Work Type: Ongoing - Full-time
Salary: $113,022 - $136,747
Grade: VPS 5
Occupation: Policy
Location: Melbourne - CBD and Inner Metro suburbs
Reference: VG/D02052JUNE2025
About the Business Unit:
Police, Racing, Victims and Coordination (PRVC) group is responsible for leading key policy reform and programs across the Department of Justice and Community Safety (DJCS).
The Policy Reform and Programs (PRP) business unit within PRVC is responsible for delivery of priority justice policy reforms in line with departmental and Ministerial priorities. PRP leads on crime prevention, family violence (including justice agency implementation of MARAMIS), and the public intoxication and mental health crisis reforms. PRP teams work in a dynamic environment, requiring agile policy teams to respond to key priorities as they arise.
About the Role:
As the Senior Policy Officer, you will be responsible to ensure sound policy and strategy advice is provided to senior departmental executives on priority justice policy issues. You will be required to be agile and work across different workstreams depending on priorities.
You will contribute to the progression of priority policy reform across the department, and you will also be required to develop and maintain key working relationships across the department, other government departments and key agencies to ensure considered advice is provided on policy issues.
Some of your duties will include:
To learn more about this role before applying, please read the attached position description.
About You:
As our ideal candidate, you will possess:
Qualifications/Requirements:
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, pleas e 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.