Project Officer

Location: Melbourne | CBD

Job type: Full time

Organisation: Department of Justice and Community Safety

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

Occupation: Projects

Reference: VG/CV0116M

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?
- ** Provide central end-to-end oversight of the Community Correctional Services system**:

- **Ongoing full time opportunity to provide project support to the CAPS Central Unit team**:

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

The Department of Justice and Community Safety is seeking a Project Officer to provide a critical role within Corrections Victoria.

**About the Business Unit**

Justice Services is responsible for the direction, management and operation of Victoria's Community Correctional Services (CCS) across more than 35 locations. It ensures offenders are safely and securely managed and aims to rehabilitate offenders by addressing the underlying causes of offending behaviour.

Community Operations and Parole is responsible for providing central end-to-end oversight of the CCS service system and includes the Parole Central Unit, CCS Practice Development and Review Branch, Statewide Community Work and Partnerships team, Offender Management Development Branch, Court Assessment and Prosecutions Services (CAPS) Central Unit and the Adult Parole Board Secretariat. CCS review and investigation activities, monitoring and reporting and a suite of operational projects are also functions undertaken within Community Operations and Parole.

**About the Role**

The Project Officer is responsible for assisting with the development and implementation of CAPS within CCS. Reporting to a Senior Project Officer, the Project Officer will provide project support to the CAPS Central Unit team, performing a range of functions including management of the Higher Court Contravention process, project planning, research and analysis on complex queries and criminal procedure, liaising with a range of internal and external stakeholders, and the preparation of correspondence, briefings and reports. Record management, monitoring, reporting and data analysis will also be a focus of this role.

Some of your duties will include:

- Administer and support procedural requirements for the prosecution of Community Corrections Order contraventions in the Higher Courts by managing the Higher Court Contravention process.
- Provide project management in line with structured methodology, standards and frameworks and including secretariat functions, the preparation of material for a range of different stakeholders and the implementation of project outcomes.
- Maintenance of high-level record management, monitoring, and reporting.

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:

- Sound knowledge of Victorian government administrative processes and/or legal process.
- Knowledge and/or experience relating to the corrections environment, particularly CCS (desirable).
- Knowledge and experience of court operations and processes as related to Community Correction Orders (desirable).

**Qualifications**
- Relevant project management or Community Correctional Services experience is highly 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.