Projects Officer

Corrections Victoria; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Corrections Victoria is seeking a Projects Officer to support the System Performance Branch within the Department of Justice and Community Safety. The role involves data entry, analysis, and preparing written materials to respond to information requests.

You will assist with coordinating statewide prison manager meetings, manage HR paperwork, and liaise with stakeholders. A tertiary qualification is desirable, and experience with Corrections Victoria operations is preferred.

Qualifications

• Analytical data interpretation and reporting.
• Understanding of Corrections Victoria operations.
• Experience with CV information systems is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Assist in convening statewide prison manager meetings and prepare agendas.
• Manage HR paperwork for the branch.
• Conduct information gathering, analysis and provide reports and recommendations.

Skills

Communication

Flexibility

Collaborative working

Data analysis

Education

Tertiary qualification desirable

Tools

PIMS

E*Justice

Centurion

TRIM

EBC

Job description

3d ago , from Corrections Victoria Prison Officer Positions

• Communication, flexibility and working collaboratively.
• Ongoing, Full time opportunity.

The Department of Justice and Community Safety is seeking a Projects Officer to provide a critical role at Corrections Victoria.

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; 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

The purpose of the Projects Officer is to provide support to the System Performance Branch. The work is varied and diverse and can change day-to-day, depending on the support that is required. The Projects Officer may be required to consider operational issues and identify solutions, undertake data entry and analysis, prepare a range of written material, and respond to a range of requests for information.

Some of your duties will include:

• Assisting the General Manager to convene and coordinate statewide prison manager meetings. This involves preparation of agendas, minute taking, arranging catering, room set up, managing Teams and presentations and arranging accommodation.
• Managing all the human resources paperwork for the branch.
• Undertaking consultation and liaison to gather information, statistics and views on identified issues, providing analysis, reports and recommendations to more senior staff as required.

About you

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• Ability to analyse and interpret data and provide analytical reports and advice.
• Knowledge and understanding of Corrections Victoria's prison operations and practices.
• Proficient in the use of CV's systems including PIMS, E*Justice and Centurion and experience in TRIM and EBC is highly desirable.

Qualifications/requirements

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

The successful candidate willbe requiredto undergo pre-employment checkswhich mayincludereference checks,nationally coordinated criminal historychecks(NCCHC),andmisconduct screening. Dependant on the role, other checks may includeVicRoadschecks,driverslicencechecks, medicalchecks, Working with ChildrenChecks, andDeclaration of Private Interests (for executive and responsible officer roles).

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.