General Manager

Lead and manage the delivery of correctional services at Tarrengower Prison in Maldon
- Ongoing opportunity to work with a high-performing and passionate team in the Victorian Public Service.
- COG 5: $120,873 - $156,868 plus superannuation.

The Department of Justice and Community Safety (the department) is seeking a General Manager at the Tarrengower Prison, Maldon.

About the business unit
Corrections Victoria operates Victoria's adult prison system, seeking to provide safe and secure containment and an environment and programs and services that support rehabilitation. Corrections Victoria runs 11 public prisons, one transition centre, and oversees three privately operated prisons. Corrections Victoria aims to contribute to community safety by providing best practice interventions that aim to reduce the risk of reoffending, including case management informed by sound risk assessment, offence specific and offence related programs, and transition and reintegration supports.
Through delivering correctional services that are gender responsive and consistent with Trauma Informed Practice Tarrengower Prison plays a critical role in supporting women transition back into the community at the completion of their sentence.

About the role
The General Manager of Tarrengower Prison is responsible for the good order and safety of the prison and for creating and sustaining a workforce culture built on solid values, professional excellence, and teamwork. The General Manager is to foster a safe and supportive culture and develop a structured day in which prisoners are constructively engaged and challenged through the Offender Management Framework to address their individual risks and needs in order to promote the best prospects of rehabilitation.Reporting to the Assistant Commissioner, Custodial Operations, the General Manager leads and manages the delivery of correctional services at the prison to achieve the safe custody, welfare and rehabilitation of prisoners in accordance with the policies and standards set out by the Commissioner, Corrections Victoria in the Commissioners Requirements, Deputy Commissioner Instructions and Service Delivery Outcomes.
The General Manager is responsible for driving the prison towards achieving its vision and direction in line with the Corrections Act 1986 and the Corrections Regulations 2019, identifying and responding to emerging strategic issues and developing and implementing business plans. The General Manager will be integral to driving implementation of reforms at Tarrengower Prison stemming from the Independent Cultural Review of the Adult Custodial Corrections System.
The General Manager leads all disciplines within the prison staffing complement to achieve business objectives and performance benchmarks within the pillars of people, safety, performance and budget outcomes.
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**:

- Extensive leadership experience managing people and developing a safe and supportive culture across a diverse workforce, leading by example and demonstrating the values and behaviours of the department.
- Extensive experience directing, overseeing, and managing daily business activities and developing and implementing effective business strategies and programs.
- Recognised knowledge, specialist expertise and a record of achievement in custodial operations or similar operational program areas, preferable in an institutional context within a complex, statutory operating framework.
- Demonstrated ability to provide leadership within a highly complex secure environment, preferably in relation to clients with multiple and complex needs and/or within a legislative framework.

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.
Prior to commencement of employment with the department you will need to provide evidence that you are vaccinated against COVID-19.
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 all doses of a COVID-19 vaccine required by the department (from time to time).

**Acceptable evidence includes**:
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- 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 h