• Promoting a culture of continuous improvement across custodial operations
• Ongoing, Full time opportunity to work with a high-performing and passionate team in the Victorian Public Service
• VPS 4: $97,955 - $111,142 plus superannuation

The Department of Justice and Community Safety (the department) is seeking a Project Officer, to provide a critical role within Continuous Improvement, System Performance Branch, Custodial Operations.

About the Business Unit

Corrections Victoria is part of the Corrections and Justice Services group in the Department of Justice and Community Safety (department). Corrections Victoria operates Victoria's adult custodial corrections system. Its vision is for Safer Prisons, Safer People, Safer Communities. Corrections Victoria's mission is to create a safer, smarter system with a skilled and supported workforce, that enables people in our care to make better decisions.

The System Performance Branch in Custodial Operations comprises three teams, which are: Operational Assurance; Continuous Improvement; and Statewide Operational Support. The branch provides authoritative, strategic, operational and policy advice, and briefing papers on a range of correctional issues to senior correctional management and is responsible for a range of work primarily across prisons. Its responsibilities include state-wide oversight of A Safer Places to Work, a range of central functions, including operational policy development, review and amendment, convening and participating in state-wide managers' meetings, performance monitoring and reporting, incident reporting, responding to family violence information sharing requests, oversight of internal and external reviews and investigations, coordination of Corrections Victoria's responses to coronial matters and litigation, auditing, correspondence, prison outreach and implementation support and general advice to prisons and other departmental staff and internal and external stakeholders.  

About the Role

The Project Officer reports to Manager, Continuous Improvement and is responsible for contributing to a range of work that strengthens operations and enhances safety.  In this role you will respond to emerging risks and issues by liaising with a variety of staff and stakeholders, gathering information and data and delivering a variety of outcomes and projects within tight timeframes and within a complex operating environment. The Project Officer will need to be organised, detailed focussed, have strong record keeping, communicate effectively and work well alone and in a team.

While the position is based at 121 Exhibition Street Melbourne, flexible work arrangements are available and you will be required to travel to other locations based on business needs.

Some of your duties will include:

• Contribute to change and innovation activities across the custodial system that contribute to enhanced operational outcomes.
• Create and maintain templates and tools, systems, and processes for the timely delivery of accurate and high-quality reports and projects. 
• Use research, innovative thinking, and analysis to support decision making and support the direction of continuous improvement and development activities.

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

About you

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• Demonstrated understanding of project management.
• Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of the custodial environment and the landscape the system operates within.
• Demonstrated experience of delivering continuous improvement initiatives of considerable complexity. 

Qualifications

• There are no mandatory qualifications for this role; however a tertiary qualification in a relevant discipline would be highly desirable.

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 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.