• Effectively manage all work areas to ensure the safety and security of prisoners, staff and any visitors
• 2 X Ongoing - full time opportunity
• Cog2B: $83,288 - $95,778 plus superannuation
  The Department of Justice and Community Safety (the department) is seeking 2X Senior Industry Officer, to provide a critical role within Custodial Operations / Corrections Victoria.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Current forklift license preferable.
• Trade qualification or relevant experience in either food processing, horticulture or manufacturing knowledge highly desirable.

ABOUT THE ROLE

Senior Industry Officers have a major role to play in ensuring compliance with broader prison procedures as well as specific prison industry procedures, in particular Occupational Health and Safety issues in industry areas. Senior Industry Officers are responsible for the management and delivery of specific functions within a prisoner industry or service industry under the guidance of a Prison Industry Supervisor. The role requires leadership, maturity, sound judgment, and confidence in decision-making, with developed capabilities to coach, mentor, and motivate prisoners, along with highly developed communication, negotiation, and problem-solving skills.

Some of your duties will include:

• Typically supervises a team working to ensure the operational aims of the Marngoneet Correctional Centre / Karreenga 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 any 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.
• Work as part of a team in all aspects of prison industry operations including prisoner training and assessment, case management, program and service knowledge and involvement, maintenance of professional boundaries and contribution to prison and prison industry production procedures.

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

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• Ability to work as part of a team to monitor and achieve targets in a complex trade or industrial environment, including management of financial budgets, materials and suppliers’ records and accounts, while maintaining work production schedules.
• Demonstrated understanding of processes and procedures in accordance with the Prison Industries practices.
• Knowledge of Lean manufacturing process