Gm Assessments Applications and Panel Secretariat

**Overview**:
**Work Type**:Ongoing - Full-time

**Salary**: $138,631 - $185,518

**Grade**:VPS 6

**Occupation**:Prison and corrective services

**Location**:Melbourne - CBD and Inner Metro suburbs

**Reference**:VG/1870760JULY

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?
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- **Utilise your expertise to provide support and advice to key stakeholders.**:

- ** Ongoing Opportunity to work with a high-performing and passionate team in the Victorian Public Service**:

- ** VPS Grade 6: $138,631 - $185,518 plus superannuation.**
- The Department of Justice and Community Safety (the department) is seeking a General Manager Assessments Applications and Panel Secretariat to provide a critical role at Offender Services, Post sentence Branch.

**About the Business Unit**
- Corrections Victoria operates Victoria's adult corrections system and manages 13 public prisons, one transition centre, and oversees three privately operated prisons. It ensures prisoners are safely and securely contained and aims to rehabilitate offenders by addressing the underlying causes of offending behaviour.
- The Offender Services Division of Corrections Victoria is responsible for providing best practice interventions which aim to reduce the risk of reoffending including quality assurance systems for risk assessment and case management, offending behaviour programs, and transition and reintegration supports. The Offender Services Division has responsibility for the post-sentence supervision scheme and is also responsible for the management for post sentence facilities.

**About the Role**
- The General Manager, Assessment, Applications and Panel Secretariat is responsible for oversight and management of three functional teams within the branch:

- Assessments: responsible for the assessment of eligible offenders to determine suitability for a post sentence order.

Some of your duties will include:

- Provide strategic management and leadership across the Assessment, Applications and Panel Secretariat teams.
- 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:

- Knowledge of the Serious Offenders Act 2018.
- Demonstrated experience in providing leadership within a highly complex service delivery area within a legislative framework.
- Experience in the management of high risk and/or sexual offe nders, and/or experience in working in a correctional environment, would be an advantage
- Qualifications
- There are no mandatory qualifications for this role, however qualification/s in legal, public administration or other relevant discipline is highly desirable.

**How to Apply**

**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.

- Applications close Wednesday 16 July 2025 at 11.59pm

Posted
- 2 July 2025