• Utilise your training and supervising expertise to provide support and advice to the Corrections and Justice Services branch
• Ongoing, Full-Time opportunity to work with a high-performing and passionate team in the Victorian Public Service
• COG2B: $80,862 - $92,988 plus superannuation.

About Us:

Beechworth Correctional Centre is a Corrections Victoria, minimum security prison for men, located in Northeast Victoria, within the Hume Region of the Department of Justice and Community Safety (DJCS).

Corrections Victoria develops and implements policies, programs, and services to ensure that safe and secure containment of prisoners, and that seek to rehabilitate offenders by addressing the underlying causes of offending behaviour.

Corrections Victoria manages Community Correctional Services locations across the state and is responsible for managing Victoria's public prisons and overseeing the contracts relating to the management of the privately operated prisons. In doing so, Corrections Victoria delivers a safe and secure corrections system that actively engages offenders to promote positive behaviour change and prepare offenders for release back into the community.

About the Role:

Industry Officers are responsible for supervision and delivery of specific functions within prison industries. This includes assisting with prisoner employment, assisting Industry Supervisors with deliverables and continuous improvement, safe operating procedures and other Occupational Health and Safety (OH&S) requirements, and compliance with prison industry procedures. Industry staff may be required to work in various areas according to operational requirements. The role requires leadership, maturity, sound judgement, confidence in decision making, developed capabilities to coach, mentor and motivate prisoners.

The Industry Officer is part of a multi-disciplinary team and is responsible for training and supervising prisoners in the prisons commercial industries and service areas (Dairy, Agriculture, Metal Fabrication, Timber Manufacturing, Horticulture, Kitchen/Laundry, Land mate & Community team). The overall objective is to provide training and employment opportunities to prisoners and to meet the commercial and service industry production goals and service requirements.

Some of your duties will include:

• Effectively using Departmental computer systems for word processing, excel and produce data collection spreadsheets, material ordering and receipting, stock control of raw and finished goods, email, appointment scheduling, internet, and intranet functions, including Oracle R12 or equivalent.
• Working closely with the locations Industry Supervisors, contributing to continuous Improvement strategies. 
• Providing supervision and training to prisoners who are employed in the prisons commercial and service industries.

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

About You:

As an ideal candidate, you will possess:

• Relevant industry experience, together with appropriate qualifications or trade experience.
• A demonstrated up-to-date knowledge of modern industry techniques and the maintenance of industry equipment.

Qualifications:

• Relevant industry experience, together with appropriate qualifications or trade experience relevant to the industry.
• A demonstrated up-to-date knowledge of modern industry techniques and the maintenance of industry equipment.

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.