Job description
Agency Attorney-General’s Department Work unit Director of Public Prosecutions - Summary
Prosecutions
Job title Managing Summary Prosecutor Designation Senior Professional Officer 2
Job type Full time Duration Ongoing
Salary $148,302 - $161,638 Location Darwin
Position number 78250148 RTF 329063 Closing 09/09/25
Contact officer Melinda Listing, Assistant Director on 08 8935 7403 or [email protected]
About the agency http://www.dpp.nt.gov.au | https://dppcareers.nt.gov.au/
Apply online https://jobs.nt.gov.au/Home/JobDetails?rtfId=329063
APPLICATIONS MUST INCLUDE A ONE-PAGE SUMMARY ABOUT YOU, A DETAILED RESUME AND COPIES OF YOUR TERTIARY
QUALIFICATIONS.
Information for applicants – inclusion and diversity and Special Measures recruitment plans
The NTPS values diversity. The NTPS encourages people from all diversity groups to apply for vacancies and accommodates people with
disability by making reasonable workplace adjustments. If you require an adjustment for the recruitment process or job, please discuss
this with the contact officer. For more information about applying for this position and the merit process, go to the OCPE website.
Aboriginal applicants will be granted priority consideration for this vacancy. For more information on Special Measures plans, go to the
OCPE website
Primary objective
To oversee summary prosecutions conducted in the Local Court and Youth Justice Court in the Northern Territory’s northern region, to
supervise, manage, and provide support to summary prosecutors and other professional staff, and to develop relationships, procedures
and systems with internal and external stakeholders to improve the efficiency and efficacy of summary prosecutions.
Key duties and responsibilities
1. Manage the allocation of prosecutorial work appropriate to the skills and experience of summary prosecutors to ensure appropriate
representation in matters and an equitable distribution of work within the work unit.
2. Supervise, manage and performance-manage professional staff.
3. Develop and implement strategies for the effective recruitment, development and retention of summary prosecutors to support
current and future needs of the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions.
4. Take and maintain carriage of summary prosecutions, including defended hearings, bail applications, and sentence hearings before the
Local Court and Youth Justice Court, and appeals from the Local Court to the Supreme Court.
5. Engage with external stakeholders to develop and implement strategies to continually improve the effectiveness and fairness of
summary prosecutions, including the Local Court and Youth Justice Court, NT Police Force, NT Correctional Services, North Australian
Aboriginal Justice Agency (NAAJA), NT Legal Aid Commission, and private legal firms.
6. Design, implement and monitor a framework, in consultation with the NT Police Force, for the initial conduct of prosecutions by NT
Police, and subsequent transfer of matters to the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions. This will include establishing a clear
division of roles between the NT Police Force and Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions to ensure the most efficient, effective
and fair conduct of summary prosecutions, and will include setting standards as to what should constitute a brief of evidence prior to
the transference of matters to the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions.
7. Provide professional advice, guidance and support to the NT Police Force as required.
Selection criteria
Essential
1. Admission (or eligible for admission) as a barrister or solicitor of the High Court or of a Supreme Court of a State or Territory of
Australia.
2. High level of advocacy, communication (written and oral) and negotiation skills.
3. Demonstrated capacity to provide leadership in the delivery of professional high-quality services working collaboratively with a range
of internal and external stakeholders to achieve outcomes.
4. Ability to anticipate, plan and manage change and remain positive under pressure.
5. Demonstrated capacity to provide leadership in the development and implementation of strategies to successfully deal with the
recruitment, development and retention of professional staff.
6. Extensive experience in criminal law and advocacy with the ability to provide sound and timely advice.
7. An ability to interact effectively with people from diverse cultures.
8. Willingness to undertake remote travel including in light aircraft.
9. Hold (or have the capacity to obtain) current Working with Children Clearance (Ochre Card).
Desirable
1. Detailed knowledge of the NT Criminal Code and practices and procedures of the courts of the Northern Territory.
2. Sound understanding of Aboriginal issues relevant to prosecution services.
Further information
A criminal history check will not exclude an applicant from this position unless it is a relevant criminal history including a Fingerprint Scan
and Name Check. Pre-employment form is to be submitted with your online application, to support the selection panel in assessing your
application.
