Manager
1 week ago
**A Fixed-Term opportunity for 2 years**:
- **Utilise your strong legal policy and communication skills to develop policy and legislation reforms in relation to critical justice system issues within the Attorney-General's portfolio**:
- **Manage a dynamic and busy team**:
- **VPS Grade 4: 138,631 - $185,518**
**About Us**:
We provide legal, policy and reform expertise to the Attorney-General and other Justice Ministers to deliver on their civil law policy responsibilities and the legislative reform program.
We work collaboratively with key entities across the justice system and the department to ensure policy reform is strategic, relevant, holistic and people-centred.
We are responsible for tort law, human rights and equal opportunity law, succession law, defamation, anti-vilification, trust and property law, civil procedure, guardianship and administration law, elder abuse law, and policy relating to supported decision-making.
**About the Role**:
The Manager is responsible for leading policy officers within Civil Law Policy in the co-ordination, development, implementation, review and reform of policy and legislation across the Attorney-General's portfolio, whilst providing considered, informed and authoritative advice to the senior executives and government on key policy and legislation issues and system reform issues. You will be joining an inclusive and supportive group and will be provided with a range of training and development opportunities.
Some of your duties will include:
- Leading, motivating and managing a team of legal policy officers, providing advice, direction and guidance to plan and deliver significant criminal justice system reforms for the Attorney-General
- Providing high-level, expert and authoritative advice to the senior executives and government on major reforms in a complex policy environment
- Negotiating with and influencing key stakeholders across the justice system to resolve complex problems that have system wide impacts.
To learn more about this role before applying, please read the attached position description.
**About You**:
- A law degree
- Knowledge and experience of processes for developing policy and legislation within a parliamentary system
- Experience leading and managing a team
- Effective writing skills to assist with preparing project briefs, cabinet submissions, drafting instructions, and consultation papers
- High level influencing and negotiation skills to work collaboratively with our partners across the department and the broader justice system
**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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