Team Leader, Electronic Monitoring Services

Location: Melbourne | Western Metropolitan

Job type: Full time / 31 December 2026

Organisation: Department of Justice and Community Safety

**Salary**: $95,102 - $107,905

Occupation: Prison and Corrective Services

Reference: VG/D02377-SEP24

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?
- ** Contribute to and oversee on-shift electronic monitoring centre operations.**:

- **Fixed, Full-Time opportunity to work with a high-performing and passionate team.**:

- **VPS Grade 4: $95,102 - $107,905 plus superannuation.**

***The Department of Justice and Community Safety is seeking a Team Leader to provide a critical role within Electronic Monitoring Services.

**About the Business Unit**

Corrections Victoria is responsible for the direction, management and operation of Victoria's corrections system, which incorporates prisons and Community Correctional Services (CCS). Corrections Victoria manages approximately 40 CCS locations across the state and is responsible for managing Victoria's eleven public prisons and overseeing the contracts relating to the management of three privately operated prisons. Corrections Victoria delivers a safe and secure corrections system that actively engages offenders and the community to promote positive behaviour change.

Electronic Monitoring Services (EMS) is a business unit within the Security and Intelligence Division. EMS maintains oversight of the state-wide program and management of the Electronic Monitoring Centre, operating 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

**About the Role**

The Team Leader, Electronic Monitoring will manage the Electronic Monitoring Compliance Officers working in the Electronic Monitoring Centre and provide on shift support to the EMS management team. The Team Leader will also be responsible for developing and delivering electronic monitoring training, overseeing, and contributing to high level and sensitive reports completed by EMS, supporting projects undertaken by EMS and ensuring operations of the centre are executed according to established procedures. The Team Leader role includes servicing the metropolitan based trial of the Youth Justice Enhanced Bail Supervision and Support program.

This role will be required to work rostered shift work in the Electronic Monitoring Centre. On call and standby duties may be required as part of this role. The primary work location is the Statewide Services Building, 99 Riding Boundary Road Ravenhall VIC 3023. However, this role may be required to work in the Melbourne CBD and regional locations. This role may also require occasional state-wide travel and overnight stays.

Some of your duties will include:

- Manage Electronic Monitoring Compliance Officers and coordinate the on-shift operations within the Electronic Monitoring Centre in accordance with established procedures.
- Line-manage direct reports and provide leadership, support, and staff supervision to on-shift staff to develop and maintain a culture that supports a safe and accountable working environment.
- Maintain accurate electronic monitoring records and complete system audits to maintain integrity and best practice.

***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:

- Practical knowledge and understanding of a corrections environment (desirable).

**How to Apply**

**_ FOR INTERNAL VPS EMPLOYEES:_**

**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