About This Role
* Manage the day-to-day operational needs of the prison.
* Ongoing full-time opportunity to work with a high-performing and passionate team in the Victorian Public Service
* COG 4: $107,737 - $131,457 plus superannuation
The Department of Justice and Community Safety (the department) is seeking an Operations Manager, to provide a critical role within Beechworth Correctional Centre.
About The Business Unit
Corrections Victoria is a business unit of the Department of Justice and Community Safety (DJCS). Corrections Victoria's vision is 'Safer prisons, safer people, safer communities'. Our mission is to have 'A safer, smarter system with a skilled and supported workforce, that enables people in our care to make better decisions'.
The Beechworth Correctional Centre is a minimum-security facility with a focus on preparing individuals for release and successful reintegration back into society. It offers various working industries with the men given the opportunity to gain knowledge and skills that will effectively link them to employment on release. When not engaged in work, the men attend rehabilitative programs to address their offending behaviour, engage in education and visits whilst many also engage in recreation and community assistance programs.
About The Role
As part of the Beechworth Correctional Centre Senior Management Team, the Operations Manager has responsibility for overseeing all aspects of prisoner management and ensuring that prison policies and procedures are followed. This will include liaising with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders to ensure that offender management issues and requirements are being met. The role also involves the coordination of information and services to the various areas within the prison, developing and implementing new policies and procedures, and identifying and addressing issues concerning the prison, prisoners, and staff.
Some Of Your Duties Will Include
* Provide leadership to staff, promoting the prison's vision and managing staff in ways that reflect that vision.
* Develop, manage, and ensure the quality of the delivery of custodial processes including offender management, movement control, operation of security equipment, reception and discharge, escorts, visitors and visits, urinalysis, searching, security procedures, disciplinary issues and hearings and case management review.
* Ensure the delivery of custodial services including education, industry and clinical services.
* Participate as a member of the prison management team including the development and implementation of policies, strategies and programs.
To learn more about this role before applying, please read the attached position description.
About You
* Demonstrated commitment to working with staff, prisoners, and other service providers in the delivery of an integrated, whole of prison program approach to reducing re-offending.
* Demonstrated experience and skill in areas relevant to correctional delivery, offender management and/or offender treatment.
* Completion of prison officer preservice training is a requirement upon start if not already completed). Training normally runs over an 8 week period and may require travel to a different location.
* A pre-employment Health Assessment will be required for external candidates and non-custodial staff.
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
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.
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