Assistant Manager

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

**Salary**: $97,955 - $111,142

**Grade**:VPS 4

**Occupation**:Other

**Location**:Melbourne - Western suburbs

**Reference**:VG/CV0962ETAL-JUL25

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?
- **Interview, assess, and develop sentence plans for people in custody.**:

- ** 7 x Ongoing, Full-Time opportunities to work with a high-performing and passionate team.**:

- ** VPS Grade 4: $97,955 - $111,142 plus superannuation.**
- The Department of Justice and Community Safety is seeking **7 x Assistant Manager's** to provide a critical role within the Sentence Management Division.

**About the Business Unit**
- The Sentence Management Division is responsible for identifying those in custody's needs and matching them to correctional resources with the objective of placing and managing them appropriately. It is a process of balancing security, management and needs of those in custody, the community need for protection and efficient and effective operation of the correctional system. The Sentence Management Division is responsible for guiding the journey of offenders across the period of their sentence.

**About the Role**
- The Assistant Manager is responsible for vacancy management, placement, and classification of people in custody across both public and private prisons in Victoria.
- Some of your duties will include:

- Interview, assess, and develop sentence plans for people in custody, which include the identification of program needs, determination of security rating and their prison placement.
- Contribute to the effective management of the Victorian prison system by ensuring prison vacancies are maximised thus enabling the timely movement of prisoners from police cells into prison custody.
- Review and approve recommendations and decisions of Case Management Review Committees in public and private prisons in accordance with Corrections Victoria policy. This includes guiding and supporting offender management processes across the Victorian correctional system.
- 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:

- Demonstrated knowledge of placement and classification of people in custody across both public and private prisons in Victoria.
- Knowledge of Corrections Victoria policies, organisation, procedures and relevant legislation and regulations.

**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 Sunday 10 August 2025 at 11.59pm

Posted
- 25 July 2025