Legal Policy Officer

4 months ago

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

Contribute to the development and delivery of legal policy projects and reform for Corrections and Justice Services.
- Ongoing full time opportunity to work within Policy, Strategy and Service Design.
- VPS Grade 4: $91,418 - $103,725 plus superannuation.

The Department of Justice and Community Safety is seeking a Legal Policy Officer to provide a critical role within Corrections and Justice Services.

About the Business Unit
The Department of Justice and Community Safety is responsible for promoting community safety through the effective management and provision of rehabilitation and reparation opportunities to prisoners and offenders under custodial and community-based supervision.
The Corrections and Justice Services Policy, Strategy and Service Design Group (PSSD) is responsible for policy reform, program development and design, and strengthening engagement with service sector partners. PSSD works closely with other CJS business units to deliver a modern corrections system that is focused on human rights, rehabilitation and community safety. PSSD lives the DJCS 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 Legal Policy Officer, Legal Policy Team will be responsible for contrubting to legal policy projects and reform for Corrections and Justice Service, and the preparation and coordination of detailed and complex reports and briefings.
Key priorities for Legal Policy and PSSD over the next 12 to 24 months include developing and delivering critical reforms recommended by the Cultural Review into the Adult Custodial Corrections System, ensuring human rights are embedded in corrections policy and practice, contributing to upcoming legal and regulatory reforms and providing strategic legal policy advice to the Minister and our executive 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.

**Some of your duties will include**:

- Contributing to the development of high level and authoritative strategic and innovative legal policy advice to departmental executives and Ministers on complex and potentially sensitive matters.
- Providing high quality and authoritative written materials including solutions focussed reports, briefings, papers and presentations on policy and program issues and options for senior management, departmental executives, government and other key stakeholders.
- Developing legal policy to support operational service partners within Corrections and Justice Services.

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

**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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