Job Description
Job Description
Location: Melbourne | Northern Metropolitan
Job type: Full time / 15 months from commencement
Organisation: Department of Justice and Community Safety
Salary: $76,817 - $+3,274
Occupation: Administration/Secretarial
Reference: VG/DJ7503AUGUST2026
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, ****** 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?
Utilise your expertise to provide support and advice to the Justice Services branch in North West Metro
A Fixed-Term, Full-Time opportunity to work with a high-performing and passionate team in the Victorian Public Service for 15 months
VPS Grade 3: $76,817 - $+3,274 plus superannuation.
About the Business Unit:
Located across the NWMA are fourteen non-custodial locations in the Melbourne CBD, Broadmeadows, Coolaroo, Reservoir, South Morang, Melton, Sunshine, Werribee, Derrimut, Laverton, Tullamarine and Thomastown, plus the Neighbourhood Justice Centre in Collingwood, and the Court Services Unit at the Melbourne Magistrates Court. There are four youth justice office locations in Broadmeadows, Reservoir, Werribee and Sunshine. There are three maximum security prisons - Dame Phyllis Frost Centre, Melbourne Assessment Prison and the Metropolitan Remand Centre, as well as the minimum-security Judy Lazarus Transition Centre.
You will work across three different locations - Broadmeadows, Coolaroo and Tullamarine.
About the Role:
The Justice Officer Team Leader will monitor service delivery standards, identify service delivery issues and recommend appropriate and timely solutions to those problems.
Some of your duties will include:
Supervising a team of administrative staff to ensure effective delivery of operational support, administrative and clients services, including routine supervision, performance planning, training needs analysis and mentoring as appropriate
Ability to provide and demonstrate positive leadership and direction in a high-capacity front counter environment, ensuring that the level of service and hospitality exhibited towards the Departments clients and fellow employees, are consistently delivers at the highest level of professionalism, & customer service excellence
Ensuring that Justice Officer resources are deployed to meet operational demands and a flexible and cooperative approach is taken to addressing competing service demand needs.
To learn more about this role before applying, please read the attached position description.
About You:
As our ideal candidate, you will possess:
The ability to lead a team, promoting growth and development of staff
An openness to new ideas and approaches while offering own opinions, making suggestions and maintaining discipline in keeping to work planned or assigned
The ability to consider the merits of new ideas and approaches and is willing to develop and apply new skills
The ability to recognise own emotional responses to a range of people or events, and the impact these can have on others while recognising that problems or challenges are a normal part of working and actions can be taken to manage them.
Proficient use of Microsoft Office Suite.
Qualifications/Requirements:
A drivers licence is preferable as you will be expected to work between three different locations - Broadmeadows, Tullamarine and Coolaroo
How to Apply:
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.
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.
