Sergeant, South East Metropolitan Region

Location: Melbourne | Eastern Metropolitan

Job type: Full time

Organisation: Department of Justice and Community Safety

**Salary**: $90,067 - $102,192

Occupation: Regulatory Governance and Compliance

Reference: VG/EM0539_FEB

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 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.