Rostering Officer
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| Department: | Department of Justice and Community Safety |
| Work Type: | Ongoing - full time |
| Job Function: | Prison and Corrective Services |
| Classification: | VPSG3 |
| Work Location: | North West - Loddon |
| Reference: | VG/5884APRIL2026 |
| Closing Date: | 22-Apr-2026 |
| Salary Range: | $79,122 - $96,073 |
| Job Duration: | N/A |
| Attachments: | Position Description - Rostering Officer - Ongoing, full-time - 5884.pdf (PDF, 238KB) Position Description |
| Contact: | Sowmya Pery on 54111021 sowmya.a.pery@justice.vic.gov.au |
Position Details
- Utilise your human resources expertise to provide support and advice to Corrections Victoria within Loddon Mallee Region Prisons
- An ongoing, full-time opportunity to work with a high-performing and passionate team in the Victorian Public Service
- VPS Grade 3: $79,122 - $96,073 plus superannuation.
About the Business Unit:
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:
Rostering plays a critical role in ensuring the efficient operation of the location by managing staff deployments and rostering. The Rostering team is responsible for creating multiple rosters, up to six weeks in advance to meet staffing and operational requirements.
Rostering oversees the end-to-end rostering process, including building and maintaining rosters, managing shift allocations, timesheet management and ensuring accurate recording of staff attendance. Additionally, they coordinate leave requests and availability, ensuring compliance with workforce requirements and operational needs. The team also performs daily validation and reconciliation processes to ensure accurate system processing and to verify that entitlements are correctly applied in accordance with the department's policies, rostering principles and applicable enterprise agreement.
TimeTarget is the department's workforce management system used by all public prisons and Youth Justice facilities state-wide to manage their operations efficiently.
Some of your duties will include:
- Assisting with the development of rosters and take carriage for publishing fortnightly rosters, up to 6 weeks in advance, ensuring adequate coverage and compliance with relevant policies and the VPS Agreement
- Monitoring and maintaining rosters daily, adjusting to accommodate changes such as leave requests, unplanned absences and operational needs
- Maintaining rostering information on TimeTarget (e.g. Leave planner, Forecast Tool, and Compliance task list), employee databases and establishments.
NB* 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.
An integral part of working as part of the Rostering team is in-person presence at the location. The role will require the incumbent to regularly attend their usual place of work.
To learn more about this role before applying, please read the attached position description.
About You:
As our ideal candidate, you will possess:
- 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/Requirements:
- A relevant qualification in human resources, finance or business administration is highly desirable.
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.
