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Salary- Utilise your organisational and coordination expertise to provide support and advice to the Corrections Victoria branch
- Ongoing, Full-Time opportunity to work with a high-performing and passionate team in the Victorian Public Service
- VPS Grade 2: $56,834 - $72,985 plus superannuation.
HM Prison Barwon is a maximum-security prison located 6km north-west of Lara, 20km from the centre of Geelong and about 70km from Melbourne and is part of the Barwon Southwest Regional structure. It is Victoria's major maximum-security prison for sentenced male prisoners. The prison officially opened in January 1990 and currently houses up to 416 men in custody, including high security, long term management, protection (including specialist protection), general mainstream (maximum security) and medium security prisoners.
About the Role:
Reporting to Industry Supervisor the Logistics and Ground Support Officer will work within a multidisciplinary team and is required to be well organised to assist with the coordination and conduct of general routine and scheduled grounds maintenance and services in the prison. This role will be required to administer the delivery of meals, laundry, stores, property and will also undertake minor maintenance activities as required. Other general duties will include mowing using a ride on lawn mower, landscaping, power washing, sweeping walkways of debris, trim shrubs and weed, and other grounds maintenance as required. The role may require weekend and/or public holiday work at times of need, which will be paid in accordance with the VPS Enterprise Agreement. Additionally, working within a prison environment may involve prisoner contact.
Some of your duties will include:
- Picking up and delivering a wide variety of items within the prison ensuring schedules are adhered too.
- Loading, unloading, preparing inspect and operating a light delivery vehicle.
- Having good driving skills with no traffic violations.
About You:
As an ideal candidate, you will possess:
- Detail the key 1 to 4 skills and experience required for the role.
- Experience in delivery of services and logistics.
- Experience in maintenance.
- Driver's license for light vehicle with competent driving skills.
- Current Victorian Driver's Licence.
- Maintenance and logistics background and experience (preferable)
- Forklift licence desirable
Please click the Apply button on this advertisement. As part of the application process, you will need to provide a copy of your resume and a cover letter. Please outline what your motivation is in your cover 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.
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.
