Project Officer, Workforce

Location: Melbourne | CBD

Job type: Full time / 10 Months

Organisation: Department of Justice and Community Safety

**Salary**: $90,067 - $102,192

Occupation: Projects

Reference: DOJ/1659032

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?
- ** Contribute to workforce planning for an innovative new youth justice precinct**:

- **Support project delivery across attraction, recruitment and learning and development initiatives**:

- **Make our community safer by helping children and young people build better futures for themselves at Cherry Creek Youth Justice Precinct.**

**Create Change from the Inside Out**

The young people we work with can make remarkable changes in their lives. For many, those changes will begin at the new state-of-the-art Cherry Creek Youth Justice Precinct (Cherry Creek).

The facility will offer innovative services and the implementation of a new, innovative operating model aimed at reducing reoffending and giving young people the skills to make the most of their lives when they return to the community.

Doing this work well will make our state a safer place to live.

Be part of the change you want to see, join the workforce at Cherry Creek.

**The Opportunity**
- VPS Grade 4 role, earning $90,067 - $102,192
- Provide project management support to enable the successful workforce implementation
- Prepare documentation and reports for key decision makers, senior executives, and support the implementation of agreed outcomes.

The Project Officer - Workforce will support project planning and monitoring including a range of activities targeted at workforce planning, assisting attraction, recruitment and learning and development to achieve project objectives.

The role operates within a complex and dynamic environment that requires sound judgement, the ability to develop and maintain effective stakeholder relationships, using influence and negotiation skills to support the provision of clear advice and effective, timely actions.

To be successful in the role, you will be a confident planner and organiser with great communication skills

For more information on the skills and experience that we are looking for in our new team members, please read the job description document attached.

**Cherry Creek: Building better futures**

Cherry Creek reimagines what a custodial facility can be.

Set in a picturesque part of Victoria, Cherry Creek is a safe and secure place where young people can work on getting their lives back on track. Their efforts are supported by programs and services backed by world-leading research on rehabilitation.

We want young people to return home with the confidence that they can thrive in their own communities, so the facility is designed to represent a familiar, real-world environment. Instead of larger dormitory-style accommodation, young people at Cherry Creek sleep in smaller four-bed and eight-bed units across different neighbourhoods.

Some of Cherry Creek's other design features include:

- Enhanced health, mental health and drug and alcohol support, including a dedicated health centre and two mental health units for young people.
- Purpose-built buildings to deliver programs and education, a recreational centre, and vocational training campus for trade-specific courses.
- A spiritual and cultural space, for cultural and faith-based programs, including gardens and a yarning circle.

We want to make sure all Victorians feel represented by the department's work. One of the ways we do this is by recruiting a diverse workforce - we welcome people of any gender, age, religion, sexual orientation, disability and cultural background. We are also committed to the Victorian Government's promise to increase the number of veterans working in the public sector.

We're proud of our individual differences. We're proud of the many languages we speak and the stories we can share with each other. We hope you will share your story too.

**Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people are strongly encouraged to apply.**

**How to apply**

**Important information**: