Workforce Services Coordinator

Location: Geelong

Job type: Full time

Organisation: Department of Justice and Community Safety

**Salary**: $91,418 - $103,725

Occupation: Administration/Secretarial

Reference: VG/1215J

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?
- ** Manage, supervise and co-ordinate the day-to-day operations of the SESG Workforce Services**:

- **Ongoing full time opportunity to oversee the co-ordination of trainers and assessors.**:

- **VPS Grade 4: $91,418 - $103,725 plus superannuation.**

The Department of Justice and Community Safety is seeking a Workforce Services Coordinator to provide a critical role within Security & Emergency Services Group, Corrections Victoria.

**About the Business Unit**

The Security and Emergency Services Group (SESG) is committed to providing support to Corrections Victoria in being responsible for the direction, management and operation of Victoria's corrections system which incorporates Prisons, Post Sentence Facilities and Community Corrections.

The SESG provides proactive security services and incident and emergency response to the correctional system. Provision of immediate and long term support through diverse portfolios such as incident response, high security escorts, barrier control, K9 services and state wide training is a core role of the SESG.

**About the Role**

The Workforce Services Coordinator is responsible for providing professional and efficient services that support the SESG's key workforce areas including, learning and development, leave and rostering coordination and staffing resources. This position will oversee the co-ordination of trainers and assessors whilst ensuring that training records for all SESG are maintained. Preparation of high level briefing and reports relating to various SESG functions will also be expected of this role.

The Workforce Services Coordinator is also responsible for the leadership and supervision of the Workforce Services Officers.

Some of your duties will include:

- Manage, plan and coordinate a wide variety of training and professional development requirements for the SESG to ensure mandatory qualifications are maintained in accordance with operational requirements
- Manage, supervise and co-ordinate the day-to-day operations of the SESG Workforce Services office including roster creation, day sheet creation, data input, processing and retrieval of information.
- Provide team leadership, including mentoring, motivating and address the training requirements of the Team.

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:

- Sound understanding of the Victorian Corrections operating system
- Knowledge of the SESG roles and functions will be highly regarded
- Knowledge and experience in Time Target systems and processing will be advantageous
- Knowledge and experience in the departments Learning Management System will be advantageous

**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.