Program Officer, Family Violence Initiatives

Location: Melbourne | CBD

Job type: Part time

Organisation: Department of Justice and Community Safety

**Salary**: $91,418 - $103,725

Occupation: Other

Reference: VG/DJ1247MAR23

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 program expertise to provide support and advice to the Victim Services, Support and Reform Branch**:

- **Ongoing, Full-Time** opportunity to work with a high-performing and passionate team in the Victorian Public Service**:

- **VPS Grade 4 : $91,418 - $103,725 plus superannuation.**

**About Us**:
Victim Services, Support and Reform (VSSR) is part of the Police, Racing, Victims and Coordination Division of the Department of Justice and Community Safety (DJCS) and is responsible for coordinating a suite of services for victims of crime in Victoria.

**About the Role**:
The Program Officer - Family Violence Initiatives is responsible for coordinating MARAM, FVISS and CISS implementation within VSSR and providing advice to VSSR on relevant family violence guidelines, processes, and protocols to support frontline services to victim survivors.

Some of your duties will include:

- Coordinating family violence program initiatives, information, and decisions across VSSR.
- Coordinating reporting on the Family Violence Information Sharing Scheme, Child Information Sharing Scheme and MARAM Framework for VSSR.
- Building and maintaining positive relationships with internal and external stakeholders to facilitate and achieve high quality outcomes.

**About You**:

- An intrinsic understanding and awareness of the nature and dynamics of family violence, the legislative context and service system in Victoria.
- Demonstrated experience in writing and translating complex information, policies and/or legislation to support operational requirements in a frontline service.
- A relevant tertiary qualification and or experience in social work, family violence, criminal justice or related discipline and experience with victim services and/or family violence reforms will be highly regarded.

**How to apply**

**_ FOR INTERNAL VPS EMPLOYEES:_**

**IMPORTANT INFORMATION**:
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._