OVERVIEW

Work type: Full time
Salary: $134,593 - $180,115
Grade: VPSG6
Occupation: Other
Location: CBD
Reference: VG/D02678APRIL2025
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?

• Utilise your Management expertise to provide support and advice to the Redress Design and Delivery business unit
• A Fixed-Term, Full-Time opportunity to work with a high-performing and passionate team in the Victorian Public Service until 28th February 2027
• VPS Grade 6: $134,593 - $180,115 plus superannuation.

Qualifications/Requirements:

• A qualification in law, policy or public administration from a recognised tertiary institution is desired. Experience working in social policy, legal policy and/or senior leadership roles will be well-regarded

ABOUT THE ROLE:

The Senior Manager, Fiskville reports to, and will work collaboratively with, the Executive Lead, Redress Implementation to effectively deliver redress assessment decisions to applicants.

Some of your duties will include:

• Ensuring compliance with all authorisations designated to the Senior Manager position while overseeing and guiding staff to follow the same designated authorisations ensuring processes, tasks and activities align with established policies and practice
• Providing advice, strategic direction and quality assurance to staff undertaking assessment and case management work to ensure rigorous, consistent, and integrated practices that align with the schemes’ parameters and policies.
• Providing high-level advice and support on policy issues relevant to the schemes, and other policy issues to support a trauma informed approach to engaging with participants of the redress scheme.

Qualifications/Requirements:

• A qualification in law, policy or public administration from a recognised tertiary institution is desired. Experience working in social policy, legal policy and/or senior leadership roles will be well-regarded.

To learn more about this role before applying, please read the attached position description.

RDD is currently responsible for the following Redress Schemes:

• Administering a redress scheme for Victoria Police employees who have experienced workplace sex discrimination and/or sexual harassment. This redress scheme provides front-line support services, assessment of applications, and provision of financial redress outcomes to eligible participants and is implementing a tailored Restorative Engagement program. The Police Scheme is now closed, applications are still be reviewed and assessed and outcomes delivered.
• Delivering a redress scheme for Fiskville affected persons in response to recommendations from the 2016 Inquiry into the Fiskville Training College Final Report. The scheme provides financial redress, which acknowledges past harm and offers financial and non-financial support