• Utilise your expertise to provide support and advice to key stakeholders.
• Fixed term Opportunity to work with a high-performing and passionate team in the Victorian Public Service
• COG2B: 83,288 - $95,778 plus superannuation.
  The Department of Justice and Community Safety (the department) is seeking a Senior Prison Officer to provide a critical role at Corrections Victoria Intelligence Uni.

ABOUT THE ROLE

The position of Senior Prison Officer is within the CVIU and has a primary role of providing operational support for all intelligence related matters conducted by the CVIU. The position reports to a Supervisor of CVIU and will contribute to tactical, operational and strategic intelligence functions.
The Senior Prison Officer works closely with the other members of CVIU in delivering intelligence services to decision makers across CV and its stakeholders in order to contribute to the effective management of offenders in the community (including community facilities) and the good order and security of prisons. The incumbent of this role would be tasked with collecting information from various sources, including databases, but also prison locations through operational activities. This would be collated and analysed to produce intelligence to inform the safe management of offenders and prisoners, support community safety, as well as identify and prevent violence, offender absconds from community and custodial facilities, the introduction and usage of contraband in community and custodial facilities, and serious incidents or unrest.

Some of your duties will include:

• Collect, collate, record, analyse, and disseminate intelligence information to authorised parties in a timely manner to inform decisions made by CV and its stakeholders, primarily in relation to offenders in the community or prisoners.
• Prepare intelligence reports and briefings for senior management, and provide advice on the results of intelligence gathering, including the identification and evaluation of emerging threats, opportunities, patterns and trends which affect the security and good order of the correctional facilities or management of offenders in the community.

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, or the capacity to learn, computer software such as Microsoft Office Suite, Outlook and internal CV computer systems.
• Knowledge of the CV system, and key issues impacting the system.
• Knowledge of contemporary principles and practices that apply to intelligence function within the criminal justice system and across intelligence agencies is highly desirable