Industry Supervisor

Location: Western Region | Beaufort

Job type: Full time

Organisation: Department of Justice and Community Safety

**Salary**: $89,705 - $96,937

Occupation: Prison and Corrective Services

Reference: VG/5642N

At the Department of Justice and Community Safety, we’re looking for people who want to make a difference. People who take pride in their work. People who get things done. People who are committed to making Victoria a safer place.

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We’re proud of the important work we do across Victoria. Want to be part of it?
- **Lead a team of staff and prisoners working in a production industry.**:

- **Ongoing opportunity to work within Corrections Victoria.**:

- **COG 3 : $89,705 - $96,937 plus superannuation.**

The Department of Justice and Community Safety (the department) is seeking an Industry Supervisor - Warehouse/Logistics to provide a critical role at H.M. Prison Langi Kal Kal.

**About the business unit**

H.M. Prison Langi Kal Kal is a minimum-security men's protection prison located 140klm west of Melbourne at Trawalla. The prison's primary purpose is the reintegration and preparedness of offenders for transition to release. H.M Prison Langi Kal Kal is made up of eight separate industries: Farm, Horticulture, Landmate, Kitchen, Metal fabrication, Poultry, Textiles & Warehouse, where there is a strong focus on employment, training, and work readiness.

**About the role**

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 Industry Supervisor leads and manages industry staff to achieve program and service outcomes in a multidisciplinary team and rehabilitative environment.

In a vocational training environment, the Industry Supervisor will support Industry Officers to coach, mentor and motivate prisoners, placing emphasis on individual offender management practices with a view to upskill and train as positive rehabilitation outcomes

Some of your duties will include:

- Supervise staff and prisoners to ensure achievement of operational aims of the industry. These include commercial production targets and customer expectations, ordering and maintaining control of stock, materials, financial records and providing an industry model-workplace training environment.
- Effectively manage all work areas to ensure the safety and security of prisoners, staff and visitors. This includes 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.
- Deliver performance management targets and undertake 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.

As some of the Prison Industries operate 7 days a week, Industry Supervisors may be required to work across a 7-day roster.

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:

- Extensive Warehouse/Logistics experience (preferred).
- Qualifications or experience in a relevant industry (desirable).
- Demonstrated commitment to working with staff, prisoners and service providers in the delivery of an integrated, whole of Justice approach to reducing re-offending (preferred).
- Demonstrated experience and skill in the effective management of an Industry/ business (preferred).
- Demonstrated experience on LEAN and continuous improvement providing an industry model workplace training environment (desirable).
- Demonstrated experience in OH&S, (- knowledge and experience to safely consign, handle and transport dangerous and hazardous substances, (desirable))
- Good Computer Skills Working knowledge of departmental computer and data systems and Microsoft Office Suite (preferred).

**Qualifications**
- Appropriate qualifications and or extensive experience in Warehouse/Logistics. (preferred).
- An appropr