Executive Director, Youth Justice Operations Specialist

5 days ago


Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Department of Justice and Community Safety Full time
About the Role

The Department of Justice and Community Safety is seeking a highly experienced and skilled Executive Director, Youth Justice Operations to lead key operational support teams and ensure the health, wellbeing, rehabilitation, education and positive development of children and young people in youth justice custody.


Key Responsibilities
  1. Leadership and Management: Direct, lead and manage best practice custodial support services for children and young people, including the delivery of quality recreational programs, meaningful temporary leave and pre-release programs to improve outcomes.
  2. Staff Management: Lead and motivate staff to deliver effective rehabilitation services and interventions and security arrangements in line with the Youth Justice Strategic Plan and Custodial Operating philosophy.
  3. Problem-Solving: Develop and champion solutions to challenges in the custodial environment based on advanced technical knowledge and expertise, including management and placement of complex cohorts of children and young people.

Requirements

To be successful in this role, you will have:

  1. Leadership Presence: Demonstrated leadership presence in an operational environment.
  2. Staff Motivation: Successful experience in motivating all levels of a staffing group to deliver high quality services and experience leading multiple diverse teams.
  3. Custodial Experience: Specialist experience, coupled with significant achievement in operating within a custodial environment, including experience leading staff to best support children and young people to promote positive behaviour change and engagement.
  4. Case Management: Significant experience and authoritative knowledge of case management arrangements for young people with very complex needs, and understanding of issues faced by children and young people from CALD and Aboriginal Torres Strait Islander backgrounds.

What We Offer

The Department of Justice and Community Safety offers a dynamic and supportive work environment, with opportunities for professional growth and development.


How to Apply

Please submit your application, including a resume and covering letter, in a format suitable for the role.

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 contact the contact person listed on this advertisement.



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