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About This Role
* 2-year, full-time opportunity, earning $138,631 – $185,518 plus superannuation.
* Shape an industry-leading safety culture for Victoria's maximum security prisons.
* Varied work, all delivered onsite – hands-on safety and high-level program delivery.
* Perfect role for a manager confident in upskilling leaders and frontline staff.
What You Will Do
As the safety and assurance manager at one of Corrections Victoria's maximum-security facilities, you will lead initiatives to improve safety and wellbeing in a complex custodial environment. You will work closely with leaders, staff, contractors and health and safety representatives to build a safety-first culture and deliver practical solutions that protect people every day.
* Lead the delivery of local safety and wellbeing initiatives that align with departmental strategies and safety regulations.
* Drive actions to reduce occupational violence and embed processes that improve staff engagement and safety outcomes.
* Conduct incident reviews, workplace inspections and risk assessments, and implement corrective actions.
* Coach and mentor leaders, health and safety representatives and staff to improve safety capability and performance.
* Work with external stakeholders, including WorkSafe, to develop and maintain best practice approaches to safety.
About Corrections Victoria
Corrections Victoria is part of the Corrections and Justice Services group in the Department of Justice and Community Safety. Corrections Victoria's mission is to create a safer, smarter system with a skilled and supported workforce, that enables people in our care to make better decisions. Victoria has five maximum security correctional facilities: Metropolitan Remand Centre, Dame Phyllis Frost Centre, Melbourne Assessment Prison, Barwon prison, and Western Plains Correctional Centre near Lara.
What You Will Bring To Your New Role
Experience in a complex, high-risk industry is highly desirable, along with a diploma in occupational health and safety and a current driver's licence so you can travel between sites.
* Strong knowledge of workplace health and safety laws and systems, and experience putting them into practice.
* A passion for safety and proven ability to identify risks and create, deliver and review strategies to prevent them.
* Skill in building strong working relationships and engaging confidently with people at all levels to drive cultural change, improve safety and build better workplaces.
* A track record of planning for the long term, working well with others, and ensuring diverse voices are heard and included.
Successful candidates will be required to undergo pre-employment checks which may include national police checks and misconduct screening.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are encouraged to apply.
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Please include a cover letter outlining your preference of prison location.
Seniority level
* Mid-Senior level
Employment type
* Full-time
Job function
* Accounting/Auditing and Finance
Industries
* Government Administration
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