• Provide leadership and specialist technical oversight across statewide community-based youth justice services.
• Fixed, Full-Time (until 30 June 2027) opportunity to work with a high-performing and passionate team.
• STS Grade 7: $182,813 - $248,629 plus superannuation.

The Department of Justice and Community Safety, Youth Justice is seeking a Director, Youth Justice Community Operations & Practice to provide a critical role within Community Operations and Practice.

About the Role

Reporting to the Youth Justice Commissioner, the Director provides leadership, oversight, and authoritative advice for the development of state-wide community-based youth justice services.

Working closely with executives and teams across Youth Justice and Justice Services, the Director will lead operational oversight, the provision of specialist technical knowledge and continuous practice improvement and development across diversionary and statutory youth justice services.

Some of your duties will include:

• In collaboration with Youth Justice and Justice Service executives providing oversight, stewardship and leadership to deliver effective, contemporary and evidence-based community youth justice services, including:
• the Children's Court Youth Diversion Service (CCYD)
• the Youth Justice Court Advice Service, Youth Justice Bail Afterhours Service (YJBAS) and, the Enhanced Bail Supervision and Support Service (EBSS)
• community youth justice supervision.
• Acting as the primary point of oversight and coordination between Youth Justice and Justice Services, providing expert advice and preparing high level briefings on community operations to the Youth Justice Commissioner and executives.
• Providing leadership, coaching and professional guidance to General Managers and Senior Practice Advisors, both individually and as state-wide leadership groups.

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:

• Extensive experience in leading community youth justice services, or another related field, at a senior or executive level.
• Extensive experience in the provision of high-level strategic and technical and clinical advice.
• Significant record of achievement in the development of system enablers to support complex service delivery.
• Significant experience in design and delivery of reform programs.
• Significant experience in the leadership, management, supervision and development of staff to drive high performing teams.

Qualifications/requirements

• A tertiary, ideally post-graduate, qualification in social work, psychology, criminal justice or public administration is a requirement of this role.

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 a Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check (NCCHC) 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.