Principal Policy Officer

2 months ago

Melbourne, Australia Department of Justice and Community Safety Full time

Location: Melbourne | CBD

Job type: Full time

Organisation: Department of Justice and Community Safety

**Salary**: $129,379 - $173,138

Occupation: Policy

Reference: VG/DJ4711JUN23

The Department of Government Services was established in 2023 to improve the experience for Victorian’s doing business and interacting with the government.

We are doing this by connecting and digitising our systems and platforms across state and local government, streamlining our corporate and procurement services and refocusing government policy and operations to make sure we are customer focused.

Department of Government Services brings together Digital Victoria, Service Victoria, Local Government Victoria, Consumer Affairs Victoria, the grant program centre and consolidates procurement policy, and whole of Victorian government telecommunications policy as well as the Working With Children Checks and Births, Deaths and Marriages. Oversight of Cenitex and the Public Record Office Victoria also transfers to DGS.

DGS also brings together VPS accommodation management, grant administration platforms and administration, and the procurement of whole of government goods and services. A new corporate shared service arrangement between DGS and central agencies (DPC and DTF) will deliver seamless and efficient services, while also driving VPS-wide corporate services reforms.
- ** Utilise your Policy expertise to provide support and advice to the Regulatory Assurance and Policy Branch**:

- **Ongoing, Full-Time** opportunity to work with a high-performing and passionate team in the Victorian Public Service**:

- **VPS Grade 6: $129,379 - $127,138 plus superannuation.**

**About Us**:
**About the Role**:
The Regulation and Dispute Services portfolio interacts with a number of other government portfolios and impacts on everyday Victorians, a range of industries and a number of occupations. This demands that the unit consider communication and engagement as part of policy development and maintain effective engagement with agencies, industry and community stakeholders.

Some of your key duties will include:

- Providing high quality, authoritative and comprehensive advice to the Minister for Consumer Affairs, Ministerial office, the Secretary, Deputy Secretary, Executives and Senior Officers on policy issues arising in regulation policy and advice
- Managing designated projects and activities to deliver policy reviews, develop evidence-based policy proposals, undertake research and public consultations, and analyse and evaluate public policy options to address consumer and fair-trading issues and deliver on government priorities.
- Reviewing legislation administered by the Regulation Policy business unit, develop and evaluate legislative and other regulatory options and advise on the implications of specific proposals.

**About You**:

- Ability to formulate policy and legislation options and advice
- Ability to develop project briefs consistent with business plan direction
- Ability to manage and lead complex policy and/or legislative reform projects

**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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