Senior Prosecutor | Queensland Police Service |

The Queensland Police Service employs staff members in a wide range of roles across the state. These roles offer a rewarding career that provides vital assistance to front line officers and police services across the state and to the Queensland community.

We are committed to delivering a healthy, safe, positive and inclusive workplace with a diverse workforce that reflects the community we serve.

Why Join Us?

The Queensland Police Service provides a supportive, people-focused work environment that supports work-life balance and flexible work options. We also offer:

• Opportunities for career mobility
• Salary packaging arrangements
• Comprehensive health, welfare and support services
• Leave assistance for study

Role Scope

You will provide professional prosecution services, including the provision of legal advice to members of the Service on matters before the Magistrates, Children’s and Coroner’s Courts.

Special Conditions Applications will remain current for 12 months

Mandatory Requirements Admission as, eligibility for immediate admission as, or entitlement to practise as, a legal practitioner in the State of Queensland.

Key Accountabilities

Your Key Accountabilities will include:

• Provide a prosecution service for the area of responsibility.
• Monitor the provision of briefs of evidence by police for use in summary trials and for committal proceedings to ensure the highest quality of briefs is maintained.
• Liaise, consult and negotiate with members of the Queensland Police Service, the legal profession, government agencies and the community towards the establishment of effective working relationships and achievement of desired policing outcomes.
• Take a lead role in the development and provision of quality legal research, argument, submissions, opinion and advice.
• Manage resources in accordance with Service policy to achieve efficient operations for the area of responsibility.
• Establish and model maintain high standards of performance and conduct in daily work activities.
• May include coordination activities for Specialist Courts and diversionary initiatives a directed by the Superintendent.

Organisation Environment/Structure

The occupant of this position will report directly to the Officer in Charge of the Police Prosecutions Corps, (location).

Are You the Right Person for the Job?

Your application will be assessed on the basis of relevant capacity and capability for the following criteria, which directly relate to your ‘Key Accountabilities’:

Role Profile Criteria

These criteria outline how you are expected to do your job and reflect the Leadership Competencies for Queensland (LC4Q). The leadership stream for this role is Team Leader.

To find out more about this stream, and the behavioural indicators associated with these criteria, please refer to the Leadership Competencies for Queensland.

1. Vision:

• Leads strategically — Thinks critically and acts on the broader purpose of the system.
• Stimulates ideas and innovation — Gathers insights and embraces new ideas and innovation to inform future practice.
• Leads change in complex environments — Embraces change and leads with focus and optimism in an environment of complexity and ambiguity.
• Makes insightful decisions — Makes considered, ethical and courageous decisions based on insight into the broader context

2. Results:

• Develops and mobilises talent — Strengthens and mobilises the unique talents and capabilities of the workforce
• Builds enduring relationships — Builds and sustains relationships to enable the collaborative delivery of customer-focused outcomes
• Inspires others — Inspires others by driving clarity, engagement and a sense of purpose
• Drives accountability and outcomes — Demonstrates accountability for the execution and quality of results through professionalism, persistence and transparency

3. Accountability:

• Fosters healthy and inclusive workplaces — Fosters an inclusive workplace where health, safety and wellbeing are promoted and prioritised
• Pursues continuous growth — Pursues opportunities for growth through agile learning, and development of self-awareness
• Demonstrates sound governance — Maintains a high standard of practice through governance and risk management

Additional Information

Appointment to this position will be made pursuant to the provisions of the Public Service Act 2008. Terms and conditions of employment will be in accordance with the Queensland Public Service Officers & Other Employees Award – State and the current State Government Entities Certified Agreement.

The Queensland Police Service (QPS) is collecting information for the purpose of processing your application for an advertised QPS vacancy. The collection of this information is authorised by the Police Service Administration Act 1990.

Contact Sergeant David Longhurst at 4744 1112