Review Officer

2 weeks ago


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

**Utilise your Analytical expertise to provide support and advice to the**Integrity and Reviews branch**:

- **A Fixed-Term, Full-Time opportunity to work with a high-performing and passionate team in the Victorian Public Service for 2 years**:

- **VPS Grade 4: $97,955 - $111,142 plus superannuation.**

**About the Business Unit**:
Integrity, Regulation and Legal Services provides legal, policy, integrity and assurance expertise to the Department of Justice and Community Safety (DJCS) and Justice Ministers. Integrity and Reviews provides integrity and assurance expertise and the DJCS staff supporting the operation of the Post Sentence Authority and the Inspector-General for Emergency Management. The Justice Assurance and Review Office (JARO) assists the Secretary to ensure that adult prisons and youth justice facilities are safe, secure and humane. It provides high-quality advice on areas of risk and opportunities for improvement in corrections and youth justice. JARO's key activities include:

- reviewing all deaths in adult prisons and youth justice facilities
- reviewing select deaths of offenders in the community
- assessing and reviewing serious and significant incidents such as assaults, riots and escapes from custody
- conducting thematic reviews and targeted analysis of issues posing systemic risks The role of a Review Officer
- Undertaking assessments and lead complex review activities, including but not limited to death reviews, reviews of major incidents in the youth justice and corrections systems, and thematic reviews.
- Contribuing to high-quality reports, briefings, and correspondence on the findings of assessments, complex deaths, incidents, and thematic reviews.
- monitoring and assessing serious incidents that affect the performance of the systems, including youth justice precincts, youth justice community services, prisons, Community Correctional Services and prisoner transportation
- administering the Independent Prison Visitor Scheme on behalf of the Minister for Corrections.

**About the Role**:
The Review Officer assists with triaging incidents, assessments, complex reviews and presents high quality, authoritative, and evidence-based findings to senior audiences to drive service delivery improvements within deadlines.

Some of your duties will include:

- Triage incidents, undertaking assessments and leading complex review activities, including but not limited to death reviews, reviews of major incidents in the youth justice and corrections systems, and thematic reviews
- Contributing to high-quality reports, briefings, and correspondence on the findings of assessments, complex deaths, incidents, and thematic reviews
- Adopting a risk-based approach, analysing complex data and information to identify emerging issues and trends and provide innovative and proactive recommendations to influence and strengthen the operation, safety, security and wellbeing of the correctional and youth justice systems.

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

**About You**:

- Demonstrated written and verbal communication skills in analytical report writing and briefing
- The ability to resolve issues through deep understanding or interpretation of existing guidelines and acting upon initiative where guidelines are not available
- The ability to build a supportive and cooperative team environment while engaging with other teams to share information in order to understand or respond to issues, all the while remaining willing to support others in challenging situations.
- Qualifications/Requirements:_
- No mandatory qualifications. However, completion of a recognised and relevant tertiary qualification is highly desirable

**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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