Contracts and Program Support Officer

**Overview**:
**Work Type**:Fixed-term - Full-time

**Salary**: $97,955 - $111,142

**Grade**:VPS 4

**Occupation**:Administration

**Location**:Melbourne - CBD and Inner Metro suburbs

**Reference**:VG/1880750AUG2025

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.

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?
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- **Utilise your expertise to provide support and advice to key stakeholders.**:

- ** Fixed term Opportunity to work with a high-performing and passionate team in the Victorian Public Service**:

- ** VPS Grade 4: $97,955 - $111,142 plus superannuation.**
- The Department of Justice and Community Safety (the department) is seeking a Contracts and Program Support Officer to provide a critical role within Custodial Operations.

**About the Business Unit**
- The Department of Justice and Community Safety (DJCS) provides a range of government programs and services which focus on improving community safety, victim services, regulatory services and crime prevention, and building strong collaboration across the justice system. Corrections Victoria's vision is for Safer Prisons, Safer People and Safer Communities. Our mission is to create a safer, smarter corrections system with a skilled and supported workforce, that enables people in our care to make better decisions.
- Corrections Victoria is part of the Corrections and Justice Services (CJS) group in the Department of Justice and Community Safety and supports the Minister for Corrections. CJS also comprises Justice Health (which manages health services in adult and youth custodial facilities); Policy, Strategy and Service Design; Group Services and Coordination; and Justice Services (which includes Community Correctional Services and other justice programs). CJS plays an integral role in developing safer and more resilient communities and in delivering a trusted justice and community safety system
- Corrections Victoria operates Victoria's adult prison system, seeking to provide safe and secure containment for people in custody and an environment and programs and services that support rehabilitation. Corrections Victoria runs 11 public prisons, one transition centre, and oversees privately operated prisons. Corrections Victoria provides best practice interventions that aim to reduce the risk of reoffending, including case management informed by sound risk assessment, offence specific and offence related programs, and transition and reintegration supports.

**About the Role**
- The role of Contracts and Program Support Officer is vital in ensuring the Aboriginal support functions and contracts that sit over the prison network are maintained. This position is crucial in ensuring the smooth delivery of cultural programs, compliance with reporting obligations, enhanced coordination of increased service and operational demands, and operational support.
- As the Contracts and Program Support Officer you will:

- Work collaboratively with key service partners, including other teams in Corrections Victoria to identify and respond to issues and risks that affect Aboriginal programs and service performance.
- Manage the procurement process and contract monitoring and reporting for all Aboriginal services and programs within the Aboriginal and Workforce Outcomes division.
- Undertake quality assurance processes to ensure that documents are of a high-quality including reports, letters, and other documentation so as to achieve consistency of quality, professionalism and relevance of responses.
- Work with Microsoft programs, PowerBI, departmental databases including Oracle and Zycus for reporting and contract management such as identifying and correcting gaps and reporting on contract progress and compliance.
- Be able to manage projects under limited direction.
- Some of your duties will include:

- Oversee invoice payment and month end processes including accruals, month end journals, reports and briefings.
- Manage procurement activities for the division including liaising with relevant stakeholders.
- Ensure compliance with relevant procurement policies and guidelines as required for the department.
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