OVERVIEW

Work type: Full time
Salary: $138,631 - $185,518
Grade: VPSG6
Occupation: Other
Location: CBD
Reference: VG/D01116MAY2025
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.
If you require adjustments to the recruitment and selection process, or require an alternative format to any of the application material, please don’t hesitate to get in touch with the contact person listed on this ad.
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?

• Lead an experienced team in a sensitive and complex environment
• Fantastic opportunity: Full-time / Fixed-term role until 31 December 2026
• VPS Grade 6: $138,631 - $185,518 plus superannuation

ABOUT THE ROLE:

The role suits an experienced and dynamic senior officer who is strategic and a creative thinker and enjoys leading an experienced team in a sensitive and complex environment. The role also requires dealing with material that can be challenging and distressing and will best suit a candidate who is resilient and empathetic.

Some of your duties will include:

• Conducting objective, and accurate assessments of applications to the schemes in accordance with the schemes’ instrument of delegations, key parameters and Assessment Guidelines.
• Providing advice, strategic direction and mentoring to staff undertaking case management work to ensure consistent and integrated practices to account for individual experience.
• Overseeing and facilitating effective participant access to counselling, wellbeing, and other appropriate therapeutic services through embedded practices to build safety and trust for the participant.

To be successful in this role you will be able to demonstrate:

• The ability to understand and apply complex regulatory, compliance and authorisation frameworks relevant to the organisation’s operations.
• Significant leadership and staff management experience, preferably in a service delivery context.
• Strong conceptual skills with the ability to analyse complex policy and legal issues, interpret legislation and provide accurate and strategic advice across a range of areas relevant to the schemes