Lead Engagement Officer

**Overview**:
**Work Type**:Fixed-term - Full-time

**Salary**: $113,022 - $136,747

**Grade**:VPS 5

**Occupation**:Community services

**Location**:Melbourne - CBD and Inner Metro suburbs

**Reference**:VG/D00021AUGUST2025

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 Community Services expertise to provide support and advice to the Victim Services Support and Reform branch**:

- ** A Fixed-Term, Full-Time opportunity to work with a high-performing and passionate team in the Victorian Public Service for 3 years**:

- ** VPS Grade 5: $113,022 - $136,747 plus superannuation.**

**About the Business Unit**:

- Victim Services, Support and Reform (VSSR) is part of the Police, Victims, Racing and Coordination Group within the Department of Justice and Community Safety (DJCS). VSSR is responsible for the delivery and reform of services to victims of crime, placing victims at the centre of the justice system.
- In addition to providing direct services to victims of crime, VSSR leads the development and implementation of victim-related policy and program innovation within DJCS and across government. This includes working closely with other areas of DJCS, Justice entities, other government departments and external stakeholders.

**About the Role**:

- As a Lead Engagement Officer (Redress Restorative Engagement Processes), some of your duties will include:

- Leading the delivery of effective Restorative Engagement processes for participants in the Victoria Police and Historical Forced Adoption Redress schemes
- Managing contracted facilitators to deliver effective Restorative Engagement processes
- Contributing to continuous improvement and expansion of victim-centred restorative practice in the Department of Justice and Community Safety.
- To learn more about this role before applying, please read the attached position description.

**About You**:

- Understanding of restorative justice practice, theories and processes
- Experience leading a team providing services to victims of crime or people who have experienced institutional harm
- Sound knowledge and experience in Government administrative and business processes and reporting
- Demonstrated ability to prepare well-written, timely, concise, accurate and audience-appropriate briefings and reports.
- Qualifications/Requirements:_
- A relevant tertiary qualification (such as Psychology, Social Work, Human Services or Law) and/or a minimum of five years in practice in a related field (such as restorative or group conferencing, family violence specialist services, family and community services, mediation and therapeutic justice) is required
- Experience working in government and/or in victim support / case management would be desirable.

**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.

- Applications close Tuesday 26 August 2025 at 11.59pm

Posted
- 12 August 2025