• Lead a team of custodial/Industry officers in a broad range of skills
• Ongoing full time opportunity to work within Metropolitan Remand Centre
• COG Grade 3: $91,051 - $98,391 plus superannuation.

The Department of Justice and Community Safety is seeking a Industry Supervisor - Protection to provide a critical role at MRC within Corrections Victoria.

About the Business Unit

The Metropolitan Remand Centre is a 954-bed maximum-security facility for unsentenced male offenders located within the West Metropolitan Region, Department of Justice.

Prison Industry Supervisors are team leaders in the prison environment. The roles require leadership, maturity, sound judgement and confidence in decision making, with developed capabilities to coach, mentor and motivate staff and prisoners.  With highly developed communication and negotiation skills, the prison industry supervisor leads and manages industry staff to achieve program and service outcomes in a multidisciplinary team and rehabilitative environment.

About the Role

This multifaceted role encompasses human resource management, including Performance Management, coaching, and developing staff, OH&S requirements, E.E.O. legislation responsibilities, staff employment, training requirements and budget monitoring.

The Prison Industry Supervisor will have a broad range of responsibilities that will require the Supervisor to be flexible, have excellent analytical and conceptual thinking skills and the ability to coordinate disparate portfolios effectively.

Some of your duties will include:

• Manage, Supervise and Lead a team of custodial/Industry officers in a broad range of skills including Horticulture and Maintenance to ensure there is a focus on service delivery and customer satisfaction.
• Supervisors and manages staff in the prison Industries to ensure the safety and dynamic security of prisoners, staff, and any visitors.  This includes appropriate levels of surveillance and interaction within the facility, and monitoring staff and prisoners for compliance with security and occupational health and safety procedures.
• Train, supervise and support staff in all aspects of prison industries operations including prisoner training and assessment, case management, program and service knowledge and involvement, maintenance of professional boundaries and contribution to prison and prison industry security management procedures.

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 commitment to work with staff, prisoners, and other service providers in the delivery of an integrated, whole of prison program approach to reducing re-offending.
• Demonstrated knowledge of or qualifications in Commercial & Essential Industry sector, Industry Managers Manual, and compliance.
• Good knowledge of OH&S policy and Procedures and Research & Development in an Industry setting
• An understanding of Quality Management Systems (ISO 9001).

Qualifications

• All candidates must successfully complete Pre-Service Training.
• Certificate IV in Training and Assessment (desirable).
• Qualifications and/or demonstrated experience in a relevant field (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.

FOR INTERNAL VPS EMPLOYEES:

• For this particular vacancy, priority consideration applies to Victorian Public Service (VPS) and select employees of the Victorian Public Sector who apply through the Jobs Skills Exchange (JSE) jobs board platform.
• For all VPS employees, due to the new Jobs Skills Exchange (JSE) policy, please apply through the JSE to be eligible to be considered for this position in the first round.

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.