Work Type: Ongoing - Full-time
Salary: $97,955 - $111,142
Grade: VPS 4
Occupation: Other
Location: Melbourne - Western suburbs
Reference: VG/DJ2943ETAL-JUL25
The Department of Justice and Community Safety is seeking 3 x Escorts Coordinator's to provide a critical role within Sentence Management Operations.
About the Business Unit
Sentence Management Operations is responsible for identifying prisoners' needs and matching them to correctional resources with the objective of placing and managing people in custody appropriately. It is a process of balancing security, management and needs of those in our custody, the community need for protection and efficient and effective operation of the correctional system. The Sentence Management Division is responsible for guiding the journey of people in custody across the period of their sentence.
About the Role
The role of Escorts Coordinator is to plan and coordinate prisoner movements throughout Victoria and to liaise with the various prison managers and other prisoner transport stakeholders, including Sentence Management Operations, Major Offenders Unit, Sentence Calculation and Warrant Administration and CV medical staff, to optimise the utilisation of prison beds across the system.
The role will assist senior managers in Sentence Management Operations to ensure that people in custody are transferred to their classified locations in an appropriate manner, enabling them to engage in appropriate programs and services.
The Escorts Team's operating hours are between 7am and 5pm and will require staff to be available on a rotating start/finish schedule.
Some of your duties will include:
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:
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 a Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check (NCCHC) 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.