• Provide advice, information and guidance to senior managers, location staff, other Justice agencies and other departments in relation to DSO processes
• Ongoing, full-time opportunity
• VPS4: $97,955 - $111,142 plus superannuation
  The Department of Justice and Community Safety (the department) is seeking a Senior Coordinator, Assessments, to provide a critical role within Assessments, Applications and Panel Secretariat, Post Sentence Branch.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Relevant qualifications or equivalent experience working in a Correctional environment and/or within a legislative framework is desirable, but not mandatory.

ABOUT THE ROLE

This position supports the team responsible for ensuring that all offenders convicted of a relevant offence are assessed to determine eligibility for supervision pursuant to the legislation and that recommendations to the Secretary are based on thorough consideration of appropriate information by the Detention and Supervision Order (DSO) Review Board.
Please note in this role you will be exposed to sensitive and explicit material relating to serious sex and serious violent offending on a regular basis.

Some of your duties will include:

• Identify, collate and review complex information for eligible offenders under the SOA, assessing material to ensure completeness; analysing offence histories to prepare accurate summaries of offending behaviour and risk; and, providing summary information for, and executive support to, the DSO Review Board, including timely follow up on referrals and actions requested by the Board.
• Prepare reports, briefs and correspondence for senior executives in relation to assessments under the SOA, including briefings for the Secretary arising out of DSO Review Board recommendations.
• Provide advice, information and guidance to senior managers, location staff, other Justice agencies and other departments in relation to DSO processes.

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

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• Demonstrated capacity to understand and apply relevant legislation, procedures, guidelines and policies to decision making.
• Capacity to develop effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Ability to write complex written documentation including briefs to senior executives