Sergeant, South East Metropolitan Region

Manage a team of Sheriff's and Senior Sheriff's Officers, overseeing the effective and efficient actioning of warrants.
- Ongoing opportunity to work within a high-performing and passionate team in the Victorian Public Service.
- SH3 Grade: $90,067 - $102,192 plus superannuation.

The Department of Justice and Community Safety (the department) is seeking a Sergeant, to provide a critical role within the South East Metropolitan Region.

About the role
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.
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 the duties of the role of the Sergeant inlcude;
- Manages daily operations of a team of Sheriff's officers and Senior Sheriff's officers, overseeing the effective and efficient actioning of warrants to achieve their clearance.
- Allocates work priorities in accordance with relevant strategic and business plans.
- Guides and assists Sheriff's officers of all ranks in undertaking sensitive, complex, and higher risk warrant execution activities, and the safe conduct of field duties.

To learn more about this role before applying, please read the attached position description.

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

How to apply

**FOR INTERNAL VPS EMPLOYEES**:
**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-19 in order to undertake duties outside of their homes.
At interview stage and prior to commencement of employment with the department, you will need to provide evidence that you are vaccinated against COVID-19 with three doses of a COVID-19 vaccine.
Upon commencement of employment with the department you will be required to provide evidence that you have an up-to-date vaccination status within the timelines specified by the department into the DJCS Service Portal. This includes evidence of three doses of a COVID-19 vaccine required by the department (from time to time).

**Acceptable evidence includes**:

- COVID-19 digital certificate or ATAGI exemption certificate (available via your myGov account)
- Your immunisation history statement (available via your myGov account)

Other documentation outside the above will not be accepted as evidence of having received your COVID-19 vaccine doses.