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Department: Department of Justice and Community Safety Utilise your Legal Policy Adviser expertise to provide support and advice to Emergency Management Victoria Ongoing, Full-Time Opportunity to provide support and advice to Emergency Management Victoria The Department of Justice and Community Safety (the department) is seeking a Senior Legal Policy Adviser to provide a critical role within Emergency Management Victoria.
About the Business Unit Emergency Management Victoria (EMV) leads emergency management in Victoria by working with government, agencies and business to strengthen their capacity to withstand, plan for, respond to and recover from emergencies.
EMV is a statutory entity and is part of the Department of Justice and Community Safety (the Department).
The Department, through the Secretary, employs EMV staff and provides corporate functions to EMV.
EMV is led jointly by the Chief Executive (CE) and the Emergency Management Commissioner (EMC).
About the Role Reporting to the Manager, Legal Policy and Legislation, the Senior Legal Policy Adviser delivers innovative and expert strategic and authoritative legal policy advice to the Director, other senior Emergency Management Victoria (EMV) and Departmental officers and the Minister on a wide variety of issues related to emergency management in Victoria.
The position may also be required to perform the role EMC Executive Officer full time at the State Control Centre to support the EMC during an emergency, including shift work after hours and on weekends depending on operational need.
Some of your duties will include: Drive the development and implementation of policy and legislative proposals, including through consultation and negotiation with key stakeholders in relation to options for legislative change, and the preparation of Cabinet and Parliamentary documentation.
Provide strategic and authoritative legal policy advice to senior executives and government, including operational legal policy advice to support the Emergency Management Commissioner in the performance of their statutory functions.
Prepare and present comprehensive reports, ministerial briefs and Cabinet and agency submissions on complex issues and significant policy and strategy proposals, as well as prepare regular and ad hoc briefs, letters, emails and reports.
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: Technical Expertise Demonstrated knowledge of Victoria's emergency management arrangements.
Demonstrated understanding and awareness of the key issues impacting on the portfolio.
An understanding of the structure and responsibilities of the Department of Justice and Community Safety and, more broadly, the Victorian Government.
Experience with the development of legal policy and frameworks.
Qualifications A law degree or operational experience is desirable.
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.
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.
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