Intelligence Practice Lead

Location: Melbourne | Western Metropolitan

Job type: Full time

Organisation: Department of Justice and Community Safety

**Salary**: $106,534 - $128,897

Occupation: Projects

Reference: VG/CV0829-JUN24

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 high level expertise to CVIU Management in managing and leading projects.**:

- **Ongoing full time opportunity within Corrections Victoria Intelligence Unit.**:

- **VPS Grade 5: $106,534 - $128,897 plus superannuation.**

The Department of Justice and Community Safety is seeking a Intelligence Practice Lead to provide a critical role within Corrections Victoria.

**About the Business Unit**

Corrections Victoria Intelligence Service (CVIS) is the overarching intelligence service for Corrections Victoria (CV), Justice Services and Youth Justice. The CVIS is comprised of the primary intelligence unit known as the Corrections Victoria Intelligence Unit (CVIU), and localised prison intelligence units located at the public and private prison facilities in Victoria.

**About the Role**

The position of Intelligence Practice Lead is within the CVIU and has a primary role of leading the development and implementation of appropriate governance, intelligence frameworks and systems, as well as professional development training to improve the performance of intelligence services across the Youth Justice and adult correctional system. This provides high level strategic advice to CVIU leadership, develops and implements strategy, and manages intelligence development projects.

The role location is flexible between CVIU headquarters at Statewide Services Building in Ravenhall, 50 Franklin Street Melbourne and Youth Justice facilities. There will be a requirement to attend other locations as part of this position's responsibilities.

Some of your duties will include:

- Provide high level strategic advice to the CVIU leadership, manage and lead the development and implementation of leading-edge intelligence practices, policies and procedures to improve the performance of intelligence services in Youth Justice and the adult correctional system.
- Manage and lead the delivery of projects from concept design, development, transition and implementation including the preparation of complex reports, briefings and presentations to influence senior stakeholders to achieve project objectives.
- Develop and implement strategies to improve and standardise intelligence practice.

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:

- Knowledge of the Youth Justice and adult correctional systems and key issues impacting the systems.
- Plan, monitor and manage projects within a legislative framework to time and budget (desirable).
- Ability to develop systems and analyse data from a range of sources to evaluate and improve service delivery (desirable).

**Qualifications**
- An existing Negative Vetting Level 1 Security Clearance, otherwise one must be obtained within 12 months of employment.
- Australian Citizenship.
- Relevant tertiary qualifications or thematic knowledge.
- Working knowledge of the Centurion Intelligence System, Ejustice, PIMS, Microsoft Office and the Prisoner Telephone System (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.