Strategy and Performance Officer
- Location: Geelong - Barwon area
- Job Function: Prison and Corrective Services
- Work Type: Ongoing - full time
About this role
- Utilise your administrative expertise to provide support and advice to Corrections Victoria at Barwon Prison
- An Ongoing, Full-Time opportunity to work with a high-performing and passionate team in the Victorian Public Service
- VPS Grade 2: $60,295 - $77,430 plus superannuation.
About the Business Unit:
Barwon Prison is a maximum-security facility for men, located 6 km northwest of Lara, 20 km from Geelong and about 70 km from Melbourne, Victoria. The prison accommodates a complex cohort, including sentenced and non-sentenced, high-risk protection, high security and management people in custody. The prison safely and humanely contains and manages the individual needs of the men, with the aim of providing a successful transition back into the community or on their continued journey through the prison system. The prison embeds the foundations of the Safer Prisons Strategy, recognising that dynamic, physical and procedural security are essential to safety, while a multi-disciplinary approach ensures custodial, clinical and program staff jointly support risk management, rehabilitation and individual care
About the Role:
Reporting to the Manager, Performance & Compliance and working as part of the Strategy and Performance team, the role is responsible for record management tasks and document control, maintaining compliant filing systems with a high attention to detail and consideration of privacy principles.
Some of your duties will include:
- Undertaking a range of administrative tasks to support the day-to-day operation of Prison
- Monitoring the business unit email inbox, facilitating communications between internal and external stakeholders
- Completing data entry tasks and maintain functional databases that support record management practices
To learn more about this role before applying, please read the attached position description.
About You:
As our ideal candidate, you will possess:
- Well-developed computer literacy skills including Outlook, Microsoft Office
- Experience or aptitude for record management and administration activities
- Demonstrated understanding of occupational health and safety practice
- Experience with CV operating systems and software including E Justice, PIMS, Oracle (or ability to learn same)
Qualifications/Requirements:
- No formal qualifications required however commensurate experience would be highly regarded.
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 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.
Job details
| Job Reference: | VG/4658OCTOBER2025 |
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| Location: | Geelong - Barwon area |
| Work Type: | Ongoing - full time |
| Job Function: | Prison and Corrective Services |
| Classification: | VPSG2 |
| Salary Range: | $60,295 - $77,430 |
| Job Duration: | N/A |
| Date posted: | 17-Oct-2025 |
| Application Close Date: | 02-Nov-2025 |
| Attachments: | Position Description Strategy & Performance Officer.pdf (PDF, 237KB) Position Description |
| Contact: |
Jocelyn Feldtman on 0419 889 032
jocelyn.feldtman@justice.vic.gov.au
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