Policy Officer

1 week ago

Melbourne, Australia Department of Justice and Community Safety Full time

Location: Melbourne | CBD

Job type: Full time / 2 years

Organisation: Department of Justice and Community Safety

**Salary**: $91,418 - $103,725

Occupation: Policy

Reference: VG/DJ2159JAN23

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?
- ** Fixed-term up to 2 years, Full Time opportunity within the Legal Assistance team**:

- **Be a part of key projects, programs and policy outcomes**:

- **Support the delivery of justice and legal assistance services to the Victorian community**:

- **VPS Grade 4: $91,418 - $103,725 plus superannuation.**

**About the Business Unit**

System Governance Unit (SG) is a unit within Governance and Integrity Policy (GIP), Integrity, Legal and Law Reform (ILLR) of the Department of Justice and Community Safety (DJCS). GIP collaborates with partners across the justice system, including with key entities and the courts, and other parts of the department to ensure policy reform is strategic, relevant, holistic and people-centred.

Within this, the SG unit recognises the importance of creating strong governance expertise to guide ILLR's collaboration and oversight of justice system partners. The unit is responsible for providing high quality and authoritative advice to support our legal governance and administrative responsibilities.

Within GIP, the SG branch has three teams, namely:

- Appointments -manages the department's high priority appointments of judicial officers and key board appointments.
- Governance Strategy and Review -responsible for governance policy and support, strategic reviews, strategic and operational relationship management and funding of the Victorian legal assistance sector, as well as support for key justice system entities.
- Honorary Justice Services Support -provides policy, day-to-day management and operational oversight of Victoria's Honorary Justices.

The legal assistance team is responsible for:

- Stakeholder engagement with all parts of the legal assistance sector, establishing and maintaining strong working relationships with key entities including Victoria Legal Aid (VLA), the Federation of Community Legal Centres (FCLC), and its constituent Community Legal Centres (CLCs), Aboriginal Legal Services, and the Victoria Law Foundation (VLF).
- Management of state-based grants, preparing budget submissions, and identifying the impacts of other justice initiatives on access to justice and the legal assistance sector.
- Working in partnership with the Commonwealth Attorney-General's Department, interstate peers and the Victorian legal assistance sector to manage the implementation of the National Legal Assistance Partnership (NLAP) 2020-25.
- Working with the sector, and other parts of DJCS, to identify emerging and continuing legal needs and opportunities for building sector capability and developing innovative solutions.

**About the Role**

The Policy Officer will be responsible for contributing to the advice to government on the performance of justice system entities, delivering initiatives to improve performance and advice on the effective use of public funds in achieving these goals. The role will contribute to identification and development of improvements to overall funding arrangements and the legal assistance evidence base. The role may also involve contributing to the coordination, research, development, implementation, review and reform of other policy and system issues across the Attorney-General's portfolio.

**About You**
- Knowledge of and/or experience of social policy or associated fields and/or knowledge of law.
- Knowledge of and/or experience in Victorian Government policy development, particularly the preparation of budget submissions or other forms of project or proposal plans.
- Knowledge of and/or experience in governance and financial or performance reporting.
- Comfortable working with numbers, including good computer skills.

To learn more about this role before applying, please read the attached position description.

**How to Apply**

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