Coordinator Prosecutions

Coordinator Prosecutions

Your new role

We have a unique leadership opportunity for a Coordinator Prosecutions to join the City Safety and Health Team at Knox City Council

As our Coordinator Prosecutions, you will lead, motivate and develop a team in the successful delivery of Council’s prosecutions services, supporting Council’s regulatory compliance and enforcement functions in line with relevant legislation to achieve improved community safety and amenity outcomes. Working closely with services including Community Laws, Environmental Health, Animal Management, Traffic & Transport, Parking and Planning & Building; the Coordinator Prosecutions will provide guidance and expert advice in prosecutions and enforcement matters to ensure the successful delivery of their services to the Knox community.

You will represent Council in the prosecutions of offenders and all related responsibilities associated with court proceedings, including provision of legal advice across Council, services and beyond, preparation of relevant documentation and collaboration with departments to achieve successful prosecution results.

This is a permanent full time Band 8 Classified role based at the Knox Civic Centre. Remuneration will be $117,189- $131,577 p.a (depending on experience) plus superannuation in accordance with the Superannuation Guarantee.

What you will need to thrive

The key selection criteria for this role are:

• Demonstrated knowledge of and extensive experience working in an enforcement and prosecutions role, including Court and Tribunal appearances.

• Proven leadership skills with the ability to build high performing teams to provide direction, guidance, training and mentoring to staff with a focus on service excellence.
• Extensive experience in the preparation of legal advice on a wide range of issues in line with legislation to a diverse range of stakeholders
• Highly developed communication and interpersonal skills including presentation skills, conflict resolution and negotiation, preparation of reports and correspondence.
• Demonstrated experience in policy review, development and implementation.
• Excellent problem solving skills and the ability to investigate complex issues and provide recommendations.

Tertiary Law Degree along with registration and a current Victorian Practicing Certificate, combined with extensive experience in Prosecutions or related field in the public sector will be highly regarded.

How to apply

Please provide a resume and brief cover letter addressing the ‘what you need to thrive’ section from the position description to outline how your experience and skills relate to the role.

Review the full position description now via our Knox City Council Careers Page.

For further information on this role please contact Jonathan McNally at Jonathan.McNally@knox.vic.gov.au

To view a copy of the position description please visit our Knox City Council Careers Page.

Apply by:11.55pm, 03/11/2022

Why Us

At Knox, making a difference to others and our community is at the heart of everything we do. We are inspired by empowering our community inside and out to thrive and prosper through living our values. We support hybrid and flexible working and embrace diverse and inclusive environments. We succeed by recruiting for excellence through investing in our people, encouraging their unique talents and supporting them to bring their whole selves to work.

We believe in our people and provide a supportive, driven and inclusive culture we are proud of, that focuses on wellbeing.

Beyond that, we also offer:

• accrued days off for full time employees;
• growth and learning opportunities;
• career development;
• reward and recognition programs; and,
• a supportive Employee Assistance Program.

Council has developed a vaccination policy which states that the successful candidate will be required to demonstrate evidence of compliance with vaccination requirements.

To view the inherent requirements for this position please see attachment below.

Office Based role(s) - Inherent Requirements Table .DOCX

Knox Council is an Equal Opportunity Employer ensuring a Child Safe environment that is committed to providing a workplace that embraces diversity and inclusion. We are committed to a positive, barrier-free recruitment process. If you have any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at the time of application.