Description:
Overview
Work type: Full time
Salary: $58,539 - $75,175
Grade: VPSG2
Occupation: Administration/Secretarial
Location: Ararat
Reference: VG/DJ0564APR2025
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.
The department is committed to the safety and wellbeing of children and recognises that children’s rights need to be respected, their views welcomed and valued, and their concerns taken seriously and acted upon.
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.
For more information on working with us and our recruitment process, please visit justice.vic.gov.au/careers
We’re proud of the important work we do across Victoria. Want to be part of it?
- Utilise your administration expertise to provide support and advice to the Corrections Victoria branch
- Ongoing, Full-Time opportunity to work with a high-performing and passionate team in the Victorian Public Service
- VPS Grade 2: $58,539 - $75,175 plus superannuation
About Us:
The Serious Offenders Act 2018 sets out a civil, non-punitive scheme that provides for the ongoing supervision or detention of serious sex offenders and serious violent offenders who have completed their prison sentence and pose an unacceptable risk of committing further offences. Correction Victoria's end-to-end management and delivery of services to serious offenders on post-sentence orders occurs through a multi-faceted governance and operating model.
The Post Sentence Branch, within the Community Operations and Offender Services Division of Corrections Victoria, provides central oversight and governance of the post sentence scheme and offenders subject to post sentence orders.
Corella Place is a Transitional Accommodation Facility that is staffed 24/7 to enhance the protection of the community by providing accommodation for sex offenders when suitable accommodation elsewhere in the community is not available. Corella Place operates at two sites at Warrak Rd, Ararat.
About the Role:
The Justice Officer role provides accurate and timely administrative and support services to Corella Place and staff. The role has a strong focus on service delivery to clients, internal and external stakeholders and the public.
Client services may include responding to resident enquiries, providing information and assistance with matters relating to DJR portfolio, reception duties, coordinating schedules for program areas and delivery of services for residents.
Some of your duties will include:
- Providing administrative support and client services relevant to the location.
- Providing information and assistance to clients, internal and external stakeholders and the public including the collation, review, and processing of applications.
- Providing reception and telephone responses for the location.
- Performing a range of financial duties including accounts payable, accounts receivable, petty cash and banking.
To learn more about this role before applying, please read the attached position description.
About You:
As an ideal candidate, you will possess:
- Well-developed computer literacy.
- Experience in range of finance related tasks including purchasing and accounts payable is highly regarded.
- Demonstrated ability to analyse issues and determine priorities in an environment of tight and conflicting deadlines, to take initiative and work under limited direction.
How to Apply:
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 reference checks, national police checks and misconduct screening. Dependant on the role, other checks may include VicRoads checks, drivers licence checks, medical checks, Working with Children Checks, and Declaration of Private Interests (for executive and responsible officer roles).
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:
CHILD SAFE STATEMENT OF COMMITMENT:
The Department of Justice and Community Safety is committed to the safety and wellbeing of children and young people. We seek to prevent harm of any kind impacting children and young people and have zero tolerance for racism, child abuse and inequality. Children and young people's rights, relationships, identity, and culture must be recognised and respected, their voices heard, and their concerns acted upon. We aim to foster a culturally safe, child safe and child friendly environment for all children and young people we have contact with, deliver services to, or are impacted by our work.
Applications close Monday 14 April 2025 at 11.59PM
Posted 07 March 2025