Rostering Officer

**Utilise your rostering expertise to provide support and advice at Hopkins Correctional Centre**:

- **Great** opportunity: Fixed-term role until 13 June 2026 to work in a high-performing team within Corrections Victoria**:

- **VPS Grade 3: $79,122 - $96,073 plus superannuation**

**About Us**:
The Department of Justice and Community Safety (the department) delivers a justice and community safety system that works to build a safer, fairer and stronger Victoria. Corrections Victoria is a business unit of the Department of Justice and Community Safety (DJCS). Corrections Victoria's vision is 'Safer prisons, safer people, safer communities'. Its mission is to have 'A safer, smarter system with a skilled and supported workforce, that enables people in our care to make better decisions'.

**About the Role**:
Officers operate on a rotating 14-day roster, which involves weekend and public holiday work, remunerated in accordance with the applicable provisions of the VPS Enterprise Agreement.

The role of the Rostering Officer is to assist with forward planning and development of rosters, up to 6 weeks in advance, managing day to day rostering enquiries, adjusting rosters to accommodate changes such as leave requests, unplanned absences and accommodating any changing based on operational needs.

Some of your other duties will include:

- Maintaining rostering information on TimeTarget (e.g. Leave planner, Forecast Tool, and Compliance task list), employee databases and establishments.
- Performing a range of daily and fortnightly quality checks and manually authorise any required outstanding timesheet exceptions, resolve anomalies, check accuracy of timesheets and ensuring the efficient and effective management of staff rosters contributing to the overall operational success of the location.
- Resolve local rostering issues in line with local guidelines and escalate more complex matters to the team leader when required.

**About You**:

- Demonstrable experience and proficiency in the use of rostering based systems, such as TimeTarget/Humanforce or Kronos, and understanding of rostering principles for planning and maintaining multiple staff roster lines.
- Demonstrable experience understanding and advising on enterprise awards and agreements as they relate to rostering.
- Knowledge and experience in rostering, human resource services and / or payroll processing.

**Qualifications**:

- A relevant qualification in human resources, finance or business administration is highly 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.