Policy Officer

About this role

• Assist with the development and progression of sound policy and strategic advice
• Ongoing roles within Police, Racing, Victims and Coordination
• VPS4 salary: $97,955 to $111,142

Our group

Police, Racing, Victims and Coordination (PRVC) group is responsible for leading key policy reform and programs across the Department of Justice and Community Safety. It enhances community safety and wellbeing through public policy, governance, legislative advice, reform and grants, bringing together all policy and reform functions aligned to the Police, Crime Prevention, Victims and Racing portfolios.

Ministerial Services, Policy Reform and Programs (MSPRP) sits within PRVC and comprises several business units including Policy Reform and Programs; Ministerial Services and Coordination; and Redress Design.

Our business unit - Policy Reform and Programs

Policy Reform and Programs (PRP) leads and partners on cross-cutting initiatives that join up services to improve outcomes, transform the justice system to reduce risk and ensure responsiveness, and build on place-based strengths and opportunities.

PRP delivers priority justice policy reforms and provides critical departmental, Ministerial and cross-portfolio policy advice, project delivery and coordination in line government priorities. Specifically, it leads on crime prevention, family violence and harm reduction reforms. PRP teams work in a dynamic environment, requiring agility and responsiveness to key priorities as they arise.

The Policy Officer roles

As the Policy Officer, you will work closely with the Manager and other team members, including across PRP, to help develop and progress sound policy and strategic advice to senior department executives on priority justice policy issues.

You will work with the Senior Manager and/or Manager and Senior Policy Officers in the team to contribute to a range of policies and project specific work. This may include briefing products, development of budget bids, coordination, and secretariat support.

Roles are available within three teams

Three Policy Officer roles are available across three teams.

Applicants are welcome to express a preference for particular teams or for being considered for all roles.

• The Crime Prevention, Place and Partnerships team is responsible for the department's approach to community safety and crime prevention policy. It provides advice on place-based service design and supports engagement with regional and community partners. It leads policy work to support early intervention programs to address youth offending, Local Site Executive Committees to develop local solutions to improve outcomes for young people, and the Landmark Perpetrator Study to inform better interventions for perpetrators of family violence.
• The Justice Response and System Reform team leads on priority government policy reforms and projects that focus on harm minimisation and prevention priorities. Currently, this includes supporting justice system implementation of the Public Intoxication Reform, the Mental Health Crisis Reforms, and the family violence Multi-Agency Risk Assessment and Management (MARAM) and Information Sharing Frameworks alongside other related family violence reform priorities.
• The Violence Prevention and Safety Policy team leads policy development and implementation planning for family and sexual violence reform priorities, working closely with related teams across Policy Reform and Programs, and with partners from across DJCS and other government departments and agencies.

How to apply

Please click the Apply button on this advertisement. Applications should include a resume and covering letter including any expressions of interest for specific teams or roles. 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 reference checks, national police checks and misconduct screening. Dependant on the role, other checks may include VicRoads checks, drivers licence checks, medical checks, Working with Children Checks, and Declaration of Private Interests (for executive and responsible officer roles).

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.