Social Services Regulator
The Social Services Regulator (SSR) is an independent statutory authority that exists to safeguard the rights of children and young people as well as people who use social services in Victoria.
The SSR regulates the Social Services Standards, the Child Safe Standards (for organisations without a sector specific co-regulator as well as the social services sector), and also administers the Worker and Carer Exclusion Scheme (WCES), Reportable Conduct Scheme (RCS) and Working with Children Check (WWCC) scheme and NDIS Worker Screening Check.
The Social Services Regulator takes an integrated and intelligence driven approach to identifying, preventing and excluding unsafe people from working with children and young people, as well as ensuring organisations that work with children and young people keep children safe from abuse and harm by meeting the Child Safe Standards.
As a co-regulator of the Child Safe Standards, the Social Services Regulator works with other co-regulators of the Child Safe Standards including the Department of Health, Victorian Registration and Qualifications Authority (VRQA), Victorian Early Childhood Regulation Authority (VECRA), and Workforce Inspectorate Victoria to keep children safe from harm and abuse.
THE ROLE
The Deputy General Counsel is a significant leadership role that supports the Executive Director, Legal and Internal Review (General Counsel).
This position requires exceptional analytical skills, strategic thinking, and the ability to navigate complex and emerging legal matters. A strong focus of the role is building and supporting an engaged, high-performing legal team, while fostering strong collaboration across the organisation. The Deputy General Counsel will also develop and maintian effective relationships with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders.
ACCOUNTABILITIES INCLUDE
Day-to-day your responsibilities will include:
- Provide strategic, risk-based legal advice on social service regulation and laws, and legal issues related to the Regulator's functions, including complaints, notifications, investigations and a broad range of administrative law, legislative interpretation and corporate governance relating to the operation of the SSR and other related matters, ensuing that timely authoritative advice is provided as required.
- Oversee litigation, issuing of infringement notices and/or prosecutions. This includes the provision of expert strategic advice about investigations and strategies for the management of complex cases, the preparation of briefs and collection of evidence.
- Manage the negotiation and implementation of inter-agency agreements and memoranda of understanding with key government and non-government stakeholders and the engagement of out-sourced specialist research, legal advice and litigation support as required.
For more details, please open the position description.
HOW TO APPLY
Applicants are encouraged to apply online. Attachments can be uploaded in .doc, .docx, .pdf, .txt or .rtf formats.
Applicants are required to submit a CV and Cover Letter (max 2 pages) outlining their suitability to the role in line with the Key Selection Criteria.
Applicants must be an Australian Citizen, Permanent Resident or hold a valid work permit or visa. Work eligibility will be checked as part of the recruitment process.
Preferred candidates will be required to complete pre-employment screening, including a national police check and misconduct screening.
For more information on working with us and our recruitment process, please contact SSR HR at [email protected].
Please apply to submit your interest in this position.