This is a permanent, full time vacancy.

About Justice

When you join the Department of Justice, you become part of a people-focused organisation, working hard to make our community a fairer and safer place to live. We offer many different employment opportunities in locations around Western Australia. You will have a chance to make a real difference to your local communities and to the lives of those you work with.

About the role

The Infrastructure and Environment Directorate is accountable for strategic management and planning involving the acquisition, management and maintenance of assets including built infrastructure, vehicles, leased office accommodation and employee housing. The Directorate is also responsible for planning and implementation of programs and initiatives to decrease the Department’s environmental impacts.

The Business Services Officer is responsible for providing support to the Business Services branch and corporate support to the Directorate. The position is relied upon to coordinate and assist with the delivery of human, financial and physical resource requirements and for effective monitoring and reporting practices.

Listed below are the key responsibilities of this position and what the panels are looking for. 

• Assists with the coordination of human, financial and physical activities, reporting and providing a range of support services to the Manager and the Directorate.
• Assists the Business Manager in relation with employee onboarding and offboarding processes for staff within Directorate and Temporary project staff at site locations.
• Contribute to the implementation of projects to improve the effectiveness and undertakes information gathering as required.
• Contributes to financial management related activities such as the monthly financial salary journals from Recurrent to Capital infrastructure projects.
• Monitors and reports on transaction expenditure against the budget, assisting with forecasting and the budget status for the Directorate.
• Coordinates the Capital Report Distribution for forwarding to Project Managers to update forecasts collating responses and liaising with Finance.
• Support the process of procurement tasks (raising requisitions within the Oracle system with details and receipting of invoices in line with Purchase Orders, actioning necessary change orders).

Eligibility

To be eligible for appointment to permanent positions in the West Australian Public Sector you must be an Australian citizen or have permanent resident status in Australia.

Benefits and opportunities

• Flexible working arrangements.
• Career pathway opportunities.
• Learning and development opportunity programs.
• Health and wellbeing programs including Fitness passport providing a wide range of gym, pool, and fitness centre discounts available for employees and their families.
• Check out the attached Applicant Information Pack to find out other benefits of working for Justice.

Application process

How to apply

Please ensure you review the attached Job Description Form (JDF) for further information about the requirements of the position. This information will assist you with the preparation of your application.

We require you to submit:

1. Provide a comprehensive Resume / Curriculum Vitae, that clearly outlines your transferable skills, experience and highlights your key achievements.
2. A statement of no more than two (2) pages addressing your suitability for the role in the context of all the Job Related Requirements listed on the JDF. Please provide examples to support your claims. 
3. Contact details of two (2) recent work referees, with one (1) of them being your current Line Manager where possible.

The remaining Role Specific Criteria listed on the JDF will be assessed at a later stage in the recruitment process.

For Further Job Related Information

If you would like further information regarding the vacancy please contact Narelle Snell, Business Services Manager on (08) 9264 1108 for a confidential discussion.

Equity and Diversity

The Department of Justice is committed to building a workplace culture that values diversity and inclusion. We actively promote the employment of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, youth, people of diverse sexualities and genders, women, culturally and linguistically diverse people, and other diversity groups.

Aboriginal job seekers may contact the Aboriginal Workforce Development Team on aboriginalworkforcedevelopment@justice.wa.gov.au or call (08) 9264 1700 for culturally appropriate application advice.

Applicants with disability requiring adjustments or accessibility support at any stage of the selection process can contact the hiring manager as listed under the ‘For Further Job Related Information’ section or contact the Diversity and Inclusion team on WorkforceDiversity@justice.wa.gov.au or (08) 9264 1700 for a confidential discussion.

Submitting your application

Applicants are requested to apply online. To submit your application, click the “Apply for Job” button at the bottom of this advertisement.

Please ensure you allow sufficient time to submit your application, as late applications will not be accepted.

If you are having difficulty submitting your online application, please telephone RAMS Helpdesk ramshelpdesk@bigredsky.com on 1300 733 056 for assistance.

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