Senior Project Officer

• Deliver and contribute towards range of operational support services and strategic projects that support the prison system.
• Ongoing, Full-Time opportunity.
• VPS Grade 5: $113,022 - $136,747 plus superannuation.

The Department of Justice and Community Safety is seeking a Senior Project Officer to provide a critical role within the System Performance Branch.

About the Business Unit

Corrections Victoria is part of the Corrections and Justice Services group in the Department of Justice and Community Safety (department). Corrections Victoria operates Victoria's adult custodial corrections system. Its vision is for Safer Prisons, Safer People, Safer Communities. Corrections Victoria's mission is to create a safer, smarter system with a skilled and supported workforce, that enables people in our care to make better decisions.

The System Performance Branch in Custodial Operations comprises three teams, which are: Operational Assurance, Compliance and Reviews; Continuous Improvement; and Statewide Operational Support. The branch provides authoritative, strategic, operational and policy advice, and briefing papers on a range of correctional issues to senior correctional management and is responsible for a range of work primarily across prisons. Its responsibilities include state-wide oversight of A Safer Places to Work, a range of central functions, including operational policy development, review and amendment, convening and participating in state-wide managers' meetings, performance monitoring and reporting, incident reporting, responding to family violence information sharing requests, oversight of internal and external reviews and investigations, coordination of Corrections Victoria's responses to coronial matters and litigation, auditing, correspondence, prison outreach and implementation support and general advice to prisons and other departmental staff and internal and external stakeholders.

About the Role

Reporting to the Senior Project Manager, Statewide Operational Support, the Senior Project Officer is responsible for delivering and contributing to a range of operational support services and strategic projects that support the prison system and enhance operations and safety.

This role operates within a dynamic environment that requires the capacity to exercise sound judgement, effective liaison with key stakeholders, providing high-level advice and ensuring effective and timely actions are undertaken. This role may require travel to prison locations and other sites to support delivery of projects and other initiatives related to business priorities.

Some of your duties will include:

• Lead project management activities, including project planning, identification and management of risks, and ensure that project deliverables align with work program and project objectives.
• Provide high quality, authoritative advice to senior management as required, on complex and sensitive issues.
• Prepare briefings, complex correspondence and proposals on behalf of the senior management which may involve integrating complex information from a range of sources in a time-pressured environment.

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:

• Demonstrated understanding and awareness of the key issues impacting Corrections Victoria.
• Prior experience in project management or the provision of support within a project-driven environment.
• Experience in the preparation of high-quality written material along with highly developed information analysis and conceptual thinking.

Qualifications

• There are no mandatory qualifications for this role; however a tertiary qualification in a relevant discipline would be desirable.

How to Apply

Please click the Apply button on this advertisement. Applications should include a resume and covering letter. Attachments can be uploaded in .doc, .docx, .pdf, .txt or .rtf formats.

The successful candidate will be required to undergo pre-employment checks which may include a Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check (NCCHC) and misconduct screening.

If you require adjustments to the recruitment and selection process, or require an alternative format to any of the application material, please don't hesitate to get in touch with the contact person listed on this ad.

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.