At the Department of Justice and Community Safety, we’re looking for people who want to make a difference. People who take pride in their work. People who get things done. People who are committed to making Victoria a safer place.
We embrace diversity and strive to have a workforce that reflects the community we serve. We’re all about recruiting the best people, regardless of gender, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, or cultural background. If you think you can do the job and would be a good fit for our department, we’d love to hear from you.
The department is committed to the safety and wellbeing of children and recognises that children’s rights need to be respected, their views welcomed and valued, and their concerns taken seriously and acted upon.
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.
For more information on working with us and our recruitment process, please visit justice.vic.gov.au/careers
We’re proud of the important work we do across Victoria. Want to be part of it?
- Utilise your Project Delivery expertise to provide support and advice to Courts and Justice System Reform
- An ongoing, full-time opportunity to work with a high-performing and passionate team in the Victorian Public Service
- VPS Grade 4: $97,955 - $111,142 plus superannuation.
About the Business Unit:
System Governance (SG) is a unit within the Courts, Civil and Criminal Law group of the Department of Justice and Community Safety (DJCS).
There are two teams in System Governance:
- Governance and Appointments – which manages the high priority appointments of judicial officers and boards within the Attorney-General's portfolio. This team also oversees strategic reviews and provides secretariat support to both the Appeal Costs Board and the Judicial Entitlements Panel.
- Honorary Justice Services Support (HJSS) – oversees Victoria's volunteer Honorary Justice program by providing operational, administrative and policy support to justices of the peace and bail justices (collectively known as honorary justices).
About the Role:
As a member of the HJSS team, the Project Officer plays a key role in supporting the effective administration of Victoria's volunteer Honorary Justice Program.
Some of your duties will include:
- Assisting with operational tasks including the implementation of strategic improvements and processes to enhance operations
- Producing high quality and detailed documents including reports, briefings, policies and procedures, correspondence and documentation to support successful outcomes of projects and activities
- Providing project and business support activities under limited direction.
To learn more about this role before applying, please read the attached position description.
About You:
As our ideal candidate, you will possess:
- Demonstrated experience in the delivery of projects in an operational setting
- Demonstrated ability to prepare well-written, timely, concise, accurate and audience-appropriate briefings and reports and documents for publication
- Experience delivering services within legislative frameworks.
Qualifications/Requirements:
- Demonstrated project experience (essential).
- Experience in working with, or an understanding of volunteers (desirable).
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 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, rel
ationships, 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.