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?
- Oversee and supervise a small team required to respond to HR related queries
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Ongoing, Full-Time Opportunity to work within a high-performing and fast paced team
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VPS Grade 4: $100,894 - $114,476 plus superannuation
About the business unit
People, Safety and Culture (PSC) provides services and advice to the department on a wide range of human resources (HR), transformation, occupational health and safety, industrial relations, and workforce planning matters. This includes HR policy and strategy; organisational culture and change; recruitment and retention; performance and development; pay, benefits and workforce reporting; occupational health and safety management; employment regulations; and public service medal nominations.
About the Role:
The Team Leader, HR Assist is responsible for overseeing and supervising the small HR Assist team - the dedicated first point of contact for HR queries across the department.
Some of your duties will include:
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Supervising the HR Assist team, the first point of contact centralised HR telephone and email information service (HR Assist) to the department.
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Managing and coaching a small team of support officers to answer generalist HR queries including payroll, recruitment, learning and development, performance, health, safety and wellbeing, workplace relations, leave and other entitlements.
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Ensuring the timely response to queries from managers and employees relating to HR policies and processes within established and agreed timeframes.
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Developing and implementing processes that triage transactional HR queries to the appropriate specialist areas within PSC and provide an escalation point for queries of a more complex nature.
To learn more about this role before applying, please read the attached position description.
About You:
To be successful in this role, you will have:
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Exemplary customer service skills, and experience leading a helpdesk/service environment.
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Extensive knowledge of contemporary human resources practices and preferably, HR/Payroll systems.
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Strong organisational and administrative skills and experience in managing databases and creating / monitoring spreadsheets whilst maintaining confidentiality of personal information.
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Proven conceptual and analytic ability and experience in interpreting and analysing data to convert into meaningful reports.
Qualifications:
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.
