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• Lead the establishment of an entity delivering financial assistance to victims of violent crime.
• Fixed term opportunity up to 5 years to work within Victims of Crime Financial Assistance Scheme
• SES Grade 2: $279,239 - $401,017 Total Renumeration Package.

The Department of Justice and Community Safety is seeking a Chief Executive Officer to provide a critical role within the Victims of Crime Financial Assistance Scheme. 

About the Business Unit

This is a unique opportunity for an experienced and visionary senior executive to lead the establishment of a major system change for victims of crime. Highly anticipated by victims and stakeholders, the new Financial Assistance Scheme (FAS) represents a fundamental change in the Victorian Government's response to providing financial assistance to victims of crime.

The FAS will replace the Victims of Crime Assistance Tribunal with an administrative scheme that provides financial assistance that is timely, simple, fair, and responsive in supporting victims to manage the impact of crime on their lives.

About the Role

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) (Scheme Decision Maker) will be responsible for building an organisation that ensures the objectives and guiding principles embedded in the Victims of Crime (Financial Assistance Scheme) Act 2022 (the Act) are brought to life, and victims of crime receive the recognition and financial assistance to which they are entitled.

The CEO (Scheme Decision Maker) will be a critical member of the senior executive team that sits under the Police, Racing, Victims and Coordination Group within the Department of Justice and Community Safety (department), with responsibility for an annual operating budget in excess of $15 million with a staffing complement of approximately 80 Full Time Equivalent (FTE) employees.

Some of your duties will include:

• Lead a newly established entity delivering financial assistance to victims of violent crime.
• Be accountable for delivering efficient, effective and sustainable operational outcomes, monitoring scheme performance to deliver services in line with service level objectives.
• Uphold the highest standards of impartiality and provide thought leadership and strategic insight into all aspects of FAS delivery.

To learn more about this role before applying, please read the attached position description.

About you

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• Demonstrated successful executive leadership across a range of settings and disciplines, ideally as a CEO or a Senior Executive within the Public Sector.
• Experience in the successful implementation of new and complex service system changes or other key reform activities with significant public and stakeholder expectations.
• Demonstrated ability in exercising professional judgement, financial and legal acumen to perform the functions of the Scheme Decision Maker as required by the Act.
• Proven ability to translate organisational strategy into meaningful long-term plans and objectives for all areas of the organisation; motivating others to deliver on organisational goals, objectives, and operational plans.
• Ability to engage effectively with diverse senior stakeholders to support delivery of organisational outcomes.
• Knowledge of victim-related issues including the nature and dynamics of family violence and sexual assault and the systemic barriers faced by marginalised communities in the justice system.
• Demonstrated experience in providing comprehensive, expert advice to Ministers, or heads of regulatory or other governance bodies.

Qualifications

• A tertiary degree and over five years' experience in a senior role over a relevant discipline including law, social sciences or public sector business administration is required.

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 national police checks and misconduct screening.

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 INTERNAL VPS EMPLOYEES:

• For this particular vacancy, priority consideration applies to Victorian Public Service (VPS) and select employees of the Victorian Public Sector who apply through the Jobs Skills Exchange (JSE) jobs board platform.
• For all VPS employees, due to the new Jobs Skills Exchange (JSE) policy, please apply through the JSE to be eligible to be considered for this position in the first round.

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.