Principal Inspection Officer

6 months ago

Brisbane, Australia Office of the Queensland Ombudsman Full time

Key Responsibilities
As a Principal Inspection Officer, you will lead a team inspecting places of detention (including prisons, youth detention centres and watch-houses) and reviews of detention services throughout Queensland.

**You will be responsible for**:

- Leading and project managing inspections and reviews, taking responsibility for planning, fieldwork and preparation of reports to the Queensland Parliament.
- Managing the day-to-day operations of a team.
- Leading a team to undertake a wide range of research, and analysis of contemporary policy and legislative practice, reviews, reports, and operational matters relating to places of detention.
- Providing high level, accurate and timely advice to senior officers on complex issues relating to risk management, operational policy and practices of detention services, and referrals to other oversight agencies.
- Leading and contributing to discussions about inspection findings with detention service providers and other relevant stakeholders.
- Producing high quality complex written reports of inspections and reviews under tight timeframes, including providing direction and advice in the writing and finalising of reports drafted by
- Working with the corporate services team to ensure effective internal and external communication of the results of inspections and review.
- Contributing to the development and review of inspection standards and relevant policies and procedures.
- Creating and managing effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including detainees, detention services staff and representatives of various government organisations in a professional and culturally appropriate manner.
- Undertaking environmental scanning to identify future issues, trends and best practice.

**You will be expected to**:

- Lead a team and manage projects, demonstrating resilience working under pressure, and exercise professional judgment to achieve quality outcomes.
- Work collaboratively and develop an effective team environment that fosters cooperation, innovation and initiative to achieve quality outcomes and performance targets.
- Take reasonable care for your own and others' health and safety; follow health and safety instructions; and support and cooperate with health and safety systems, policies and procedures.
- Work in accordance with the Office's Code of Conduct and values; confidentiality policies; all other relevant policies, directives and legislation.
- Meet personal performance expectations and standards.
- Undertake other duties as directed by relevant senior officers.

Working relationshipsThis position has direct reports and reports to the Director, Detention Services Inspection unit.

**Qualifications**:
It is highly desirable, but not essential, that applicants have a qualification in a relevant area (such as public administration, policy, law, criminal justice, investigation) at tertiary, diploma or certificate level from a recognised institution and/or have relevant technical experience.
Principal Inspection Officers may come from a variety of professional backgrounds.
Travel
Travel throughout Queensland (including regional and remote areas), for a number of days at a time, may be required. A driver's licence is required. See Guidelines for applicants for details.
Working hours
Work may be required to be undertaken outside normal working hours, e.g. weekend and night time.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License.

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