• Work with all members of the prison towards ensuring the safety and security of prisoners, staff, and visitors.
• Ongoing, Full-Time opportunity.
• COG Grade 2B: $83,288 - $95,778 plus superannuation.
  The Department of Justice and Community Safety is seeking a Prison Intelligence Officer to provide a critical role at Tarrengower Prison.

QUALIFICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS

• Prison officer pre-service training and completion of Cert III in Correctional Practice is mandatory.

ABOUT THE ROLE

The position of Prison Intelligence Officer falls within the CVIS and its primary role and purpose is to provide a centrally located and identifiable focal point within the prison facility for all intelligence related matters.
The position was created to assist prison management in maintaining the security, good order and management of prison facilities by gathering, recording, analysing and disseminating information in order to prevent prisoner escapes, prevent the introduction and usage of contraband within prisons, and to identify possible prisoner incidents/unrest.
As a Prison Intelligence Officer, you would be expected, under limited supervision, to contribute to the collection, collation, recording and analysis of particular information available to the prison intelligence unit, and develop this information for presentation to management, and for distribution to authorised persons/external agencies.

Some of your duties will include:

• Work with all members of the prison towards ensuring the safety and security of prisoners, staff, and visitors.
• Under limited supervision, collect, collate, record, and assess information from all available prison sources, and disseminate intelligence product to authorised parties in a timely manner.
• Assist the Prison Intelligence Analyst to collate and analyse all available information and disseminate intelligence product to authorised parties in a timely manner.

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

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• Demonstrated knowledge of, and the ability to use, computer software such as Microsoft Office Word and Excel and e-mail.
• Demonstrated knowledge and experience with the operation of the prisoner telephone system, prisoner mail, and prisoner visit lists.
• Demonstrated knowledge of, and the ability to apply relevant legislation, policy and procedure relating to CV and the management of its prison facilities