WorkCover Payroll Administration Officer

Department of Justice; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 81,000 - 99,000; Full time

Job summary

The Department of Justice invites applications for a WorkCover Payroll Administration Officer in Melbourne. This fixed-term role focuses on managing workers compensation payments and leave records, ensuring staff receive correct pay and entitlements after workplace injuries.

You will process weekly payments, maintain payroll data in CHRIS21/Time Target, and support staff with entitlements while upholding confidentiality and accuracy across systems and reports.

Qualifications

• A tertiary qualification in a relevant field is not essential but would be highly regarded.
• You should have strong payroll skills and an eye for detail.
• Experience using payroll systems, ideally CHRIS21 and Time Target.
• Experience processing workers compensation payments and understanding payment entitlements.
• Strong Excel and data skills, including formulas, pivot tables and charts.
• Clear communication and problem-solving skills, with a focus on accuracy, service and confidentiality.

Responsibilities

• Process weekly and top-up payments and calculate workers compensation entitlements.
• Update payroll and leave records using CHRIS21 and Time Target.
• Help injured employees understand their payment and leave entitlements.
• Check payment details, update records and reconcile weekly reimbursements with the insurer.
• Protect sensitive information and maintain accurate records, databases and reports.

Skills

Payroll processing

Attention to detail

Data entry

Confidentiality

Tools

CHRIS21

Time Target

Job description

WorkCover Payroll Administration Officer

• Keep important payments on track and help staff access their entitlements.
• Use your payroll skills to support people recovering from workplace injuries.
• Work with payroll systems and records across Youth Justice and Corrections Victoria.
• Make a difference by helping staff receive the right pay at the right time.
• Fixed-term role earning$81,496 - $98,955 per year, plus super.

What you will do

As a WorkCover payroll administration officer, you will manage workers compensation payments and leave records. You will help ensure staff receive the correct payments and entitlements after a workplace injury.

You will:

• process weekly and top-up payments and calculate workers compensation entitlements
• update payroll and leave records using systems such as CHRIS21 and Time Target
• help injured employees understand their payment and leave entitlements
• check payment details, update records and reconcile weekly reimbursements with the department's insurer
• protect sensitive information and maintain accurate records, databases and reports.

About you

A tertiary qualification in a relevant field is not essential but would be highly regarded. You should have strong payroll skills and an eye for detail.

You should also have:

• experience using payroll systems, ideally CHRIS21 and Time Target
• experience processing workers compensation payments and understanding payment entitlements
• strong Excel and data skills, including formulas, pivot tables and charts
• clear communication and problem-solving skills, with a focus on accuracy, service and confidentiality.

To learn even more about this role, please read the position description. If you have any further questions, feel free to email Carmel Dickinson at ***************@justice.vic.gov.au.

Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander (Aboriginal) people are strongly encouraged to apply. Learn more about our Aboriginal workforce strategy.

The successful candidate will be required to undergo pre-employment checks which may include national police checks and misconduct screening.

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.