Grants Officer

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

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

**Grade**:VPS 4

**Occupation**:Projects

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

**Reference**:VG/EMV568JULY

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?
- **Utilise your Grants expertise to provide support and advice to the Emergency Management**Strategy and Capability Branch**:

- ** Full Time, Fixed term until 30 June 2028 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 is seeking a Grants Officer to provide a critical role within Emergency Management Strategy and Capability Branch.

**About the Business Unit**
- The Emergency Management Strategy and Capability Branch coordinates and drives emergency management strategy, policy, legislative reform, governance, capability, and risk and preparedness priorities to deliver economic, social, environmental and public safety outcomes. The branch coordinates input and responses to reviews and inquiries into the emergency management sector; delivers capability development programs to build sector wide emergency management capability to ensure a skilled, trained, resilient and inclusive workforce, including volunteers, to meet current and future challenges; and provides the risk and preparedness function to support emergency management preparedness through comprehensive risk management, planning, assurance collaboration and co-ordination. It also enables evidence-based decision making and planning through the delivery of strategic programs focused on critical infrastructure and data.

**About the Role**
- Reporting to the Senior Policy Officer, the Grants Officer provides support across administration, reporting, purchasing and finance for the Disaster Ready Fund.
- Some of your duties will include:

- ** Support the development, management and maintenance of systems to ensure efficient and effective processing, monitoring and reporting of the Disaster Ready Fund.**:

- ** Ensure all purchase orders and contracts are entered into the appropriate corporate systems and are maintained in a current, accurate and auditable state.**
- To learn more about this role before applying, please read the attached position description.

**About you**
- To be successful in this role, you will have:
**Technical Expertise**
- Experience in the use of Oracle Financials and/or web-based systems.
- Experience working within purchasing and finance requirements.

**Qualifications**
- A relevant tertiary qualification is desirable.

**How to Apply**

**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 3 August 2025 at 11.59pm

Posted
- 18 July 2025