This is an exciting opportunity to progress your career and obtain experience working as a Senior Police Lawyer in the Victoria Police Royal Commission into Integrity of Major Public and Civil Infrastructure Construction (RCIMCP) Response Taskforce (Taskforce Kestrel).
Taskforce Kestrel sits within Legal Services which provides legal services and advice to support policing, courts, and the Victorian community. Legal Services is led by an Executive Director and employs over 800 staff spread across four divisions – the Office of the Executive Director; the Specialist Legal and Litigation Division; the Courts & Prosecution Services Division; and the Legal Business Operations Division. Our vision is to be a centre of prosecutorial and legal excellence, with people who are recognised as being fair, just and valued partners in the Victorian justice system
Taskforce Kestrel has been established to manage Victoria Police's response to the RCIMCP and consists of an Operations, Legal and Project Unit. This role sits within the Legal Unit.
- Oversight and fulfilment of Victoria Police's legal obligations and accountabilities to the RCIMCP.
- Review and provision of legal advice concerning large volumes of responding material to the RCIMCP.
- Facilitating the flow of endorsed Victoria Police responses and statements through internal and external legal review processes for submission to the RCIMCP.
- Briefing and providing instructions to external legal practitioners and counsel.
- Providing legal support and advice for Victoria Police stakeholders in preparation for submissions and RCIMCP hearings and concerning protections applicable to any responding material.
The successful applicant will join a dynamic team that reports to the Managing Principal Lawyer. As a Senior Police Lawyer, you will be required to work in close collaboration with a variety of internal and external stakeholders to advance Victoria Police's organisational responses to the RCIMCP.
Taskforce staff are agile, giving you the chance to work across multiple functions and subject matters to support the broader team in delivering organisational priorities. The Taskforce has a strong culture of service excellence, teamwork, inclusion and support across work units to achieve positive outcomes for Victoria Police and the wider community.
Victoria Police is a contemporary and agile workplace and supports flexible working arrangements.
Your duties will include:
- Contributing to the Legal Unit's development of various documents, as directed.
- Building and maintaining knowledge of broader operational, policy and legislative frameworks in order to support Legal Unit's responses to RCIMCP requests.
- Providing key support to the Supervising and Managing Principal Lawyer in formalising complex written and verbal legal advice to senior management.
- Undertaking consultation, collaboration and negotiation with both internal and external legal stakeholders.
- Providing advice and contributing to the development of formal correspondence and/or submissions in response to RCIMCP requests and/or findings.
- Assisting with guidance and support of Legal Unit staff and external stakeholders as directed.
- Triage and submission of responding materials and documents through various IT platforms, including eDiscovery software.
As the successful applicant, you will have:
- Positive and proactive approach.
- Ability to quickly identify vulnerabilities and obstacles, and create innovative solutions.
- Proven ability to provide sound legal advice to management on issues concerning operational, policy and legislative matters.
- Highly developed communication skills with demonstrated ability to build positive stakeholder relationships.
- Demonstrated knowledge and/or understanding of legal frameworks and obligations for law enforcement agencies, including knowledge of public interest immunity frameworks.
- Demonstrated ability to multitask, collaboratively engage and allocate time and resources appropriately under tight deadlines.
- Demonstrated ability to guide staff, as directed.
- A high level of resilience and emotional intelligence.
Mandatory Requirements:
- Existing Baseline clearance or ability to obtain one.
- Previous experience in justice and/or law enforcement organisation is highly regarded.
Requirements and relevant information:
- Two (2) x full time, fixed term positions available to 30 June 2028.
- The salary range for a VPS4 role is $100,894 to $114,476 (covering salary ranges VPSG4.1) Although it is standard practice for selected candidates to commence at the base of t
📌 Senior Police Lawyer (Australia)
🏢 Victoria Police
📍 Australia
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