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Position Title

VIC Dept of Justice & Community Safety – Recruitment Services Intern

Location

121 Exhibition Street, Melbourne VIC 3000

Position Duration

Minimum 152 hours

June / July 2019

Organisation Overview

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.

We’re proud of the important work we do across Victoria. Want to be part of it?

Position Overview

The Recruitment Services branch within People 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 strategic objective of ‘building a high performing justice system’. Recruitment Services delivers consultative, progressive, innovative, fair and ethical recruitment solutions.

The Intern will be provided with a range of learning opportunities across the differing facets of Recruitment Services from operations, assessment and selection and campaign recruitment. There will be a variety of tasks and job shadowing opportunities within the end to end recruitment cycle which may include but not limited to administering telephone or video interviews, scheduling interviews, facilitating face-to-face assessment activities, completing reference checks, arranging safety and security checks, and producing employment documentation.

Level 3, 80 Clarence Street, Sydney NSW 2000 (02) 8270 9200 www.and.org.au

Duties: Draft and write online and press job advertisements Assist with basic candidate screening Write interview questions and create selection tools Attend, observe and participate in assessment centre activities. Job shadow Recruitment Advisers to experience a ‘day in the life’ Attend public information sessions, career expos and other relevant employment related

events Undertake reporting on employment marketing initiatives to identify key trends Learn best practice recruitment Tour a prison to learn about the context of one of our recruiting environments Attend pre-service training to learn about the candidate experience post placement Assist with Assessment and Selection projects Job shadow the employment marketing team with filming and content creation Assist with candidate talent sourcing through LinkedIn Provide administrative and logistical support to the Recruitment Services team including

general word processing and data entry Attendance at client / candidate / supplier meetings Prepare basic documents including reports, presentations, power point documents, graphs

and charts Completion of other required tasks as directed by the Recruitment Manager

Knowledge and Skills: Planning and Organising – Organises own work program and tracks progress according to

work unit expectations, routines and procedures. Computer Skills – Understands and applies computer skills to complex word processing,

spreadsheet, presentation, or database functions. Written Communication – Creates basic documents using clear, concise and grammatically

correct language in required format. Verbal Communication – Actively listens and provides clear information in a polite and

considerate manner. Service Excellence: Demonstrates commitment in undertaking own duties and supporting

the work of the area to the best of their ability. Interpersonal Skills: Delivers information to team members, supervisors or customers in a

polite, considerate and assured manner

Personal Qualities: Teamwork – Cooperate effectively with the team and work collaboratively to achieve work

plan and goals. Flexibility – Adapts approaches and work to changes in the environment and effectively

meets new challenges. Drive and commitment – Adapts approaches and work to changes in the environment and

effectively meets new challenges.

Other Information: Travel to metropolitan and/or regional locations may be required to attend assessment centres, public information sessions or prison tours.

Important Information: The department is committed to providing and maintaining a working environment which is safe and without risk to the health of its employees.

Ideal Degree/Discipline

Undertaking relevant tertiary qualifications in human resources and/or organisational psychology are desirable.

Eligibility Requirements

Second last or final year of a relevant undergraduate or postgraduate degree

Australian citizens and international students with full working rights

Identify as having disability

Complete relevant internal onboarding processes and employment screens including a pre-employment security check and national police check including finger print check

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Contact the AND Programs Team at applications@and.org.au or 03 9621 1562 for further information.

Please be aware that all Stepping Into internships are paid placements. The employing organisation will pay the intern’s pro rata salary for the internship period (including superannuation) at a rate commensurate with the duties performed and abiding by Fair Work standards.