Justice Officer - Finance

• Utilise your financial and procurement expertise to provide support and advice to the Finance and Procurement branch
• Ongoing, Full-Time opportunity to work with a high-performing and passionate team in the Victorian Public Service
• VPS Grade 2: $56,834 - $72,985 plus superannuation.

About Us:

The Barwon South West Region (BSWR) provides justice services from Justice Service Centres in Geelong and Warrnambool, and through reporting centres in Colac, Hamilton, and Portland. The region has a prison precinct that currently includes three prisons, the maximum-security HM Prison Barwon and medium security Prisons - Marngoneet Correctional Centre and Karreenga.

In addition to the custodial services provided at our prisons, Regional Justice Service Centres provide Community Correctional Services, Sheriff's Operations, Offender Behaviour Programs, Consumer Affairs, Births Deaths and Marriages, Dispute Settlement Centre, and Regional Aboriginal Justice Advisory Committee.

About the Role:

The Justice Officer - Finance provides a range of financial and purchasing transactional services to the Barwon South West Prisons - HMP Barwon, Marngoneet and Karreenga Correctional Centres. The Justice Officer is an entry-level position to a career in corporate services within the Department of Justice and Community Safety (DJCS).

This position will require direct prisoner contact and may involve occasional weekend and public holiday work, remunerated in accordance with the applicable provision of the VPS Determination. The successful applicant will be required to work across the Barwon South West Region Prison Precinct (various prisons) as deemed necessary.

Some of your duties will include:

• As part of the Finance Team and under supervision, providing high quality financial and purchasing services, in accordance with the Financial Management Act 1994, other government regulations, guidelines and local operating procedures.
• Undertaking purchasing functions, maintain accurate and up to date records ensuring adherence with relevant legislative and organisational requirements. Assist with the ordering and processing of prisoner financial transactions.
• Performing accounts functions, including payables, receivables, reconciliation, data entry, reporting, as well as overseeing the administration of prisoner private monies.
• Liaising with internal and external staff and stakeholders regarding prison and prisoner finance matters.
• Providing support and assistance in a range of other corporate services functions for program areas within the Barwon South West Region.

To learn more about this role before applying, please read the attached position description.

About You:

As our ideal candidate, you will be able to demonstrate:

• Computer skills (MS Office skills i.e. MS Word, Excel, Outlook, Teams) with demonstrated knowledge and experience of working with relevant software.
• Knowledge of financial systems, process and experience in a finance environment.
• Problem solving abilities, with the capacity to priorities tasks effectively.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills with demonstrated experience of working collaboratively.

Qualification/Requirements:

• No formal qualifications required.

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 national police checks and misconduct screening.

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.

FOR INTERNAL VPS EMPLOYEES:

• For this particular vacancy, priority consideration applies to Victorian Public Service (VPS) and select employees of the Victorian Public Sector who apply through the Jobs Skills Exchange (JSE) jobs board platform.
• For all VPS employees, due to the new Jobs Skills Exchange (JSE) policy, please apply through the JSE to be eligible to be considered for this position in the first round.

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.