Prosecutions & Education Lead

**Employment Status**: Permanent, full time
**Days & Hours of Work**:Monday - Friday totalling**38 hours per week
**Competitive Salary**:Band 8 - $133,367 - $149,592 p.a (dependent on experience) plus 12% superannuation
**Location**:Corporate Centre in Sandringham, with the flexibility to work from home two days per week

**About Us**:
We are a passionate organisation, connected in our shared goal to be ‘sector leading’ in all that we do for the community and each other. Home to over 100,000 residents, Bayside City Council's enduring purpose is building extraordinary places, thriving communities, and better futures.

Bayside Council is an equal-opportunity employer committed to providing an accessible and safe working environment that embraces and values child safety, diversity, and inclusion. Our organisational strategy is made up of three priorities and we consider these in everything we do**:Diversity, Equity & Inclusion**, **Customer Experience** and **Results Matter**.

We want everyone to be as proud of what we are achieving - and excited about our future - as we are, and we are committed to working together to achieve this.

**About the Role**:
The Prosecutions and Education Lead is responsible for supporting the legal and compliance functions of various key stakeholders within Council. The role involves high quality legal support, through training and coaching to enforcement-based officers, ensuring high standards of work output and legal and regulatory standards are consistently met.

You will be responsible for:

- **Prosecutions**: Manage and deliver Council’s prosecutions functions to ensure efficient service delivery and compliance with Council’s statutory obligations.
- **Education & Training**: Provide training and coaching to enforcement-based officers, ensuring high standards of investigations.
- **Customer service and leadership**: Develop strong and positive relationships with both internal and external customers.

**Key Selection Criteria**:
To be successful in this role, you will bring the following skills and competencies:

- A tertiary qualification in law, Certificate IV in Municipal Law Enforcement, Diploma in Justice or equivalent and / or experience in the relevant field of law enforcement.
- Demonstrated experience in performing prosecutorial functions and duties in a demanding environment, including the appearance and representation as a prosecutorial advocate and the preparation, analysis and approval of briefs of evidence for proceedings at the Magistrates' Court and VCAT.
- Facilitation and coaching experience.
- A sound knowledge of the function and role of Local Government, specifically the regulatory and compliance environment, including relevant Acts and legislation.

**Mandatory pre-employment requirements**:

- Be willing to undergo and complete a satisfactory criminal history check.
- Provide or obtain an employment-based Working with Children check.

**What we can offer you in return**:

- A work life/balance through flexible and hybrid working arrangements.
- Generous leave provisions, including accrued time off, parental leave, three days of wellbeing leave per year, cultural and ceremonial leave, gender affirmation leave, plus the ability to purchase up to four weeks additional leave per year.
- Dedicated Staff Wellbeing programs, events and gym membership discounts.
- Learning and development opportunities so our people can grow and thrive.
- A Parkland surrounded office that is only short 500m stroll to the beach.
- Free onsite staff parking plus hybrid vehicles that employees can book for work related travel.

If you are ready to be part of our incredible organisation, and you think this role is the right fit for you, then we look forward to finding out more about you and what you would bring to this role.

**How to apply**:

- To discover more about the role and responsibilities review the Position Description.
- If you require reasonable adjustment at any point throughout the recruitment process, then please do let us know by contacting the listed Hiring Manager**.**

**Applications close**: Thursday 18 September, 11:55pm
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