Principal Review Officer

Location: Melbourne | CBD

Job type: Full time

Organisation: Department of Justice and Community Safety

**Salary**: $129,379 - $173,138

Occupation: Health and Allied Health

Reference: VG/D01389-AUG23

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?
- ** Utilise your management and leadership expertise to provide support and advice to Justice Assurance and Review Office.**:

- **Ongoing full time opportunity to work within Justice Health.**:

- **VPS Grade 6: $129,379 - $173,138 plus superannuation.**

The Department of Justice and Community Safety is seeking a Principal Review Officer to provide a critical role within Corrections and Justice Services.

**About the Business Unit**

Justice Health is the business unit of the Department of Justice and Community Safety (DJCS) responsible for health, mental health and alcohol and other drug (AOD) services in Victoria's prisons and Youth Justice centres. Justice Health sets the standards for the delivery of these services, monitors service delivery, and manages contracts with service providers across public prisons and Youth Justice facilities.

Justice Health works in collaboration with the other DJCS areas such as Corrections Victoria and Youth Justice, as well as the Department of Health to fulfil these functions. This collaboration helps to ensure that people in custody are effectively transitioned back to the community from prison.

**About the Role**

The Principal Review Officer works closely alongside the Justice Assurance and Review Office (JARO). JARO is a business unit in the Integrity, Legal and Law Reform (ILLR) group which operates as an internal review and assurance function to advise the Secretary, DJCS on the performance of the youth justice and corrections systems. JARO exists separately and independently from the department's Youth Justice group and Corrections Victoria, and acts as an additional line of defence against emerging and enduring risk within each system.

As an experienced manager you be required to lead, empower and build capability in high performing teams. You will be accountable for leadership, coordination and management of a team responsible for undertaking reviews into the health care provided to prisoners who pass in custody, conduct incident reviews, undertake complex analyses identifying emerging risks, assessing thematic issues and monitoring trends, and work collaboratively with health service providers and JARO to identify opportunities for continuous improvement.

Reporting to the Director, Health Services and Clinical Governance, the Principal Review Officer will:

- Provide direction and management in assessments and lead complex review activities, including but not limited to review of health care delivery, policies and procedures and interviews of health staff in relation to deaths in custody, reviews of major incidents in the youth justice and corrections systems, and thematic reviews.
- Prepare and present high-quality reports, briefings and correspondence on the findings of assessments, complex death, incident and thematic reviews.
- Facilitate, coordinate and analyse complex data and information to identify emerging issues and trends, and provide innovative and proactive recommendations to influence and contribute to improvements in the youth justice and corrections systems utilising a risk-based approach.

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:

- Demonstrated leadership and management experience in health, mental health, and/or AOD systems
- Demonstrated understanding and awareness of the key issues impacting health, mental health, and/or AOD services to vulnerable cohorts
- Demonstrated high level written and verbal communication skills in analytical report writing and briefing
- Demonstrated ability and experience in the monitoring of health service provision.
- Demonstrated ability to provide expert clinical advice within a challenging and complex health environment
- Knowledg