Industry Officer

**Overview**:
**Work type**:Full time

**Salary**:$83,288 - $95,778

**Grade**:Cog2B

**Occupation**: Prison and Corrective Services

**Location**: Loddon

**Reference**: VG/3871MAY2025

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 in the the Loddon Mallee Region**:

- **An Ongoing, Full-Time opportunity to work with a high-performing and passionate team within Corrections Victoria**:

- **Cog2B: $83,288 - $95,778 plus superannuation**

**About the Business Unit**:
The Department of Justice & Community Safety comprises of eight regions, through which compliance, enforcement and regulatory services are provided to the Victorian community.

The Loddon Mallee Region provides services at Justice Service Centres in Bendigo, Swan Hill, Echuca and Mildura. The region has three prisons, Loddon Prison a medium risk facility and Middleton a restricted minimum facility in Castlemaine. The third prison Tarrengower is a minimum risk facility located in Maldon.

Tarrengower Prison is a minimum security female prison facility focused on the rehabilitation and reintegration of prisoners back into the community. Tarrengower's emphasis is on release preparation and community reintegration through the provisions of programs within a rehabilitative environment. Tarrengower emphasises the principles of a healthy prison where children can be accommodated with their mothers ensuring the family unit is maintained and developed. Tarrengower strongly recognises cultural diversity, respecting individual religious, spiritual and cultural beliefs.

**About the Role**:
Prison Industry Officers are responsible for the management and delivery of specific functions within a prisoner industry or service industry under the guidance of a Prison Industry Supervisor. The role requires leadership, maturity, sound judgement, confidence in decision making, with developed capabilities to coach, mentor and motivate prisoners. Highly developed communication, negotiation and problem solving skills.

The Industry Officer will assist with the management of prisoner employment, safe operating procedures and other OH&S legislative requirements and compliance with prison industry procedures.

Assist with the operational aspects of prison industry and services industries to achieve commercial production targets and meet customer expectations including, maintaining control of stock, materials, and financial records.

Conducting searches and escorts, surveillance, observing and assessing prisoner behaviour, operating a variety of security and industrial equipment, collating information and preparing reports.

A prison Industry Officer plays an integral role in developing, implementing, reinforcing and reviewing practice and procedures relating to offender management and security management.

**Qualifications**:
Skills or qualifications in Horticulture, Farming, Manufacturing or hospitality would be an advantage.

**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.

Applications close Sunday 15 June 2025 at 11.59PM

Posted 29 May 2025