Industry Officer

**Utilise your vocational and training expertise to help prepare prisoners for post-release employment**:

- **Ongoing, full time opportunity to work with a high-performing and passionate team in the Victorian Public Service**:

- **VPS Grade COG2b**:$83,288 - $95,778 plus superannuation.**

The Department of Justice and Community Safety is seeking an Industry Officer to provide a critical role at Loddon Prison

**About the Business Unit**

Located at Castlemaine, Loddon Prison is a 477 bed Medium Security Prison for sentenced male prisoners. Adjacent to Loddon Prison is Middleton, a 236 bed Restricted Minimum Security Prison for sentenced male prisoners. The focus of both prisons is rehabilitation via individual case management, employment, education, training and also the provision of programs and targeted interventions to address offending behaviour and promote the development of prosocial behaviour.

**About the Role**

The Industry Officer is part of a multi-disciplinary team and is responsible for training and supervising prisoners in the prison commercial industries and service areas. Industry Officers Prison conduct searches and escorts, surveillance, observing and assessing prisoner behaviour, operating a variety of security and industrial equipment, collating information and preparing reports as required to inform management of emerging trends, incidents and for maintaining compliance requirements.

The role requires leadership, maturity, sound judgement, confidence in decision making, with developed capabilities to coach, mentor and motivate prisoners

Some of your duties will include:

- Establish and maintain safe systems of work and comply with prison processes
- Monitor and achieve targets in a complex trade or industrial environment and participate in processes of continuous improvement
- Supervise and assist in all facets of the industry / service operations ensuring compliance
- Supervise and train prisoners within the industry environment with detailed attention to prisoner operating plant

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:

- Computer Skills (Familiarity with Department suite of software, Oracle, PIMS, JETS, Centurion Microsoft Office Suite is desireable).
- Relevant industry experience, together with appropriate qualifications or trade experience would be desirable
- Understands how emotional responses can be expressed in work situations and the impact they may have on self or others
- Pays attention to words, expression and body language; recognises behaviours that promote a culture of inclusion

**Qualifications/requirements**

- Trade qualification and/or experience relevant to Loddon Prison and Middleton industries and services areas (preferred but not essential)
- Successful completion of Prison Officer Pre-Service Training.
- Current High-Risk License (Forklift) (preferred but not essential).

**How to Apply**

**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.