- Working within a team ensuring the operational aims of the industries are achieved
- Ongoing, Full-Time Opportunity to work with a high-performing and passionate team in the Victorian Public Service
- COG Grade 2b: $83,288 - $95,778 plus superannuation.
The Department of Justice and Community Safety is seeking an Industry Officer to provide a critical role at Western Plains Correctional Centre.
About the Business Unit
Western Plains Correctional Centre is a modern, maximum-security prison focussed on rehabilitation, housing up to 1248 people in custody. Western Plains features multi-purpose infrastructure which is adaptable to the evolving needs of Corrections Victoria and the people in our care. Modern amenities include medical wards, a cultural centre, and vocational training facilities.
Western Plains provides a holistic, multidisciplinary approach to individualised care which motivates, encourages and promotes reintegration into the community. Western Plains has advanced technology which improves security, streamlines operations and enhances connections for the people in our care.
Western Plains operates with three primary service teams: Workforce and Prison Services, Communities, and Safety and Operational Service which collaboratively deliver comprehensive services for people in our care, safety management, and corporate services. Through its innovative design and service model, Western Plains aims to create a thriving environment conducive to safety and positive behavioural change.
The Vocational Services Team consists of three key portfolios - industries, education and programs. The role of the team is to prepare people in our care for release and to enhance post release employment opportunities through employment, integrated job training, targeted educational opportunities, personal development programs and activities.
About the Role
The Industry portfolio includes oversight of Food service, Laundry, Grounds / environmental service, Metal, Paint, Warehouse, Canteen and Snap frozen production The overall objective is to provide training and employment opportunities to the men in our care and to meet the commercial and service industry production goals and service requirements.
The Industry Officer plays an integral role in developing, implementing, reinforcing and reviewing practice and procedures relating to industry processes, offender management and security management.
Some of your duties will include:
- Oversee efficient and effective operational aims of the industries are achieved. These include commercial production targets and customer expectations, ordering and maintaining control of stock, materials, financial records and providing an industry model-workplace training environment.
- Effectively manage all work areas to ensure the safety and security of prisoners, staff and 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.
- Deliver performance management targets and undertake professional development as required to enhance the role as part of a staff team, with emphasis on following industry requirements for OH&S, quality assurance, monitoring, recording and record keeping systems of prison industry functional areas and recommending improvements where necessary.
- Participate in offender case management practice, procedures, and the implementation of new initiatives, particularly related to the integration of training in industry. Actively participate in working parties and reference groups and provide advice through formal reports to supervisors and senior management.
- As an effective member of a multidisciplinary team, provide a quality assurance role to ensure the effective management of industry areas, participating in processes of continuous improvement applying solutions to address local issues and problems.
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:
- Relevant experience in Cooking/Catering, Horticulture, Laundry, Metal, Powder coating, and food production would be advantageous
- Completion of appropriate qualifications or equivalent related to the needs of the facility and experience at training workers.
Qualifications/requirements
- Whilst no formal qualifications are required for this role, trade qualifications or knowledge and skills within commercial kitchen, Horticulture, Metal, Paint applications, Warehouse and Snap frozen operations is desirable
- Completion of (or willing to undertake) Corrections Victoria pre-service training
- Certificate III in Correctional Practice (Custodial) is desirable.
- Certificate IV in Training and Assessment is 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.
