Regional General Manager

Location: Melbourne | Eastern Metropolitan

Job type: Full time / Ongoing, Full Time

Organisation: Department of Justice and Community Safety

**Salary**: $127,467 - $170,579

Occupation: Prison and Corrective Services

Reference: DOJ/3481_0005

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?
- ** 2 x Ongoing, full-time positions based in the leafy Eastern and Bayside Suburbs of Melbourne**:

- **Play a pivotal role in helping support community safety**:

- **$127,467 - $170,579 plus superannuation**

**About us**

We work with people who the courts have decided must be supervised within the community. This includes people on parole, as well as people on court and post sentence supervision orders.

These people have often faced traumatic life experiences. They may have suffered physical and sexual abuse or grown up with few positive role models. Many have also suffered from or witnessed substance abuse as well. These experiences often bring about anti-social behaviours or self-protection strategies that can culminate in criminal actions.

It is our job as CCS staff to be positive role models for these people, as they try address their offending behaviours to make a better life for themselves in our community.

CCS plays a vital role in contributing to the safety of the community by:

- Engaging offenders to build responsibility, and
- Connecting offenders to programs, services and community.

**About the role**

Reporting to the Executive Director, the Regional General Manager (Bayside) leads and directs day to day operations across Frankston, Moorabbin and Rosebud locations. The Regional General Manager (East) is responsible for operations across Box Hill, Lilydale and Ringwood.

This role is required to work from and travel to locations within the region and manage CCS, having direct line management responsibilities for the teams across the court services, parole and post sentence supervision and community work streams, and a number of other specialist positions. The role also requires participation in the Region's After Hours Duty Director roster.

The Regional General Manager is also a member of the region's executive management team. In that capacity, the position has a significant role to play providing strategic advice for the entire region and delivering strategic outcomes to address issues affecting the region CCS as a whole. The role is also pivotal with close collaboration and working relationships with other Departments on Better Connected Care outcomes.

**About you**

We are seeking someone who can think outside the box, a positive leader who is able to motivate, develop and inspire their team while determining resource allocations to deliver services.

A relevant qualification in social work or related human services discipline (preferred) or criminal justice, criminology (desirable) with work experience in a legislative framework (desirable)

For more information on the accountabilities and key selection criteria for the role please refer to the position description attached.

**Why work with us?**

At the Department of Justice and Community Safety, we provide every person with the means to achieve their potential through ongoing learning and development opportunities in a diverse, equitable and supportive environment.

We look for people who are prepared to do their very best in line with our values and behaviours. Our values shape and influence how we recruit, train and develop our staff and build relationships with stakeholders.

We will also provide you with professional development opportunities, an employee assistance program, access to job opportunities across the Victorian Government, salary packaging and much more.

For more details regarding this position, please contact **Alby Bentincontri - Executive Director, South Area & South East Metropolitan Region on 0417 517 160.**

**How to apply**
- Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people are strongly encouraged to apply._

**_ IMPORTANT INFORMATION:_**
- The department is committed to providing and maintaining a worki