Justice Officer

Location: Geelong

Job type: Full time

Organisation: Department of Justice and Community Safety

**Salary**: $58,539 - $75,175

Occupation: Prison and Corrective Services

Reference: VG/7560SEPT2024

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 grounds maintenance expertise to provide support and coordination to the **Corrections and Justice Services** branch**:

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

- **VPS Grade 2: $**58,539 - $75,175** plus superannuation.**

**About Us**:
HM Prison Barwon is a maximum-security prison located 6km north-west of Lara, 20km from the centre of Geelong and about 70km from Melbourne and is part of the Barwon Southwest Regional structure. It is Victoria's major maximum-security prison for sentenced male prisoners. The prison officially opened in January 1990 and currently houses up to 416 men in custody, including high security, long term management, protection (including specialist protection), general mainstream (maximum security) and medium security prisoners.

**About the Role**:
Reporting to Industry Supervisor the Grounds and Services Officer will work within a multidisciplinary team and is required to be well organised to assist with the coordination and conduct of general routine and scheduled grounds maintenance and services in the prison. This role will be required to administer the delivery of meals, laundry, stores, property and will also undertake minor maintenance activities as required. Other general duties will include mowing using a ride on lawn mower, landscaping, power washing, sweeping walkways of debris, trim shrubs and weed, and other grounds maintenance as required. The role may require weekend and/or public holiday work at times of need, which will be paid in accordance with the VPS Enterprise Agreement. Additionally, working within a prison environment may involve prisoner contact.

Some of your duties will include:

- Picking up and delivering a wide variety of items within the prison ensuring schedules are adhered too.
- Loading, unloading, preparing, inspecting and operating a light delivery vehicle.
- Having good driving skills with no traffic violations.
- The ability to operate light machinery and vehicles.

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

**About You**:

- Experience in delivery of services and logistics.
- Experience in maintenance.
- Driver's license for light vehicle with competent driving skills.
- Qualifications:_
- Current Victorian Driver's Licence.
- Maintenance and Logistics background and experience is ‘desirable'
- Forklift licence desirable

**How to Apply**:
**_ FOR INTERNAL VPS EMPLOYEES:_**

**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.