Justice Officer

• Provide support and assistance in a range of administrative functions across various areas at Dame Phyllis Frost Centre (DPFC)
• Casual positions available within Corrections Victoria
• VPS Grade 2: $60,295 - $77,430 plus superannuation

About the Business Unit:

The Corrections and Justice Services (CJS) group, comprising Corrections Victoria, Justice Health and Justice Services, plays an integral role in developing safer and more resilient communities and in delivering a trusted justice and community safety system.

Corrections Victoria is responsible for the implementation of 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.

Corrections Victoria also sets strategy, policy and standards for the management of the state's system of correctional facilities whilst also developing programs for the management and rehabilitation of prisoners and the community-based supervision of offenders.

As part of the CJS group, the Dame Phyllis Frost Centre (DPFC) is a 694 bed maximum-security facility for female offenders located within the West Metropolitan Region, Department of Justice.

About the Role:

At the DPFC, each Justice Officer role specialises in one of four streams - Records/Property, Human Resources, Finance/Stores and Administration. Over time, and with appropriate support and training, Justice Officers may be rotated between these streams to provide career enhancement opportunities to those staff, and operational flexibility to the prison.

Some of your duties will include:

• Providing support and assistance in a range of administrative functions across various areas at DPFC.
• Maintaining accurate records relating to the functions undertaken and provide routine advice to staff, management, clients and stakeholders.
• Performing data entry tasks and under direction, collect statistical information, analyse and prepare reports.

Justice Officers may be rotated between streams to provide career enhancement opportunities to those staff, and operational flexibility to the prison.

This position will require direct prisoner contact and may involve weekend and public holiday work, remunerated in accordance with the applicable provision of the VPS Determination.

About You:

As our ideal candidate, you will possess:

• Well-developed computer literacy with the ability to learn new systems and software with ease.
• Good knowledge of relevant legislation, policies, procedures, guidelines, and regulations.
• Experience in data entry and/or records management.
• Ability to analyse and interpret information, undertake research and prepare reports and correspondence.

How to Apply:

Please click the Apply button on this advertisement. Applications should include a resume and covering letter. Attachments can be uploaded in .doc, .docx, .pdf, .txt or .rtf formats.

The successful candidate will be required to undergo pre-employment checks which may include reference checks, national police checks and misconduct screening. Dependant on the role, other checks may include VicRoads checks, drivers licence checks, medical checks, Working with Children Checks, and Declaration of Private Interests (for executive and responsible officer roles).

If you require adjustments to the recruitment and selection process, or require an alternative format to any of the application material, please don't hesitate to get in touch with the contact person listed on this ad.

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.