Sergeant (Sh3)

Location: Melbourne | Southern Metropolitan

Job type: Full time

Organisation: Department of Justice and Community Safety

**Salary**: $91,418 - $103,725

Occupation: Regulatory Governance and Compliance

Reference: VG/1968-JULY23

At the Department of Justice and Community Safety, we’re looking for people who want to make a difference. People who take pride in their work. People who get things done. People who are committed to making Victoria a safer place.

We embrace diversity and strive to have a workforce that reflects the community we serve. We’re all about recruiting the best people, regardless of gender, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, or cultural background. If you think you can do the job and would be a good fit for our department, we’d love to hear from you.

The department is committed to the safety and wellbeing of children and recognises that children’s rights need to be respected, their views welcomed and valued, and their concerns taken seriously and acted upon.

For more information on working with us and our recruitment process, please visit justice.vic.gov.au/careers

We’re proud of the important work we do across Victoria. Want to be part of it?
- ** Manage a team of Sheriff's Officers and Senior Sheriff's Officers in a complex work unit**:

- **Ongoing full time opportunity to work within Sheriff's Operations Victoria**:

- **SH Grade 3: $91,418 - $103,725 plus superannuation.**

The Department of Justice and Community Safety is seeking a Sergeant provide a critical role within Sheriff's Operations Victoria, South East Metro Region

**About the Business Unit**

The Sergeant is a region-wide resource, providing senior, strategic support focusing on the achievement of performance targets. This is achieved by: contribution to Regional operational and service delivery; planning; managing a caseload; supervising assigned operations, complex cases and work projects; and participation in the review and improvement of operational procedures and processes.

**About the Role**

The Sergeant manages a team of Sheriff's and Senior Sheriff's Officers, overseeing the effective and efficient actioning of warrants to ensure the achievement of the clearance of warrants and undertaking more sensitive, complex and higher risk warrant actioning and field duties. The Sergeant is responsible for Sheriffs' and Senior Sheriff Officers' formal supervision, performance management and mentoring. Additionally, in conjunction with the Regional Manager, the Sergeant plans and oversees field operations, including actioning targeted responses and coordinating joint activities with other agencies.

The Sergeant position is a uniformed role and requires the incumbent to work on a rostered work pattern.

Some of your duties will include:

- Manage a team of Sheriff's Officers and Senior Sheriff's Officers in a complex work unit with the execution of standard and non-standard process, ensuring compliance with policies and procedures (Standards of Service).
- Plan and schedule daily work activities, maintain accurate records, undertake, and prepare reports relating to special projects and routine activities.
- Development, coordination and implementation of projects and prepares reports, briefs and associated correspondences as directed by the Regional Manager.

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:

- Demonstrated experience and expertise in Sheriff's Operations.
- Must be deemed competent in enforcing all warrant types.

**Qualifications**:

- Satisfactory completion of Certificate IV Government (Court Compliance) (desirable)
- Satisfactory completion of Certificate IV Training & Assessment (desirable).

**How to Apply**

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**IMPORTANT INFORMATION**:
**CHILD SAFE STATEMENT OF COMMITMENT**:
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.