• Support the workforce engagement strategy to continually drive positive employee experiences.
• Ongoing, Full-Time opportunity.
• VPS Grade 3: $79,122 - $96,073 plus superannuation.
  The Department of Justice and Community Safety is seeking a Workforce Engagement Officer to provide a critical role at Western Plains Correctional Centre.

QUALIFICATIONS/REQUIREMENTS

• A qualification in human resource management would be desirable.

ABOUT THE ROLE

The Workforce Engagement Officer is responsible for providing knowledge, innovative thinking, and creative solutions that support Western Plains Correctional Centre’s key workforce and prison services function. The position provides expertise relating to identifying workforce capacity and capability with the aim of supporting the prison to meet its objectives now and into the future.
The position will support work that ensures the right employment types are recruited to, that the workforce has the appropriate skills and capabilities necessary for completing the work required and that sufficient onboarding and workforce management processes are in place for the effective and efficient operation of the facility. This will be achieved through collaboration with management, area specialists and operational staff as well as the use of data solutions.

Some of your duties will include:

• Support the creation, communication and ongoing maintenance of the employee engagement strategy to continually drive positive employee experiences.
• Build and foster relationships across business units to ensure employees are engaged and informed no matter where they work in the prison.
• Provide support and advice to managers in relation to organisational culture, values and other workforce engagement related activities.

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

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• Relevant experience in a strategic human resources/staff engagement role would be desirable
• Demonstrated experience in providing corporate support services in government or large private sector organisations would be desirable.
• Experience working with the full range of Microsoft Windows and MS Office application suite software would be highly desirable