6 days remaining
Location: Melbourne | CBD
Job type: Full time
Organisation: Victoria Police
Salary: $109,730 - $132,764
Occupation: Legal
Reference: VG/E20034065GD
About the role:
This is an exciting opportunity to progress your career and obtain valuable experience working as a Supervising Lawyer with the Legal Services Department (LSD) at Victoria Police.
Victoria Police's Legal Services Department is continuing to enhance its expertise in the prosecution of sexual offences across Victoria. Victoria Police is seeking to continue supporting the growing cohort of Police Lawyers (including VPS staff) with enthusiastic, skilled and dedicated leaders to support the delivery of prosecution services across the State in the area of sexual offending prosecutions. In addition, and importantly, there is an increased focus on the provision of high level, specialised advice at the pre-charge stage.
This role is located in the Prosecutions Courts Branch, reporting to the Managing Principal Lawyer of the Specialist Sexual Offences Prosecution Unit. The role offers the opportunity to provide legal supervision, professional development, mentoring & support to teams of highly valued Police Lawyers with a focus on augmenting the experience of members deployed across metropolitan and regional Prosecutions Courts Branch units.
The role will require you to contribute to the development and implementation of processes and policies that underpin the services delivered by Prosecutions in the area of sexual offence training and advocacy. As a Supervising Lawyer, you will mentor and train Police Lawyers in the provision of advice and prosecution of a range of sexual offences.
You will also be required to provide data and statistical reports regarding compliance and processes, whilst also reporting on the performance and professional development needs of your designated work unit.
The role will require you to develop and maintain collaborative internal relationships as well as work with external stakeholders across agencies, as part of a broad network that will ensure cooperative and proactive approaches to addressing community harm.
Victoria Police is a professional, diverse and flexible workforce that continues to lead the way in victim centric support, whilst striving to prevent and reduce community harm.
Victoria Police is a contemporary and agile workplace and supports flexible working arrangements.
Your duties will include:
As the successful applicant, you will have:
Requirements and relevant information:
Your application must include:
Applications close midnight, Wednesday 18 September 2024.
Please Note: All applications will need to be submitted through one of the following platforms; Jobs and Skills Exchange (JSE) website, Victorian Government careers website (Careers.vic) or Seek. Applications will not be accepted via other platforms or email.
Current Victorian Government employees must apply via Jobs and Skills Exchange (JSE).
For further information, please contact: Jacky Verkade on 0484 337 865 or jacquelyn.verkade@police.vic.gov.au. No recruitment agencies please.
We welcome applications from people with disability and aim to support an inclusive recruitment experience. If you require a copy of this advertisement and attached documentation in an accessible format or would like to discuss an access requirement/reasonable adjustment for the recruitment process (including an alternate method of submission of the application), please contact VPS Recruitment via email VPSRECRUITMENT@police.vic.gov.au or on (03) 8335 8082.
About Us:
Victoria Police has a dedicated workforce of more than 22,000 employees consisting of police, protective services officers, police custody officers, and public service staff. Each employee plays a vital role in providing the 24/7, 365 days a year emergency response and public safety capability the organisation delivers to its community. As a Victoria Police employee, you have a dedication and commitment to community safety.
Having a workforce that reflects the community we serve is important to Victoria Police. We want to attract and retain people of all genders, ages, religions, disability, sexual orientation, family and caring responsibilities, and cultures including people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander heritage. If you are interested in a position, we encourage you to apply as we celebrate the benefit that diversity brings to our employees, our services, and our community.
Find out what it is like working as a Victorian Public Servant for Victoria Police: https://www.police.vic.gov.au/vps
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Jacky Verkade | 0484 337 865 / jacquelyn.verkade@police.vic.gov.au