Operations Manager, Maribyrnong Community

Lead a complex service delivery area with multiple providers working with clients engaged with the criminal justice system.
- Fixed term opportunity to join a passionate team within the Victorian Public Service.
- VPS Grade 5: $103,920 - $125,735 plus superannuation.

The Department of Justice and Community Safety (the department) is seeking an Operations Manager, Maribyrnong Community Residential Facility (MCRF) to provide a critical role within the Sentence Management Division.

About the business unit
Sitting within the Corrections and Justice Services Group, Corrections Victoria (CV) operates Victoria's adult corrections system. It ensures people in our custody are safely and securely managed and works to rehabilitate offenders by addressing the underlying causes of their offending behaviour.
MCRF is a 44-bed facility that provides accommodation to men who are being released from prison custody who may otherwise be released to homelessness, with the goal of working with residents to assist their transition into longer term accommodation and strengthen their prospects for rehabilitation and reintegration and reducing their risk of recidivism.
About the role
Some of the duties of the Operations Manager, Maribyrnong Community Residential Facility include:

- Manage the day-to-day operations of the facility and in the absence of the General Manager, assume responsibilities as the Officer in Charge of the facility as required.
- Liaise, consult and negotiate with service providers to ensure the effective and efficient delivery of services to residents.
- Liaise with Parole Central Unit, Sentence Management Division, CCS, prison staff and service providers to determine the suitability of an individual's placement at the facility.

Working a nine day roster that includes weekend and on-call penalties.
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 experience in providing leadership within a complex service delivery area with multiple providers, preferably in relation to working with clients engaged with the criminal justice system.
- Demonstrated experience and skill in areas relevant to the management of offenders and/or the correctional environment.

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 having received your COVID-19 vaccine doses.