Local Engagement Officer

Utilise your expertise in contract coordination and management.
- Ongoing opportunity in the Barwon South West Region.
- VPS Grade 5: $103,920 - $125,735 plus superannuation.

The Department of Justice and Community Safety (the department) is seeking a Local Engagement Officer to provide a critical role in the Barwon South West Region.

About the business unit
The Department of Justice and Community Services (DJCS) delivers high quality services to Victorians and supports a safe, just, innovative and thriving Victoria. This includes contracting non-government organisations to provide justice services to the Community.
Justice Services delivers frontline operations across the state of Victoria and engages with local communities to support this delivery. Justice Services provides an interface between the department's central program areas and funded service providers, ensuring that policies and programs are effectively delivered in regional areas.
About the role
The Local Engagement Officer (LEO) is located in the DJCS's regional offices and is the interface between the department (including program areas) and funded service providers. The role is focused on establishing collaborative relationships and connections with funded service providers delivering justice services in the region, monitoring their performance, and leveraging the funding services providers and program areas to contribute to and identify opportunities for place-based services.

**Some of the LEO's duties include**:

- Manage and monitor multiple and complex DJCS contracts delivered by funded service providers across a diverse range of DJCS program areas including Victim Support, Consumer Affairs Victoria, Corrections Victoria, and Aboriginal Justice.
- Provide specialist, authoritative contract management and service delivery advice and support across multiple program areas. Use expertise to support funded service providers, regional and central program areas and staff to respond to and resolve operational problems in a manner consistent with contractual obligations, policy and program objectives.
- Analyse and review funded service provider performance. Monitor and communicate with funded service providers to ensure cooperation and the meeting or timelines for delivery of services, reports, advice, and compliance information.

The successful applicant will be required to facilitate and build effective working relationships with local funded service providers and central program areas, requiring regular travel between rural locations with the occasional overnight stay.
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 knowledge and expertise in the coordination of complex service delivery models including contract coordination and management.
- Demonstrated knowledge and expertise in modern service delivery principles, involving the development and implementation of local responses to community needs.
- Demonstrated ability to work under mínimal supervision, as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
- Demonstrated record and data management skills, maintaining up-to-date, complete and accurate records.
- Understands and applies advanced computer skills to complex word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, or database functions.

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.
Prior to commencement of employment with the department you will need to provide evidence that you are vaccinated against COVID-19.
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 all doses of a COVID-19 vaccine required by the department (from time to time).

**Acceptable evidence includes**:
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- COVID-19 digital certificate or ATAGI exemption 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.