Justice Officer

Overview

Occupation: Prison and corrective services

Reference: VG/3380CASUAL2025

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?

Responsibilities

- Provide support and assistance in a range of administrative functions across various areas at Dame Phyllis Frost Centre (DPFC)

- Casual positions available within Corrections Victoria

- VPS Grade 2: $60,295 - $77,430 plus superannuation

- Justice Officers may be rotated between streams (Records/Property, Human Resources, Finance/Stores and Administration) to provide career enhancement opportunities and operational flexibility

- Some duties include maintaining accurate records, providing routine advice to staff, management, clients and stakeholders; performing data entry; collecting statistical information, analysing and preparing reports

Justice Officers may be rotated between streams to provide career enhancement opportunities to those staff, and operational flexibility to the prison.

This position will require direct prisoner contact and may involve weekend and public holiday work, remunerated in accordance with the applicable provision of the VPS Determination.

About You

As our ideal candidate, you will possess:

- Well-developed computer literacy with the ability to learn new systems and software with ease.

- Good knowledge of relevant legislation, policies, procedures, guidelines, and regulations.

- Experience in data entry and/or records management.

- Ability to analyse and interpret information, undertake research and prepare reports and correspondence.

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. Depending 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 12 October 2025 at 11.59pm

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