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?

About us

The Integrity, Legal and Law Reform Group provides legal, policy, integrity and assurance expertise to the Department of Justice and Community Safety (DJCS) and Justice Ministers. Integrity and Reviews provide integrity and assurance expertise and support the DJCS staff at the Post Sentence Authority and the Inspector-General for Emergency Management.  

Integrity and Investigations is comprised of four streams of work: 

• Integrity Culture manages DJCS' Integrity Framework, Integrity Strategy and Child Safety compliance 
• Intelligence and Detection lead the management of e-forensic and intelligence activities
• Conduct and Corruption Investigations undertake investigations into allegations of corruption, misconduct and reportable conduct (including referrals to integrity agencies) and manage DJCS' Public Interest Disclosures. 
• Integrity Operations, manage DJCS' engagement and responses to the state integrity agencies, including the Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission (IBAC) and the Victorian Ombudsman (VO).

About the role

The Senior Project Officer, Integrity Culture works in the Integrity Culture team to deliver risk management, education, communications, integrity policy, and child safety compliance activities.

Some of the key responsibilities of the role include:

• Conduct the planning, coordinating and delivery of projects and initiatives and support operational and strategic tasking and planning activities including the implementation of the DJCS Integrity Strategy.
• Establish communication channels to ensure information regarding updates to processes and systems and other material is shared with the team and wider DJCS in a timely manner.
• Leverage best practice approaches, research and innovative thinking and analysis to shape and inform project deliverables, develop actions and support decision making.

About you

As our ideal candidate you will possess:

• Proven project experience in independently drafting key documents by analysing and interpreting data to create reports, briefings and presentations
• Knowledge of and/or experience of Child Safety policy, programs and relevant standards. An understanding of Integrity prevention programs
• Ability to translate strategies into programs or projects that enables achievement of outcomes required and define governance e.g. success measures, roles and responsibilities, progress monitoring) required to manage risks and maximise probability of success
• Ability to identify issues in common for one or more clients or stakeholders and uses them to build mutually beneficial partnerships, identify and responds to stakeholder's underlying needs and use understanding of the stakeholder's organisational context to ensure outcomes are achieved
• Ability to guide others to create a culture of collaboration, identify, and work to overcome, barriers to knowledge or information sharing

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.

For more information on the accountabilities and key selection criteria for the role, please refer to the attached position description.

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

The successful candidate will be required to undergo pre-employment checks which may include national police checks and misconduct screening.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION:

The department is committed to providing and maintaining a working environment which is safe and without risk to the health of its employees consistent with the department's obligations under the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 (Vic).

Therefore, there is a requirement that all DJCS employees be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to undertake duties outside of their homes.

Prior to commencement of employment with the department you will need to provide evidence that you are vaccinated against COVID-19. Acceptable evidence includes:

1. COVID-19 digital certificate (available via your myGov account)
2. Your immunisation history statement (available via your myGov account) or
3. A letter from the GP who vaccinated you.