Facilities Maintenance Support Officer

Location: Melbourne | Western Metropolitan

Job type: Full time

Organisation: Department of Justice and Community Safety

**Salary**: $72,751 - $88,336

Occupation: Facilities Management

Reference: VG/8396SEP22

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?
- ** An exciting opportunity within Dame Phyllis Frost Centre, Department of Justice and Community Safety**:

- **VPS 3 classification (salary range $72,751 - $88,336)**:

- **Ongoing, full-time role**

**About us**

The Corrections and Justice Services (CJS) group, comprising Corrections Victoria, Justice Health and Justice Services, plays an integral role in developing safer and more resilient communities and in delivering a trusted justice and community safety system.

As part of the CJS group, Dame Phyllis Frost Centre is a 568-bed medium to maximum-security facility for female offenders located within the West Metropolitan Region, Department of Justice and Community Safety.

**About the role**

The role of the Facilities Maintenance Support Officer is to provide administrative and coordination support to the facilities manager and team of the facility. The role will work within a multidisciplinary team and is required to be well organised to assist in the coordination of general routine or scheduled maintenance and work on several infrastructure projects as required.

In this role, you will:

- assist in coordinating facility maintenance projects to ensure the facility is maintained in an operational condition
- conduct audit maintenance records and regular inspections to ensure service delivery is of high quality and compliant with contractual obligations
- develop and maintain defect liability and warranty documentation.

Please submit your resume and cover letter outlining your suitability for the role as outlined in the attached position description.

**About you**
- a demonstrated capacity to understand facilities maintenance and compliance inspections
- a proven understanding of departmental procurement guidelines and policies
- excellent stakeholder management skills, with the ability to understand associated costs of operations and seek efficient ways of operating.

**How to apply**

**_ FOR INTERNAL VPS EMPLOYEES:_**

**IMPORTANT INFORMATION**:
The department is committed to providing and maintaining a working environment which is safe and without risk to the health of its employees consistent with the department's obligations under the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 (Vic). Therefore, there is a requirement that all DJCS employees be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to undertake duties outside of their homes.

Prior to commencement of employment with the department you will need to provide evidence that you are vaccinated against COVID-19.

Upon commencement of employment with the department you will be required to provide evidence that you have an up-to-date vaccination status within the timelines specified by the department into the DJCS Service Portal. This includes evidence of all doses of a COVID-19 vaccine required by the department (from time to time).

Acceptable evidence includes:

- **COVID-19 digital certificate or ATAGI exemption certificate (available via your **myGov** account)**
- **Your immunisation history statement (available via your **myGov** account)**

Other documentation outside the above will not be accepted as evidence of having received your COVID-19 vaccine doses.