Project Officer

Location: Melbourne - CBD and Inner Metro suburbs

Reference: VG/DJ3452SEPTEMBER2025

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 expertise in Project Delivery to provide support and advice to theVictim Services Support and Reform branch
- A Fixed-Term, Full-Timeopportunity to work with a high-performing and passionate team in the Victorian Public Service until 30th June 2027
- VPS Grade 4: $97,955 - $111,142 plus superannuation.

About the Business Unit:

Victim Services, Support and Reform (VSSR) is part of the Police, Racing, Victims and Coordination Group within the Department of Justice and Community Safety (DJCS). VSSR is responsible for the delivery and reform of services to victims of crime, placing victims at the centre of our justice system, as well as direct service provision through a range of programs including the Victims of Crime Helpline, Victims Register and the Victims Assistance Program.

The National Redress Scheme Operations Team sits within the VSSR branch and is the central coordination point for the Victorian Government/'s participation in the National Redress Scheme for people who have experienced Institutional Child Sexual Abuse (National Redress Scheme).

The National Redress Scheme:

- acknowledges that many children were sexually abused in Australian institutions
- holds institutions accountable for this abuse, and
- helps people who have experienced institutional child sexual abuse gain access to counselling, a direct personal response, and a Redress payment.

About the Role:

The Project Officer will work collaboratively with stakeholders within the Victorian and Commonwealth Governments focussing on the participation of the Victorian Government in the National Redress Scheme.

Some of your duties will include:

- Supporting the coordination of the Victorian Government/'s participation in the National Redress Scheme through undertaking key operational processes and contributing to their continuous improvement - opperational processes include reading applications for redress and allocating the applications to the responsible institution, completing templates for information requests, proactively monitoring applications received, reviewing responses, updating databases to track information, reporting and analysing data
- Providing project management capability to assist in whole of Victorian government coordination of the National Redress Scheme, including secretariat services for committees and working groups
- Preparing advice and analysis on matters to influence decisions of relevant governance bodies, including interdepartmental and interjurisdictional committees and working groups.

To learn more about this role before applying, please read the attached position description.

About You:

As our ideal candidate, you will possess:

- Proven analytical skills with a strong focus on attention to detail
- Demonstrated organisational and project management skills
- Demonstrated capability to provide secretariat support
- Good working knowledge and experience in using Microsoft excel.

Qualifications/Requirements:

- Experience and/or a tertiary qualification in a relevant field is desirable.

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 Sunday 5 October 2025 at 11.59pm

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