• Utilise your project management and organisational skills to manage a range of administrative and operational tasks.
• Fixed Term, Full-Time, 3 year opportunity to join a high-performing and growing team in the Victorian Public Service.
• VPS Grade 3: $76,817 - $93,275 plus superannuation.

About the Business Unit:

Integrity Policy and Performance Integrity Policy and Performance (IPP) is a business unit within the Integrity, Regulation and Legal Services group of the Department of Justice and Community Safety. IPP is responsible for:

• Supporting the Attorney-General in her role as the Minister responsible for Victoria's integrity system and as First Law Officer.
• Leading the development of policy and legislative reforms affecting Victoria's integrity system, including in relation to public sector corruption and misconduct, police oversight, legal profession regulation, information privacy, freedom of information and judicial complaints.
• Providing whole-of-Victorian-government policy leadership on integrity, privacy and information sharing issues.
• Providing advice on the exercise of the Attorney-General's First Law Officer functions including petitions for mercy, interjurisdictional prisoner transfers and vexatious litigants.
• Providing departmental support for the operation of key integrity bodies including: the Victorian Inspectorate, the Independent Broad-Based Anti-Corruption Commission, the Victorian Ombudsman, the Office of the Victorian Information Commissioner, the Public Interest Monitor, the Local Government Inspectorate, the Judicial Commission of Victoria and the Victorian Legal Services Board and Commissioner.

About the Role:

Working within a highly supportive and collaborative environment, the Project Officer will be responsible for a range of administrative and operational tasks in relation to both legal profession regulation matters and the Attorney-General's First Law Officer functions.

The Project Officer will also have the opportunity to develop their legal policy skills and contribute to the development of high quality, evidence based legal policy advice.

Some of your other duties will include:

• Acting as the point of contact for internal and external stakeholders, facilitating clear communication and ensuring smooth information flow.
• Assisting with research, analysis, preparation of written materials.
• Maintaining accurate and organised records, ensuring all documents and data are stored securely and in compliance with policies and relevant legal requirements.

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

How to Apply:

Please click the Apply button on this advertisement. Applications should include a resume and covering letter. Attachments can be uploaded in .doc, .docx, .pdf, .txt or .rtf formats.

The successful candidate will be required to undergo pre-employment checks which may include a Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check (NCCHC) and misconduct screening.

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.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION:

CHILD SAFE STATEMENT OF COMMITMENT:

The Department of Justice and Community Safety is committed to the safety and wellbeing of children and young people. We seek to prevent harm of any kind impacting children and young people and have zero tolerance for racism, child abuse and inequality. Children and young people's rights, relationships, identity, and culture must be recognised and respected, their voices heard, and their concerns acted upon. We aim to foster a culturally safe, child safe and child friendly environment for all children and young people we have contact with, deliver services to, or are impacted by our work.