Assistant Manager Aboriginal Policy and Strategic Support

**Leads policy development, governance, coordination and strategic planning functions in a complex operating environment**:

- **Support Aboriginal organisations delivering justice programs through contract management and working groups**:

- **Ongoing full-time -**VPS Grade 5: $113,022 - $136,747 plus superannuation**.**

The Department of Justice and Community Safety (the department) is** seeking an** **Assistant Manager, Aboriginal Policy and Strategic Support** to fill a vital role within the Aboriginal Operations Strategic Support team within the Workforce and Aboriginal Outcomes division.

**_ "This is a prioritised role for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples, who will be given priority consideration as per the special measures provision of the Equal Opportunity Act 2010"._**

**About the Business Unit**

Corrections Victoria operates Victoria's adult prison system, seeking to provide safe and secure containment for people in custody and an environment and programs and services that support rehabilitation. Corrections Victoria runs 11 public prisons, one transition centre, and oversees privately operated prisons. Corrections Victoria provides best practice interventions that aim to reduce the risk of reoffending, including case management informed by sound risk assessment, offence specific and offence related programs, and transition and reintegration supports.

Workforce and Aboriginal Outcomes leads the design, development, implementation and monitoring of Corrections Victoria policies, programs and services aimed at reducing the over-representation of Aboriginal people within the Victorian correctional system and manage initiatives related to the Safer prisons, Safer People, Safer Communities reform agenda. The division is made up of three teams, Cultural Review and Workforce Strategy, Naalamba Ganbu and Nerrlinggu Yilam and Aboriginal Operational Strategic Supports.

**About the role**:
The Assistant Manager, Aboriginal Policy and Strategic Support sits within the Aboriginal Operational Strategic Supports team which is responsible for policy, contracts and procurement, governance and secretariat functions and planning and reporting for Aboriginal programs and services.

As the Assistant Manager Aboriginal Policy and Strategic Support, you will develop and monitor policies, be responsible for strategic planning, program monitoring and reporting and providing high-level strategic advice and complex reports to executive management and Ministers. You will have oversight of a number of program support functions including contracts and procurement, governance, data collation and analysis as well as secretariat and reporting responsibilities.

You will liaise with multiple internal and external stakeholders including Aboriginal Justice Caucus (AJC) and Regional Aboriginal Justice Advisory Committees (RAJACs) as a key stakeholder in relation to policy development and programs and services reporting.

**Some of your responsibilities will include**:

- Lead the development of policies, guidelines and processes relating to people in custody.
- Lead the development of business and strategic planning processes for the Workforce and Aboriginal Outcomes division.
- Oversee the development and review of programs and other support services for Aboriginal people in custody including consultation and reporting functions.
- Support Aboriginal organisations delivering justice programs through contract management and working groups to achieve better outcomes for Aboriginal people in custody and transitions back to community.
- Promote and seek endorsement of policy and program development and implementation through the Aboriginal Justice Forum (AJF), RAJACs, project working groups and committees.

**About you**

To be successful in this role, you will have:

- Experience in planning, and the development and implementation of policy.
- Experience in business functions such as contract management, data collation and analysis, reporting and secretariat/governance activities.
- Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of the Aboriginal community, both society and culture, and the issues impacting it.
- Demonstrated ability to communicate sensitively and work effectively with the Victorian Aboriginal community.

**_ For Aboriginal Designated and Prioritised positions, a Certificate of Aboriginality (CoA) will be required prior to an offer of employment being made._**

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

**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 voice