Programs Officer

Location: Melbourne | CBD

Job type: Full time

Organisation: Department of Justice and Community Safety

**Salary**: $91,418 - $103,725

Occupation: Administration/Secretarial

Reference: VG/5607-JULY23

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?
- ** Great opportunity to join Forensic Intervention Services**:

- **Make a positive difference in keeping our community safe**:

- **VPS Grade 4: $91,418 - $103,725 plus superannuation.**

Exciting opportunity to join Forensic Intervention Services as the Programs Officer, Service Development, on an Ongoing basis.

**About the Business Unit**

Corrections Victoria is part of the Department of Justice and Community Safety and is responsible for the operation of Victoria's adult corrections system, public and privately operated prisons, and a transitional centre. It ensures that people held in prison are safely and securely contained and aims to rehabilitate people by addressing the underlying causes of offending behaviour.

As a division of Corrections Victoria, Forensic Intervention Services is a specialist program area within Offender Services that provides people who offend (our service users) in custody and in the community with evidence-based offence-specific screening, assessment, and interventions to support their rehabilitation. In doing so, Forensic Intervention Services is a critical component of the Department's strategy to reduce reoffending and contribute to community safety.

The Service Development Team is responsible for leading innovative service reforms via development and management of projects that drives continuous service delivery and practice improvements across the state and for public and private prisons. The team is also responsible for leading change management and stakeholder engagement strategies to support service reforms.

**About the Role**

The Programs Officer role is responsible for supporting the development and implementation of ongoing service and quality improvements in clinical service delivery and working collaboratively with key internal and external stakeholders, including clinical staff across the state.

Some of your duties will include:

- Provide support and lead projects to support the effective and consistent delivery of clinical services across the State, including ongoing service and quality improvements.
- Prepare advice, briefing papers, reports, discussion papers and presentations under supervision, for senior staff and key stakeholders.
- Work collaboratively with key internal and external stakeholders to support the implementation of service and quality improvements.

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:

- Comprehensive writing for government skills and experience (briefs, reports, presentations, correspondence)
- Knowledge and/or experience of project management frameworks, concepts and strategies
- Knowledge and/or experience in Stakeholder engagement and management
- Experience in providing specialist administrative and corporate support expertise

**Qualifications**:

- A relevant tertiary qualification is desirable.

**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.