Assistant Manager, Pre - employment Security Screening

• Lead a team of security and safety staff and oversee the efficient, accurate and effective delivery of security screening administration
• Ongoing role within the Recruitment Services branch
• VPS5 salary: $116,413 to $140,849 plus superannuation

The Recruitment Services branch within People, Safety and Culture provides expert advice and support to the department on all recruitment related matters, including attraction, selection, redeployment and other recruitment and retention practices.

Working within the department's vision for a justice and community safety system that works together to build a safer, fairer and stronger Victoria, Recruitment Services delivers consultative, progressive, innovative, fair and ethical recruitment solutions.

About the Role

The Assistant Manager, Pre-employment Security Screening is responsible for leadership, direction, to provide authoritative advice, administrative and customer service support to hiring managers, candidates and other stakeholders on a wide range of pre-employment screening related matters.

Some of your other duties will include:

• Leading and motivating the Security & Safety Team to deliver accurate and efficient preemployment screening processes in a high output environment.
• Coordinating and supporting the operation of the Declaration of Misconduct Consideration Panel, ensuring independence from hiring panels and adherence to policy.
• Assisting in the review of misconduct declarations arising from pre-employment screening checks.
• Ensuring the department's legislative, industrial environment and policy position as it relates to Safety and Security processes is at the forefront of delivery and advice.

About You

To be successful in this role, you will be able to demonstrate:

• Experience leading an administrative support or customer service team, ideally within a large or complex organisation, and in working with sensitive and confidential information.
• The ability to work in a time sensitive, fast-paced and dynamic environment with high volume processing activity.
• Expert subject matter knowledge in probity checks and or pre-employment screening and experience in coordinating pre employment screening review, assessments and approvals.
• Ability to prepare regular and ad-hoc qualitative and quantitative reports on team and departmental activity to inform strategy.

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.