Finance Assistant

Overview

Corrective Services

Salary: Level 2, $76,912 - $82,464 p.a plus 12% superannuation (PSCSAA 2025)

Position number: 014707

Work type: Fixed Term - Part Time

Location: Bunbury Regional Prison

Closing date: 2025-09-15 4:30 PM (YYYY-MM-DD)

Attachments: Applicant Information Pack.pdf; Duty Statement - Finance Assistant.pdf; Job Description Form - Finance Assistant

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About Justice

When you join the Department of Justice, you become part of a people-focused organisation, working hard to make our community a fairer and safer place to live. We offer many different employment opportunities in locations around Western Australia. You will have a chance to make a real difference to your local communities and to the lives of those you work with.

About The Role

Bunbury Regional Prison is located approximately 15 kilometres south of Bunbury on Centenary Road Southwest Highway, (off Boyanup Road). The prison is a medium security facility, with a separate pre-release unit housing minimum security offenders. Bunbury also accommodates a high number of vulnerable prisoners and is considered a leader in actively managing special needs offenders who would normally be placed in the mainstream in protection. Bunbury delivers high-level programs to offenders, including the medium and high intensity sex offender programs and medium intensity violent offender programmes.

The Finance Assistant assists with the procurement and administrative support of all financial, procurement and asset requirements for the prison, and monitors purchasing activities, to ensure compliance with legislative and departmental guidelines. The Finance Assistant assists the Finance Coordinator with a range of financial and business activities.

Benefits And Opportunities

• Flexible working arrangements
• Career pathway opportunities
• Learning and development opportunity programs
• Check out the attached Applicant Information Pack to find out other benefits of working for Justice.

Application processHow To Apply

Please ensure you review the attached Job Description Form (JDF) for further information about the requirements of the position. This information will assist you with the preparation of your application.

We require you to submit:

• Provide a comprehensive Resume / Curriculum Vitae, that clearly outlines your transferable skills, experience and highlights your key achievements.
• A statement no more than two (2) pages, addressing the three (3) following job-related requirements and/or role specific criteria.

Please provide examples to support your claims.

• Achieve Results
• Builds Productive Relationships
• Communicates and Influences Effectively
• Contact details of two work related referees, including email addresses.

All remaining Job-Related Requirements and/or Role Specific Criteria will be assessed at a later stage in the recruitment process.

Subsequent Vacancies

Applicants found suitable but not recommended for this vacancy may be considered for subsequent similar vacancies in the Department of Justice for a period of twelve (12) months, in accordance with Part 5 (General Appointment) of the Commissioner's Instructions No. 2: Filling a Public Sector Vacancy and Commissioner's Instructions No. 39: Interim Arrangements to Fill Public Sector Vacancies. Permanent, fixed term, full time and part time appointments may be offered during this period.

For further job-related information

If you would like further information regarding the vacancy please contact Lee Maslin, Business Manager on (08) 9795 2605 for a confidential discussion.

Equity and Diversity

The Department of Justice is committed to building a workplace culture that values diversity and inclusion. We actively promote the employment of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, youth, people of diverse sexualities and genders, women, culturally and linguistically diverse people, and other diversity groups. Aboriginal job seekers may contact the Aboriginal Workforce Development Team on aboriginalworkforcedevelopment@justice.wa.gov.au or call (08) 9264 1700 for culturally appropriate application advice. Applicants with disability requiring adjustments or accessibility support at any stage of the selection process can contact the hiring manager as listed under the "Further Information" section or contact the Diversity and Inclusion team on WorkforceDiversity@justice.wa.gov.au or (08) 9264 1700 for a confidential discussion.

Submitting your application

Applicants are requested to apply online. To submit your application, click the "Apply for Job" button at the bottom of this advertisement.

Please ensure you allow sufficient time to submit your application, as late applications will not be accepted.

If you are having difficulty submitting your online application, please telephone RAMS Helpdesk at ramshelpdesk@bigredsky.com or call 1300 733 056 for assistance.

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The Department of Justice has introduced a smoke-free policy, which has been fully implemented across all women's prisons and the Academy, with all other prison sites to follow before the end of 2025.

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