Aboriginal Recruitment Business Partner

**Overview**:
**Work Type**:Ongoing - Full-time

**Salary**: $97,955 - $111,142

**Grade**:VPS 4

**Occupation**:Human resources

**Location**:Melbourne - CBD and Inner Metro suburbs

**Reference**:VG/DJ1038-AUG25

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?
- Provide best practice advice for Aboriginal employment and work closely with internal and external stakeholders
- Undertake the full recruitment lifecycle and contribute specialist advice to regional stakeholders
- Ongoing full-time - $97,955 - $111,142 plus superannuation.
- The Department of Justice and Community Safety (the department) is seeking an** Aboriginal Recruitment Business Partner**within our Recruitment Services Team.

**_ This is a prioritised role for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples, who will be given priority consideration as per the special measures provision of the Equal Opportunity Act 2010._**

**About the Business Unit**
- The Department of Justice and Community Safety (DJCS) provides a range of government programs and services which focus on improving community safety, victim services, regulatory services and crime prevention, and building strong collaboration across the justice system.
- DJCS oversees functions including Aboriginal Justice, Victim Support, Justice Services, Family Violence, Justice Operations, Regional Services Network, Corrections, Youth Justice, Emergency Management, Police and Crime Prevention, Regulation, Corporate Services, Justice Coordination, and Workplace Safety Policy.
- The People, Safety, Culture and Communications (PSCC) group supports the department in workplace culture and people matters, including strategic communications, human resource policy and strategy; organisational culture and change; recruitment and retention; performance and development; pay, benefits and workforce reporting; safety and wellbeing; workplace relations; and employee conduct. PSCC promotes a culture to engage and develop the workforce, providing every person with the opportunity to unlock and achieve their potential.
- The People Services branch oversees payroll and workforce operations, HR Systems and Reporting, HR Assist, executive service management and Recruitment Services across both frontline and non-frontline roles, in the delivery of HR operational outcomes.
- The Recruitment Services and Talent Programs team provides expert advice and support to the department on all recruitment related matters, including attraction, selection, redeployment and other recruitment and retention practices. Recruitment Services delivers consultative, progressive, innovative, fair and ethical recruitment solutions. Recruitment Services delivers consultative, progressive, innovative, fair, and ethical recruitment solutions and comprises of the following specialist functions:

- Campaign Recruitment - Corrections Victoria and Youth Justice
- Executive Recruitment
- Campaign Recruitment
- Employment Marketing
- Recruitment Operations including security checks
- Employment Programs, and
- Redeployment

**About the role**:

- Reporting to the Assistant Manager, the Aboriginal Recruitment Business Partner you will be responsible for managing the end-to-end recruitment process, and work with hiring managers across the department to understand their recruitment needs. Ensuring that target hires are achieved within the talent delivery team and Campaigns portfolios for all prioritised, identified, designated and un-identified roles are achieved across the department.
- As a trusted adviser, the department relies on the Business Partner to guide them through the complexities of recruiting to the varied and unique roles, across a varied portfolio.
- You will contribute specialist advice to regional stakeholders at all levels on Aboriginal cultural issues, employment related policies and legislation that impact on the Victorian Aboriginal community and be a strong advocate for the Department of Justice and Community Safety.
- The Aboriginal Recruitment Business Partner is accountable for effectively partnering with their regi