Project Officer, Statewide Systems and Projects

Contribute to the development and delivery of new initiatives and projects across Corrections Victoria.
- Fixed term opportunity to work with a high-performing and passionate team in the Victorian Public Service.
- VPS Grade 4: $90,067 - $102,192 plus superannuation.

The Department of Justice and Community Safety (the department) is seeking a Project Officer to play a critical role in the Statewide Systems and Projects Unit.

About the business unit
Sitting within the Corrections and Justice Services, Corrections Victoria operates Victoria's adult corrections system. It ensures prisoners are safely and securely contained and aims to rehabilitate offenders by addressing the underlying causes of offending behaviour.
The Sentence Management Division (SMD), of which State-wide Systems and Projects is a unit, is responsible for identifying prisoners' needs and matching them to correctional resources with the objective of placing and managing prisoners appropriately. It is a process of balancing security, management and needs of the prisoners, the community need for protection and efficient and effective operation of the correctional system. The Sentence Management Division is responsible for guiding the journey of offenders across the period of their sentence.
The State-wide Systems and Projects team is responsible for the management, coordination and oversight of systems and projects integral to the effective management of the adult correctional system and plays a key role in building the strategic capability of Corrections Victoria by leading the development and delivery of projects and initiatives of strategic relevance to the adult correctional system.
About the role
The Project Officer is responsible for performing a range of project management functions related to the delivery of operational projects and initiatives of strategic relevance to the adult correctional system, including the Separation Reform Project.

**Some of your duties will include**:

- Contribute to the development and delivery of new initiatives and projects, including preparation of project documentation, regular status updates, and maintaining risk and issues registers.
- Assist in identifying, analysing and responding to emerging strategic issues for the Victorian correctional system, including analysis and interpretation of statistics and conducting environmental scans of other jurisdictions.
- Prepare correspondence, briefing papers and reports on complex issues for Corrections Victoria Executive or steering committees at the direction of the General Manager or Project Manager, Statewide Systems and Projects.
- Develop and maintain relationships with staff and other key stakeholders both within and outside Corrections Victoria to develop a shared commitment to the delivery of initiatives and projects.

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**:

- An understanding, appreciation and awareness of the key issues impacting Corrections Victoria, particularly within legislative, social, political and industrial frameworks.
- An understanding of the department's Project Management Excellence (PME) Framework or other project management framework.

How to apply

**FOR INTERNAL VPS EMPLOYEES**:
**IMPORTANT INFORMATION**:
The department is committed to providing and maintaining a working environment which is safe and without risk to the health of its employees consistent with the department's obligations under the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 (Vic). Therefore, there is a requirement that all DJCS employees be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to undertake duties outside of their homes.
Prior to commencement of employment with the department you will need to provide evidence that you are vaccinated against COVID-19.
Upon commencement of employment with the department you will be required to provide evidence that you have an up-to-date vaccination status within the timelines specified by the department into the DJCS Service Portal. This includes evidence of all doses of a COVID-19 vaccine required by the department (from time to time).

**Acceptable evidence includes**:
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- 1. COVID-19 digital certificate or ATAGI exemption certificate (available via your myGov account)
- 2. Your immunisation history statement (available via your myGov account)

Other documentation outside the above will not be accepted as evidence of having received your COVID-19 vaccine doses.