Industry Officer - Kitchen/Catering

About this role

• Utilise your Catering expertise to provide support and advice to Corrections Victoria at Hopkins Correctional Centre
• An 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 the Business Unit: 

Hopkins Correctional Centre is a medium security male prison facility focused on preparing prisoners for their transition back into the community.

About the Role:

The kitchen/laundry portfolio includes oversight of the prison food service, prisoner self-catering program, events catering and laundry services to the prison and a small group of stakeholders. 

Some of your duties will include:

• Typically supervising a team working to ensure the operational aims of the industries are achieved, including commercial production targets and customer expectations, ordering and maintaining control of stock, materials, financial records and providing an industry model-workplace training environment
• Effectively managing all work areas to ensure the safety and security of prisoners, staff and visitors, including appropriate levels of surveillance and interaction within the facility, and monitoring staff and prisoners for compliance with all Occupational Health and Safety, and security procedures
• Delivering performance management targets and undertaking professional development as required to enhance the role as part of a staff team, with emphasis on following industry requirements for OH&S, quality assurance, monitoring, recording and record keeping systems of prison industry functional areas, and recommending improvements where necessary.

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

About You:

As our ideal candidate, you will possess:

• Experience in an institutional catering setting
• The ability to resolve issues through deep understanding or interpretation of existing guidelines - and even where guidelines are not available.
• The ability to build a supportive and cooperative team environment while engaging other teams to share information and supporting others in challenging situations.

How to Apply:

The successful candidate will be required to undergo pre-employment checks which may include reference checks, national police checks and misconduct screening. Dependant on the role, other checks may include VicRoads checks, drivers licence checks, medical checks, Working with Children Checks, and Declaration of Private Interests (for executive and responsible officer roles).

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.