Senior Assessor

About this role

• Lead a team of assessors within the Financial Assistance Scheme
• Great opportunity with an ongoing, full-time role with a busy and supportive team
• VPS Grade 5: $113,022 - $136,747 plus superannuation

About Us:

The FAS is highly anticipated by victims and stakeholders and represents a major leap forward in the Victorian Government's response to victims of crime. Established under the Victims of Crime (Financial Assistance Scheme) Act 2022 (the Act) the FAS will provide financial assistance through a simple and easy to navigate process that is fair, sensitive, and responsive to victims' needs. It will acknowledge harm done and be trauma informed, inclusive and culturally safe.

About the Role:

This is a prioritised role for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples, who will be given priority consideration as per the special measures provision of the Equal Opportunity Act 2010.

As the Aboriginal Senior Assessor, you will provide specialist assessment knowledge or advice to Victim Recognition Officers who develop trauma informed victim recognition statements acknowledging and affirming the experience of the victim.

Some of your duties will include: 

• Leading a team of FAS Assessors, supporting and guiding them to deliver quality decision making in a timely and trauma informed way, including provision of operational support and advice to specialist teams (Aboriginal victims of crime) undertaking direct contact with applicants.
• Analysing, assessing and deciding complex applications and payments as per the Act, and decide upon complex applications that may partially fall outside of established policy, guidelines, and procedures.
• Undertaking reviews of FAS decisions in accordance with the Act.

About You:

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

• Knowledge and understanding of the Aboriginal community, both society and culture, and the issues impacting it.
• The ability to communicate sensitively and work effectively with the Victorian Aboriginal community.
• Experience in management of small teams with complex decision-making functions, preferably in a government environment.
• Specialist knowledge of risk factors for family violence and the Family Violence Multi-Agency Risk Assessment and Management Framework.

Qualifications:

• A relevant tertiary qualification or equivalent experience in fields related to community and social services, social policy, social work, law, or public administration is desirable.

How to Apply:

Please click the Apply button on this advertisement. Applications should include a resume and covering letter. In your cover letter, please outline your use of strategic planning in previous leadership roles, along with your experience working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.

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.