Finance & Stores Supervisor (Vpsg4)

Location: Melbourne | Western Metropolitan

Job type: Full time

Organisation: Department of Justice and Community Safety

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

Occupation: Prison and Corrective Services

Reference: VG/7243_OCT

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 problem-solving skills to manage the finance & stores areas at the Metropolitan Remand Centre**:

- **Ongoing, full time role **available to work with a high-performing and passionate team in the Victorian Public Service.**:

- **VPS Grade 4: $90,067 - $102,192 plus superannuation.**

The Department of Justice and Community Safety (the department) is seeking a Finance & Stores Supervisor to provide a critical role at the Metropolitan Remand Centre.

**About the business unit**

The Corporate Governance and Support group supports the whole of the department to deliver positive outcomes for the community through responsive, reliable, and efficient corporate services. Our focus is on providing services that add value and are adaptable to business needs, while maintaining high standards and compliance.

As part of the Corrections and Justice Services (CJS) group, the Metropolitan Remand Centre is a 954 bed maximum-security facility for unsentenced male offenders located within the West Metropolitan Region, Department of Justice and Community Safety.

**About the role**

The Finance and Stores Supervisor manages a team of corporate services staff within the unique operational environment of a correctional facility. The role oversees financial activities as well as stores and prisoner shop operations at the MRC, ensuring the Justice Officer workforce is properly skilled and trained to deliver quality corporate services functions to the location. The role is responsible for delivering key financial related projects including financial analysis and reporting to a high standard in a timely and accurate manner.

The role also requires a high degree of integrity, effective communication skills, an ability to resolve competing demands, problem-solving skills as well as an ability to monitor service delivery and compliance.

This position may require direct prisoner contact and may involve weekend and public holiday work, remunerated in accordance with the applicable provision of the VPS Agreement 2020.

Some of your duties will include:

- Ensure compliance with relevant policies, guidelines and operating procedures, including matching of documents, inputting data, reconciling, monitoring, reporting, financial returns and following up accounts matters as required for the Prison.
- Develop and maintain professional relationships with customers, administrators, stakeholders and prison staff on relevant issues as required.
- Manage the finance, stores and canteen teams, including performance development, skills development and improvement and maintenance.
- Collect and provide statistical information, analyse, prepare reports, obtain quotes and prepare estimates for works and services as required.
- Manage financial expenditure in line with budget allocations.
- Ensure monthly financial processes are undertaken in line with departmental and regional policies and procedures.

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:

- Experience with Oracle or similar finance related system.

**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 departm