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Salary- Utilise your management and leadership skills manage a team of licensing staff who ensure applications for liquor licences are assessed and determined within a harm minimisation framework
- Opportunity to work with a high-performing and passionate team in the Victorian Public Service
- VPS5: $103,920 - $125,735 per annum.
About the Business Unit
The Department of Justice and Community Safety has established a new business unit, Liquor Control Victoria, to support the independent Victorian Liquor Commission which was created on 1 July 2022. Liquor Control Victoria supports the independent Commission by providing strategic, operational and administrative support and by performing various regulatory functions under delegation.
The Victorian Liquor Commission, supported by the Liquor Control Victoria, is responsible for issuing liquor licences and overseeing industry compliance and enforcement to ensure that Victorians and visitors to the state enjoy safe and responsible liquor licenced environments.
This is an exciting time to join Liquor Control Victoria and to be part of something new and growing. We are strengthening our focus on harm minimisation and assessment of community impacts as part of our regulatory approach following major reforms to liquor licencing laws that commenced in 2022.
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.
We're proud of the work the work that we do right across Victoria as we strive to ensure the integrity, safety and fairness of the liquor industry for the benefit of all Victorians.
About the Role
The Assistant Manager, Processing and Determination works with the team to ensure that the assessment and determination of liquor licence applications is carried out in accordance with legislative requirements.
Core business includes providing expert advice and support to the team and Manager, driving the quality and timeliness of application assessments, and identifying and implementing process improvements.
Your duties will include:
- Provide leadership, management, clear direction and support to staff and the team Manager to ensure the team delivers high-quality determinations of liquor licence applications.
- Monitor the performance of the team and identify learning, development and resource needs to ensure the team's qualitative and quantitative performance targets are met.
- Manage a caseload of complex liquor licence applications and approvals, as well as escalations, to ensure processes and decisions comply with licensing legislation and regulations.
About you
As our ideal candidate you will be able to demonstrate:
- Sound understanding of the regulatory framework relating to the liquor industry
- Ability to interpret and apply legislation appropriately in a regulatory environment in relation to applications for entry into, and assessment of ongoing suitability to remain within, the liquor industries, and issues that present a higher level of complexity and/or risk of harm
- Experience in effectively managing a team in a high-volume operational environment
- Ability to collate and use operational performance data to inform resource allocation and achieve performance targets.
- A qualification in public administration, regulatory studies, law or other relevant discipline is desirable.
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.
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.
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.
At interview stage and prior to commencement of employment with the department, you will need to provide evidence that you are vaccinated against COVID-19 with three doses of a COVID-19 vaccine.
Upon commencement of employment with the department you will be required to provide evidence that you have an up-to-date vaccination status within the timelines specified by the department into the . This includes evidence of three doses of a COVID-19 vaccine required by the department (from time to time).
Acceptable evidence includes: * COVID-19 digital certificate (available via your
account) * Your immunisation history statement (available via your
account)
Other documentation outside the above will not be accepted as evidence of having received your COVID-19 vaccine doses.
