Human Resources Officer

Location: North West Region | Loddon

Job type: Full time / 12 months

Organisation: Department of Justice and Community Safety

**Salary**: $58,539 - $75,175

Occupation: Human Resources

Reference: VG/6546DECEMBER2024

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 Human Resources expertise to provide support and advice to Corrections Victoria at Loddon Mallee Region Prisons**:

- **A Fixed-Term, Full-Time opportunity to work with a high-performing and passionate team in the Victorian Public Service for 12 months**:

- **VPS Grade 2: $58,539 - $75,175 plus superannuation.**

**About the Business Unit**:
Corrections Victoria is responsible for the direction, management and operation of Victoria's prison system and Post Sentence Scheme. As a service agency within the Department of Justice & Community Safety (DJCS), Corrections Victoria develops and implements policies, programs and services that ensure the safe and secure containment of prisoners, and that seek to rehabilitate offenders by addressing the underlying causes of offending behaviour.

**About the Role**:
Reporting to the Human Resources Supervisor, the Human Resources Officer is responsible for supporting the effective delivery of a range of human resource functions, with the primary focus to perform recruitment duties for the facility.

Some of your duties will include:

- Assisting with and participating in recruitment activity, including interviewing and selection and assessment of staff in relation to the recruitment process
- Providing high quality services and performing all administrative functions pertaining to human resources

To learn more about this role before applying, please read the attached position description.

**About You**:

- Experience in dealing with end-to-end recruitment processes
- The ability to cooperate and work well with others in pursuit of team goals, sharing information and acknowledging others' efforts while being willing to step in and help others where required
- The ability to seek resolution of problems through policy or process guidelines and understanding concepts that enable improvements in critical thinking and problem solving.
- Qualifications/Requirements:_
- A formal qualification and/or previous HR experience would be desirable.

**How to Apply**:
**_ FOR INTERNAL VPS EMPLOYEES:_**

**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.