Performance and Compliance Coordinator

Utilise your OH&S expertise and project management skills in this multifaceted role maintaining an effective compliance program.
- Ongoing 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 Performance and Compliance Coordinator to provide a critical role at the Marngoneet Correctional Centre.

About the business unit
Marngoneet Correctional Centre is a 559 male medium security facility that houses a mix of sentenced and remand prisoners, the role of the facility is to contain prisoners safely, securely and humanely, focusing on the individual needs of the men with the aim of providing a successful transition back into the community or on their continued journey through the prison system. As part of Marngoneet, the Karreenga Annexe contains an additional 300 protection prisoners bringing the entire prison population to 859 spread across two prison sites but managed by the one leadership team.

About the role
The Performance and Compliance Coordinator is a multifaceted role encompassing maintaining an effective compliance program, undertaking project work and related tasks, particularly in relation to reviews and performance for procedural compliance and OH&S requirements for the location.
The role requires leadership, maturity, sound judgement and confidence in decision making. With highly developed communication and negotiation skills, this position leads and manages activities and projects, and provides guidance to teams within the requirements of legislation, regulation, policies, and procedures.
An important facet of this role involves liaison with internal staff and external stakeholders and preparation of analytical and informed contributions to assist with recommendations to implement strategic solutions to address identified operational and services delivery deficiencies.
The role will undertake auditing and will oversee the compliance model and be responsible for ensuring compliance with OH&S legislation for the location, monitoring and providing strategies and information pertaining to OH&S risk, themes, and investigations.
To learn more about this role before applying, please read the attached position description.

About you
- Demonstrated proficiency in the use of Departmental specific software, including PIMS, JIMS and EJustice.

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.
At interview stage and prior to commencement of employment with the department, you will need to provide evidence that you are vaccinated against COVID-19 with three doses of a COVID-19 vaccine.
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 three doses of a COVID-19 vaccine required by the department (from time to time).

**Acceptable evidence includes**:

- COVID-19 digital certificate or ATAGI exemption certificate (available via your myGov account)
- 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.