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/CV0772M

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 Project support**:

- **Manage the Higher Court Contravention process**:

- **Ongoing, full-time VPS Grade 4 position**

An exciting ongoing opportunity is currently available within the Court Assessment and Prosecution Services (CAPS) Central Unit, Community Operations Division, 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.

**About the role**

Working closely with a Senior Project Officer, the VPS 4 Project Officer will be responsible for:

- Provide project support
- Manage the Higher Court Contravention process
- Understand the legislative requirements of CAPS within CCS
- Utilise intimate knowledge of court processes to provide advice and support to CAPS
- Utilise stakeholder management skills to achieve positive outcomes
- Prepare correspondence, briefings and reports

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)

Relevant project management or Community Correctional Services experience is highly desirable.

**How to apply**

**_ FOR INTERNAL VPS EMPLOYEES:_**

**IMPORTANT INFORMATION**:
**MANDATORY VACCINATIONS**:
The department is committed to providing and maintaining a working environment which is safe and without risk to the health of its employees consistent with the department's obligations under the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 (Vic). Therefore, there is a requirement that all DJCS employees be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to undertake duties outside of their homes.

At interview stage and prior to commencement of employment with the department, you will need to provide evidence that you are vaccinated against COVID-19 with **three doses** of a COVID-19 vaccine.

Upon commencement of employment with the department you will be required to provide evidence that you have an up-to-date vaccination status within the timelines specified by the department into the DJCS Service Portal. This includes evidence of **three doses** of a COVID-19 vaccine required by the department (from time to time).

Acceptable evidence includes:

- COVID-19 digital certificate (available via your myGov account)
- Your immunisation history statement (available via your myGov account)

Other documentation outside the above will not be accepted as evidence of having received your COVID-19 vaccine doses.

**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