Justice Officer

Location: North West Region | Bendigo

Job type: Full time

Organisation: Department of Justice and Community Safety

**Salary**: $55,439 - $71,194

Occupation: Administration/Secretarial

Reference: VG/1442AUG22

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 our Bendigo Justice Service Centre, Department of Justice and Community Safety**:

- **VPSG 2 classification (salary range $55,439 - $71,194)**:

- **Ongoing, full-time role**

**About us**

The Loddon Mallee Region provides services at Justice Service Centres in Bendigo, Swan Hill, Echuca and Mildura and at outreach locations across the region, including Castlemaine, Maryborough, Kerang, Robinvale, Kyneton and Ouyen. The region also has three prisons, two within the Loddon Prison Precinct which includes a medium risk facility (Loddon) and a restricted minimum facility (Middleton). Tarrengower Prison is the third prison which is a minimum risk women's facility located at Maldon.

**About the role**

In a Justice Service Centre, a Justice Officer provides a combination of reception and concierge functions, as well as administrative and business support services.

In this role, you will:

- provide administrative support across a range of Justice Services including Sheriff's and Community Correctional Services
- provide relief, support and assistance in a range of corporate service functions within the region as required.

**About you**
- well-developed computer literacy and understanding of working within a correctional environment
- sound knowledge of relevant legislation, policies, procedures, guidelines, and regulations
- excellent problem solving, stakeholder management and interpersonal skills.

**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.