Industry Officer

Location: Melbourne | Western Metropolitan

Job type: Full time

Organisation: Department of Justice and Community Safety

**Salary**: $80,862 - $92,988

Occupation: Prison and Corrective Services

Reference: VG/1332OCTOBER2024

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.

We embrace diversity and strive to have a workforce that reflects the community we serve. We’re all about recruiting the best people, regardless of gender, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, or cultural background. If you think you can do the job and would be a good fit for our department, we’d love to hear from you.

The department is committed to the safety and wellbeing of children and recognises that children’s rights need to be respected, their views welcomed and valued, and their concerns taken seriously and acted upon.

For more information on working with us and our recruitment process, please visit justice.vic.gov.au/careers

We’re proud of the important work we do across Victoria. Want to be part of it?
- ** Utilise your Prison and Corrective Services expertise to provide support and advice to Corrections Victoria at the Metropolitan Remand 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**:
The Metropolitan Remand Centre is a 954-bed maximum-security facility for unsentenced male offenders located within the West Metropolitan Region, Department of Justice.

**About the Role**:
Prison Industry Staff are responsible for industry training, work, and employment in the prison environment.

Some of your duties will include:

- As part of a team, working to ensure the operational aims of the MRC Industries are achieved. Such operational aims include possible commercial production internal 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 any 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
- Working as part of a team in all aspects of prison industry operations including prisoner training and assessment, case management, program and service knowledge and involvement, maintenance of professional boundaries, willingness to undertake personal skills development and training, contribution to the prison and to the prison industry production procedures.

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

**About You**:

- The ability to accept changed priorities without undue discomfort while responding quickly to changes and comfortably working in collaboration with teams outside of own organisation
- The ability to resolve issues through deep understanding or interpretation of existing guidelines and using initiative when said guidelines are not available
- Sound knowledge of OH&S requirements relevant to the trade area, relevant legislative responsibilities related to employment supervision and training of industry workers.
- Qualifications/Requirements:_
- Have an appropriate trade qualification and/or experience that is related to the industries at the Metropolitan Remand Centre.

**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.