Review Support Officer

Location: Melbourne | CBD

Job type: Full time / 3 years

Organisation: Department of Justice and Community Safety

**Salary**: $73,842 - $89,661

Occupation: Administration/Secretarial

Reference: VG/MULTIPOSJUNE23

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?
- **Utilise your critical thinking skills to provide support and advice to the Justice Assurance and Review Office**:

- **2 x Fixed term opportunitie to work with a high-performing and passionate team in the Victorian Public Service**:

- **VPS Grade 3: $73,842 - $89,661 plus superannuation**

**About the Business Unit**

The Justice Assurance and Review Office (JARO) is a business unit in the Integrity, Legal and Law Reform (ILLR) group which operates as an internal review and assurance function to advise the Secretary, Department of Justice and Community Safety (DJCS) on the performance of the youth justice and corrections systems. JARO exists separately and independently from the department's Youth Justice group and Corrections Victoria, and acts as an additional line of defence against emerging and enduring risk within each system.

**About the Role**

As the Review and Support Officer, key responsibilites include:

- Coordinate and track all outgoing information requests, stakeholder notifications and other administrative duties as required. This includes monitoring the JARO inbox and liaising with stakeholders such as Corrections Victoria, Youth Justice, Community Correctional Services, Justice Health and the Coroners Court of Victoria.
- Under the guidance of Review Officers, support the preparation of timely, high-quality reports, briefings and correspondence on the findings of assessments, death reviews, incident reviews and thematic reviews.
- Prepare, collate and update information relevant to JARO assessment and review activities, including but not limited to death reviews, reviews of major incidents in the youth justice and corrections systems and thematic reviews.
- Develop an understanding of risk-based methodologies and the JARO Risk Assessment Framework to identify risks to, and improvements in, the youth justice and corrections systems.

**About you**
- Experience working in the criminal justice system is desirable, in particular youth justice and/or corrections.
- Experience in the use of Microsoft Office Suite and information management systems.

**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.