Manager, Legal Assistance

3 weeks ago

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

Lead strategy and policy for legal assistance services
- Fixed term opportunity to work with a high-performing and passionate team in the Victorian Public Service
- VPS Grade 6.1: $127,467 - $149,024 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).

**There are three teams in System Governance**:

- Governance Strategy, Review and Appointments
- which is responsible for strategic reviews of key justice system entities, management of funding through the Appeal Costs Board, providing support to the Judicial Entitlements Panel, and managing the high priority appointment of judicial officers and key board appointments within the Attorney-General's portfolio
- Legal Assistance: which drives the funding and reporting of legal assistance services for the community legal sector at both Commonwealth and State level.
- Honorary Justice Services Support - which provides policy, day-to-day management and operational oversight of Victoria's Honorary Justices.

About the role
The Manager role has oversight of significant grants and funding arrangements, and associated reporting obligations, which require strategic and operational level planning and implementation.
The role is directly responsible for managing staff development and performance, team resources and budgets, executive reporting, ongoing improvement and effective risk management systems and processes.
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**:

- Experience working at a senior level supporting ministerial and departmental executive functions and Parliamentary and departmental processes
- Experience of establishing and managing funding arrangements and associated complex reporting requirements
- Proven ability to manage strategic projects

How to apply

**FOR INTERNAL VPS EMPLOYEES**:
**IMPORTANT INFORMATION**:
The department is committed to providing and maintaining a working environment which is safe and without risk to the health of its employees consistent with the department's obligations under the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 (Vic). Therefore, there is a requirement that all DJCS employees be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to undertake duties outside of their homes.
Prior to commencement of employment with the department you will need to provide evidence that you are vaccinated against COVID-19.
Upon commencement of employment with the department you will be required to provide evidence that you have an up-to-date vaccination status within the timelines specified by the department into the DJCS Service Portal. This includes evidence of all doses of a COVID-19 vaccine required by the department (from time to time).

**Acceptable evidence includes**:
1. COVID-19 digital certificate or ATAGI exemption certificate (available via your myGov account)
2. Your immunisation history statement (available via your myGov account)
Other documentation outside the above will not be accepted as evidence of having received your COVID-19 vaccine doses.

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