Justice Officer - Records
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| Department: | Department of Justice and Community Safety |
| Work Type: | Ongoing - Part Time |
| Job Function: | Prison and Corrective Services |
| Classification: | VPSG2 |
| Work Location: | Hume Region - Negotiable |
| Reference: | VG/6596MAY2025 |
| Closing Date: | 02-Jun-2025 |
| Salary Range: | $60,295 - $77,430 |
| Job Duration: | N/A |
| Attachments: | 6596 - Position Description - Justice Officer - Records VPS2 Ongoing Part Time.pdf (PDF, 235KB) |
| Contact: | Kate Downie on 0419 523 340 kathrine.downie@justice.vic.gov.au |
Position Details
- Utilise your administration and stakeholder engagement expertise to provide support and advice to the Corrections Victoria branch
- Ongoing, Part-Time opportunity to work with a high-performing and passionate team in the Victorian Public Service
- VPS Grade 2: $60,295 - $77,430 plus superannuation
About Us:
Beechworth Correctional Centre is a Corrections Victoria, minimum security prison for men, located in Northeast Victoria, within the Hume Region of the Department of Justice and Community Safety (DJCS). Corrections Victoria develops and implements policies, programs, and services to ensure that safe and secure containment of prisoners, and that seek to rehabilitate offenders by addressing the underlying causes of offending behaviour.
Corrections Victoria manages Community Correctional Services locations across the state and is responsible for managing Victoria's public prisons and overseeing the contracts relating to the management of the privately operated prisons. In doing so, Corrections Victoria delivers a safe and secure corrections system that actively engages offenders to promote positive behaviour change and prepare offenders for release back into the community.
About the Role:
At the Beechworth Correctional Centre, each Justice Officer role specialises in one of five streams Records, Stores, Canteen, Finance 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.
This position requires direct prisoner contact and may involve weekend and public holiday work, remunerated in accordance with the applicable provision of the VPS Determination.
Some of your duties will include:
- Greeting and liaising with clients and stakeholders and providing accurate advice and information in relation to justice services in accordance with business processes.
- Delivering justice services and maintaining accurate, confidential records and providing statistical reports in line with agreed standards and local operating procedures.
- As part of the Records team, under supervision, performing all administrative functions pertaining to Records at the Beechworth Correctional Centre.
To learn more about this role before applying, please read the attached position description.
About You:
As an ideal candidate, you will possess:
- Well-developed computer literacy.
- Good knowledge of relevant legislation, policies, procedures, guidelines, and regulations.
- Understanding the importance of maintaining accurate records and associated legal implications of documents handed down by the courts.
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.
Applications close Monday 2nd of June 2025 at 11.59pm.
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.
