Contracts and Program Support Officer

**Utilise your**procurement**expertise and stakeholder management skills to provide support**to the Workforce and Aboriginal Outcomes branch**:

- **New ongoing, full time** 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 Contracts and Program Support Officer to provide a critical role within the Aboriginal Operational Strategic Support team.

**About the Business Unit**

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.

Workforce and Aboriginal Outcomes leads the design, development, implementation and monitoring of Corrections Victoria policies, programs and services aimed at reducing the over-representation of Aboriginal people within the Victorian correctional system and manage initiatives related to the Safer prisons, Safer People, Safer Communities reform agenda. The division is made up of three teams Cultural Review and Workforce Strategy, Naalamba Ganbu and Nerrlinggu Yilam and Aboriginal Operational Strategic Supports. This role sits within the Aboriginal Operational Strategic Supports which is responsible for policy, contracts and procurement, governance and secretariat functions and planning and reporting for Aboriginal programs and services.

**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.

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
- Monitor and manage items in Zycus for the division to ensure compliance

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:

- Demonstrated expertise in providing specialist administrative and corporate support.
- Demonstrated ability to undertake complex procurement activities.
- Demonstrated ability to undertake contract reporting and evaluation with various business systems.
- An ability to manage multiple priorities within agreed timeframes

**Qualifications/requirements**
- Experience in procurement and contract management including contract monitoring, reporting and evaluation is desirable.
- Experience working with Aboriginal Community-Controlled Organisation or similar service providers 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.