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Department of Justice and Community Safety
Applications close Sunday 23 March 2025 at 11.59PM
Overview
Work type: Full timeSalary: $76,817 - $85,048Grade: CCP2Occupation: Prison and Corrective ServicesLocation: Southern MetropolitanReference: DJCS/5298_MAR25
At the Department of Justice and Community Safety, we’re looking for people who want to make a difference. People who take pride in their work. People who get things done. People who are committed to making Victoria a safer place.
We embrace diversity and strive to have a workforce that reflects the community we serve. We’re all about recruiting the best people, regardless of gender, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, or cultural background. If you think you can do the job and would be a good fit for our department, we’d love to hear from you.
The department is committed to the safety and wellbeing of children and recognises that children’s rights need to be respected, their views welcomed and valued, and their concerns taken seriously and acted upon.
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 more information on working with us and our recruitment process, please visit justice.vic.gov.au/careers
We’re proud of the important work we do across Victoria. Want to be part of it?
About The Role
Your primary work location will be based in either Dandenong or Lilydale (1 position available per location) and you will be required to travel across the South East Metro Region to support community work programs.
As a Community Work Officer, you will be responsible for providing community work opportunities and contracts to enable individuals to complete their community work hours and orders successfully. You will administer relevant community work practices including monitoring attendance and compliance with requirements at community work placements, and contracting individuals to appropriate local community work sites.
You will build and maintain effective relationships with Community Work Supervisors (field staff), community work partners and other relevant stakeholders, produce reports and standard documentation in line with procedural guidelines and undertake on-site risk assessments or other occupational health and safety processes as required.
To Be Successful In This Role You Will
For Further Information About This Position, Please Contact
At the Department of Justice and Community Safety, we provide every person with the means to achieve their potential through ongoing learning and development opportunities in a diverse, equitable and supportive environment.
We look for people who are prepared to do their very best in line with our values and behaviours. Our values shape and influence how we recruit, train and develop our staff and build relationships with stakeholders.
We will also provide you with professional development opportunities, an employee assistance program, access to job opportunities across the Victorian Government, salary packaging and much more.
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.
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.
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people are strongly encouraged to apply
Applications close Sunday 23 March 2025 at 11.59PM
Posted 07 March 2025
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Position Description - CCP2 - 5298, 3178 - Community Work Officer - SEMR - Ongoing - March 2025.docx
FILE | 531.61 KB
Contact
Danka Tsardakis on 0408 403 760
Danka.Tsardakis@justice.vic.gov.au
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Applications close Sunday 23 March 2025 at 11.59PM
Overview
Work type: Full timeSalary: $76,817 - $85,048Grade: CCP2Occupation: Prison and Corrective ServicesLocation: Southern MetropolitanReference: DJCS/5298_MAR25
At the Department of Justice and Community Safety, we’re looking for people who want to make a difference. People who take pride in their work. People who get things done. People who are committed to making Victoria a safer place.
We embrace diversity and strive to have a workforce that reflects the community we serve. We’re all about recruiting the best people, regardless of gender, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, or cultural background. If you think you can do the job and would be a good fit for our department, we’d love to hear from you.
The department is committed to the safety and wellbeing of children and recognises that children’s rights need to be respected, their views welcomed and valued, and their concerns taken seriously and acted upon.
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 more information on working with us and our recruitment process, please visit justice.vic.gov.au/careers
We’re proud of the important work we do across Victoria. Want to be part of it?
- Ongoing, full-time position based in Dandenong or Lilydale
- Promote rehabilitation through meaningful community work
- Salary Range $76,817 - $85,048 plus superannuation
About The Role
Your primary work location will be based in either Dandenong or Lilydale (1 position available per location) and you will be required to travel across the South East Metro Region to support community work programs.
As a Community Work Officer, you will be responsible for providing community work opportunities and contracts to enable individuals to complete their community work hours and orders successfully. You will administer relevant community work practices including monitoring attendance and compliance with requirements at community work placements, and contracting individuals to appropriate local community work sites.
You will build and maintain effective relationships with Community Work Supervisors (field staff), community work partners and other relevant stakeholders, produce reports and standard documentation in line with procedural guidelines and undertake on-site risk assessments or other occupational health and safety processes as required.
To Be Successful In This Role You Will
- strive for service excellence, with excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- be able to self-manage, using available information to make sound, timely and well-informed decisions
- be flexible and adaptable to change
- have computer proficiency, including in the use of the Microsoft Office suite, electronic document management systems and internal databases.
For Further Information About This Position, Please Contact
- Danka Tsardakis – A/Manager, Community Work and Partnerships on 0408 403 760
At the Department of Justice and Community Safety, we provide every person with the means to achieve their potential through ongoing learning and development opportunities in a diverse, equitable and supportive environment.
We look for people who are prepared to do their very best in line with our values and behaviours. Our values shape and influence how we recruit, train and develop our staff and build relationships with stakeholders.
We will also provide you with professional development opportunities, an employee assistance program, access to job opportunities across the Victorian Government, salary packaging and much more.
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.
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.
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people are strongly encouraged to apply
Applications close Sunday 23 March 2025 at 11.59PM
Posted 07 March 2025
Action
Key documents
Position Description - CCP2 - 5298, 3178 - Community Work Officer - SEMR - Ongoing - March 2025.docx
FILE | 531.61 KB
Contact
Danka Tsardakis on 0408 403 760
Danka.Tsardakis@justice.vic.gov.au
Other opportunities
77 jobs at Department of Justice and Community Safety
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