Director Legal Services
5 days ago
The Parole Board Queensland is an independent authority and its statutory functions and powers are exercised independent from influence by Queensland Corrective Services (QCS).
As an independent decision-making body, the Board receives information from a range of people, service providers and organisations. The Board scrutinizes the information it is provided with and maintains public confidence in the parole decision-making process through transparency in its processes.
The Secretariat is a business unit established under the Community Corrections and Specialist Operations division in QCS. The Secretariat supports the Board through the provision of administrative and legal support in accordance with QCS' statutory obligations relating to the operations of the Board.
We need you to have strong problem-solving skills, interpersonal and negotiation skills, the ability to meet the challenges of working in a demanding work environment to be able to manage the Board's legal services unit with the capability and capacity to represent, prepare court documents, instruct counsel and personally appear for complex Board matters.
The following values underpin behaviours that will support, transform and enable better ways of working.
Professionalism: We are a responsive criminal justice agency providing the highest standards of service delivery through diligence, efficiency, collaboration, sharing of knowledge and supporting our co-workers, stakeholders, the community, prisoners and offenders.
Integrity:
We inspire trust by acting ethically at all times, acting with honesty and truthfulness and treating prisoners and offenders with dignity and respect.
Accountability:
We are publicly accountable for the provision of community safety through our actions and preparedness to justify our decisions.
Innovation:
We seek to continually improve through innovation, evidence-based best practice and research to improve correctional services.
Your day to day will be ensuring the Legal Services Unit supports the Board through the provision of expert legal advice to the Board in relation to complex legal matters including parole applications for restricted prisoners, prisoners subject NBNP or Terrorism links, and you'll be providing leadership and management to the Board's legal services unit to ensure compliance with professional and corporate obligations.
Choosing a career at QCS will give you the opportunity to develop your skills within an environment provides the highest standards of service delivery through diligence, efficiency, collaboration, sharing of knowledge and supporting our co-workers, stakeholders, the community, prisoners and offenders.
The role description attached to this advertisement provides a full outline of the role requirements and you are encouraged to review this to assist with your application for this position.
Within the context of the role responsibilities described under "About the role' in the position description, the ideal applicant will be someone who can competitively demonstrate their knowledge, skills and experiences and their suitability against the Leadership competencies for Queensland (Program Leader: Vision, Results and Accountability.
Applications to remain current for 12 months.
Occupational group
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