• Utilise your project officer expertise to provide support and advice to Corrections Victoria branch
• Fixed-Term, Full-Time opportunity to work with a high-performing and passionate team in the Victorian Public Service
• VPS Grade 3: $73,842 - $89,661 plus superannuation.

About Us:

The Offender Services and Reintegration division of Corrections Victoria (CV) is responsible for providing best practice interventions which aim to reduce the risk of reoffending including case management, education and employment, prison industries and rehabilitation and reintegration supports.

About the Role:

The Project Support Officer is responsible for providing wide ranging support to the day to day functioning of the Employment Hub and the principal Employment Specialist. They will also contribute to wider initiatives and activities of the Employment Pathways Team.

Some of your duties will include:

• Working closely with the Employment Specialist to build awareness and understanding of the Employment Hub and specific employment services and support within the prison community through relationship building with staff and strategic communication efforts directed to people in prison.
• Assisting the Employment Specialist to connect people in prisons with specialist employment agencies and existing employment programs such as Outside Jobs and Vacro Second Change Jobs programs – extracting and collating relevant candidate information, booking meetings with agencies, taking minutes, and noting follow up actions.
• Working with the Employment Specialist to advertise, promote and manage recruitment efforts as part of recruitment campaigns initiated by the Employment Pathways Team - posting vacancies on jobs boards, taking referrals from staff, collating candidate information, maintaining databases and records.

About You:

As an ideal candidate, you will possess:

• Understanding and awareness of Corrections Victoria and the key issues impacting Corrections Victoria, particularly within the area of program and services for people engaged in the justice system.
• Some awareness or experience in employment services or recruitment services, or in the delivery of a service focused program to enhance peoples' wellbeing, ideally in a correctional setting (preferred but not essential).
• Demonstrated experience in providing high quality program delivery support.

How to Apply:

Please click the Apply now 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 national police checks 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.

FOR INTERNAL VPS EMPLOYEES:

• For this particular vacancy, priority consideration applies to Victorian Public Service (VPS) and select employees of the Victorian Public Sector who apply through the Jobs Skills Exchange (JSE) jobs board platform.
• For all VPS employees, due to the new Jobs Skills Exchange (JSE) policy, please apply through the JSE to be eligible to be considered for this position in the first round.

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.