Location: Geelong
Job type: Full time
Organisation: Department of Justice and Community Safety
**Salary**: $156,869 - $179,556
Occupation: Prison and Corrective Services
Reference: VG/TBC-OCT
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- ** Lead and manage the delivery of correctional services at Marngoneet Correctional Centre.**:
- **Make a positive difference in keeping our community safe.**:
- **COG Grade 6: $156,869 - $179,556 plus superannuation.**
The Department of Justice and Community Safety (the department) is seeking a General Manager to provide a critical role at Marngoneet Correctional Centre.
**About the business unit**
Corrections Victoria operates Victoria's adult prison system, seeking to provide safe and secure containment and an environment and programs and services that support rehabilitation. Corrections Victoria runs 11 public prisons, one transition centre, and oversees three privately operated prisons.
Marngoneet Correctional Centre is a medium security facility that houses a mix of sentenced and remand men. The role of the facility is to contain prisoners safely, securely and humanely, focusing on the individual needs of the men with the aim of providing a successful transition back into the community or on their continued journey through the prison system. The facility has a strong focus on achieving positive outcomes and provides a range of engaged services. Our skilled workforce provides supervision and case management and are dedicated to enhancing opportunities to strengthen prisoner pathways.
**About the role**
Reporting to the Assistant Commissioner, Custodial Operations, the General Manager leads and manages the delivery of correctional services at the prison to achieve the safe custody, welfare and rehabilitation of prisoners in accordance with the policies and standards set out by the Commissioner, Corrections Victoria in the Commissioners Requirements, Deputy Commissioner Instructions and Service Delivery Outcomes.
Some of your duties will include:
- Lead a culture that is safe, respectful and inclusive of all staff and prisoners and people who come into contact with the prison.
- Drive Marngoneet Correctional Centre to achieve Corrections Victoria's mission to provide safe, secure, humane, and cost-effective correctional services to prisoners and offenders, and to provide opportunities for their rehabilitation and implementation of recommendations arising from the Independent Cultural Review of the Adult Custodial Corrections System.
- Develop, implement, and manage all aspects of the strategic and day-to-day operations of a prison, managing the rehabilitative, security, safety and deliverables of the prison.
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:
- Extensive leadership experience managing people and developing a safe and supportive culture across a diverse workforce, leading by example and demonstrating the values and behaviours of the department.
- Extensive experience directing, overseeing, and managing daily business activities and developing and implementing effective business strategies and programs.
- Recognised knowledge, specialist expertise and a record of achievement in custodial operations or similar operational program areas, preferable in an institutional context within a complex, statutory operating framework.
- Demonstrated ability to provide leadership within a highly complex secure environment, preferably in relation to clients with multiple and complex needs and/or within a legislative framework.
**How to apply**
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**IMPORTANT INFORMATION**:
The department is committed to providing and maintaining a working environment which is safe and without risk to the health of its employees consistent with the department's obligations under the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 (Vic). Therefore, there is a requirement that all DJCS employees be fully vaccinated against COVID-1