Employment Programs Advisor
- Location: Melbourne - CBD
- Job Function: Human Resources (HR)
- Work Type: Ongoing - full time
About this role
- Utilise your human resources expertise to provide support and advice to Recruitment Services
- An Ongoing, Full-Time opportunity to work with a high-performing and passionate team in the Victorian Public Service
- VPS Grade 4: $97,955 - $111,142 plus superannuation.
About the Business Unit:
People, Safety, Culture and Communications' core functions span the breadth of workplace cultural, and people matters, including human resources policy and strategy; organisational culture and change; recruitment, redeployment, and retention; performance and development; pay, benefits and workforce reporting; occupational health and safety management; and employment regulations.
About the Role:
The Employment Programs Advisor provides high level support across two portfolios:
- Employment Programs
- Career Transition/ Redeployment support
This position will provide support across the employment programs including trainee and vendor management.
Some of your duties will include:
- Providing advice and working collaboratively with business areas to identify, develop and implement innovative solutions that support departmental strategy across employment program services
- Coordination of end-to-end recruitment of programs including panel scheduling, reference checks, onboarding and generating offer/placement documentation and briefing
- Successful program management and delivery Programs across the portfolio, including regular reviews and assessment of the programs impacts, program reporting and data collation and representation of the department at Whole of Victorian Government Forums.
To learn more about this role before applying, please read the attached position description.
About You:
As our ideal candidate, you will possess:
- Proven experience managing a diverse and geographically spread stakeholder group to deliver consistent and high-quality service
- Experience in developing and/or coordinating employment programs is preferable
- Experience in supporting career transition/ redeployment is preferable.
Qualifications/Requirements:
- A relevant tertiary qualification is 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.
Job details
| Job Reference: | VG/DJ2509OCTOBER2025 |
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| Location: | Melbourne - CBD |
| Work Type: | Ongoing - full time |
| Job Function: | Human Resources (HR) |
| Classification: | VPSG4 |
| Salary Range: | $97,955 - $111,142 |
| Job Duration: | N/A |
| Date posted: | 13-Oct-2025 |
| Application Close Date: | 27-Oct-2025 |
| Attachments: | Position Description - VPS4 - Employment Programs Advisor - Ongoing.pdf (PDF, 205KB) Position Description |
| Contact: |
Rachael Brown on 0429 850 615
rachael.brown@justice.vic.gov.au
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