deal with them.

To learn more about this role before applying, please read the attached position description.
- Strong conceptual and analytical skills.
- Demonstrated ability to contribute to the successful delivery of whole of department coordination processes.
- Demonstrated ability to prepare well-written, timely, concise, accurate and audience-appropriate briefings and reports.
- Sound knowledge of Cabinet and Parliamentary processes.

**Qualifications**:

- A tertiary qualification in a related discipline would be highly desirable.

**How to Apply**:
**FOR INTERNAL VPS EMPLOYEES**:
**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.

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