Department of Justice – Corrective Services & Infrastructure – Tasmania Prison Service

Location: Risdon Prison, Risdon Vale, Tasmania.

Award / Classification

General Stream Band 3 – Tasmanian State Service Award, $77,850 to $84,084 per annum.

Employment Type

Permanent, full-time – 73.50 hours per fortnight.

Region

South

Summary

Responsible for maintaining the efficient and effective control of prisoner property, including running the statewide prisoner property store, cataloguing property, and developing and maintaining inventory control systems. The role requires excellent interpersonal skills, experience in high‑volume work areas, and the ability to operate autonomously while supervising a prisoner workforce.

Duties

- Develop and maintain systems to catalogue prisoner property in accordance with best practice in loss management.
- Manage and coordinate the provision of prisoner property services to all facilities on the Risdon Site.
- Supervise, induct and train the statewide property prisoner workforce in procedures and obligations, including section 33 duties during collection and distribution of property.
- Engage and liaise with facility reception staff and supervisors regarding prisoner property processes, requests, and court attendance in relation to property dispatching.
- Coordinate responses for prisoner complaint resolution processes relating to property.
- Maintain inventory control systems to ensure all received, stored and dispatched property is properly recorded and accounted for.
- Perform other duties within the capacity, qualifications and experience normally expected for this classification level.

Qualifications and Experience

- Understanding of prison operations or the ability to acquire such knowledge quickly.




- Previous experience operating in a prison workplace.

Pre‑Employment Checks

- Arson and fire setting.
- Violent crimes and crimes against the person.
- Sex‑related offences.
- Drug and alcohol related offences.
- Crimes involving dishonesty.
- Crimes involving deception.
- Making false declarations.
- Malicious damage and destruction to property.
- Serious traffic offences.
- Crimes against public order or relating to the Administration of Justice.
- Crimes against Executive or the Legislative Power.
- Crimes involving conspiracy.
- Previous disciplinary action in employment.

Benefits

- Correctional Facility Allowance of 7.5%.
- 12% superannuation with salary sacrifice and salary packaging options.
- 4 weeks annual leave per year, plus purchased leave, leave without pay and State Service accumulated leave scheme.
- Access to a free, confidential Employee Assistance Program and other wellbeing services.
- Learning, development and career progression opportunities across Tasmania.

Application Instructions

Please submit a short form application covering letter (1–2 pages) outlining your experience, skills and knowledge related to the Statement of Duties, and a copy of your current resume/CV. Attach documents in Microsoft Word or PDF format. Apply online via the "ApplyNow" button. If you provide referee details, the selection panel may contact them directly.

EEO Statement

The Department of Justice has Diversity, Equity and Inclusion strategies in place. We encourage applications from Indigenous Australians, people living with disability, people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds and faiths, mature age workers and LGBTIQA+ people. We support reasonable adjustment requests to facilitate full participation for applicants with disability.

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📌 Statewide Property Officer (355519) - Tasmania Prison Service (Hobart)
🏢 Tasmanian Government
📍 Hobart