Senior Project Officer, Prison Capacity, Analysis and Reporting

About this role

• Lead the review and assessment of prison bed closure applications, providing system‑wide strategic advice.
• Ongoing full-time opportunity to work with a high-performing and passionate team in the Victorian Public Service
• VPS 5: $113,022 - $136,747 plus superannuation

The Department of Justice and Community Safety (the department) is seeking a Senior Project Officer, Prison Capacity Analysis and Reporting, to provide a critical role within Sentence Management Division.

About the Business Unit

Sitting within the Corrections and Justice Services Group, Corrections Victoria (CV) operates Victoria's adult corrections system. CV is responsible for achieving the appropriate balance between a safe, secure and humane system while providing programs and services that seek to rehabilitate people through addressing the underlying causes of offending behaviour. 

The Sentence Management Division (SMD) sits within Corrections Victoria and consists of the following units: 

• Sentence Management Operations 

• Sentence Calculation and Warrant Administration 

• Video Conferencing Coordination Unit 

• Complex Classification Unit 

• Counter Terrorism Coordination 

• Office of the Assistant Commissioner 

• Maribyrnong Community Residential Facility  

• MARAM Framework Implementation  

Sentence Management Operations is responsible for identifying the needs of people in custody and matching them to correctional resources with the objective of placing and managing them appropriately. It is a process of balancing security, management and needs of people in custody, the community's need for protection and efficient and effective operation of the correctional system. Sentence Management Operations is responsible for guiding the journey of people during their sentence.The Sentence Management Escorts team coordinates inter‑prison escorts and works closely with prison locations to ensure vacancy data is accurately maintained, enabling escorts to operate within approved caps and available bed numbers.

About the Role

The Senior Project Officer, Prison Capacity Analysis and Reporting, acts as a key liaison between Sentence Management Operations and prisons. The role provides analysis and advice on system and prison‑based vacancies, considering built, funded, open and operational bed capacity. The position applies a system‑wide perspective in relation to requests to take prison beds offline and provides strategic advice in relation to prison bed capacity and vacancy reporting to a range of stakeholders, including executive management.

Some of your duties will include:

• Audit, collate and analyse prison bed data and maintain databases to retain accurate information.
• Make recommendations for profiling and reprofiling of units across all prisons based on demand.
• Be a key point of liaison between Sentence Management Division and prisons by leading the review, assessment and analysis of applications to close prison beds and then provide strategic assessment with a system wide focus.

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

About you

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• Demonstrated understanding of the criminal justice system in Victoria and the current issues impacting Corrections Victoria.
• Demonstrated experience in leading large scale and or complex data reporting and analysis projects.
• Previous experience producing high quality written and data reports and then providing authoritative advice at varying levels to inform decision making.

How to Apply

Please click the Apply 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.

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.