Sergeant (Vpsg4)

Location: Melbourne | Northern Metropolitan

Job type: Full time

Organisation: Department of Justice and Community Safety

**Salary**: $90,067 - $102,192

Occupation: Regulatory Governance and Compliance

Reference: VG/DJ7001

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?
- ** Utilise your leaderships skills to manage daily operations of a team of Sheriff's officers and Senior Sheriff's officers.**:

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

- **VPS Grade 4: $90,067 - $102,192, plus superannuation.**

**About the business unit**

Sheriffs Operations North Metro (North Sheriffs) have a vacancy for a Sergeant to assist with the ongoing management of a team of Sheriffs and Senior Sheriffs.

As this office continues to expand through recruiting, this role will be a critical part of the North Sheriffs Management Team and will be responsible for building officer skills and developing a productive and supportive culture.

**About the role**

The Sergeant is a region-wide resource, providing senior, strategic support focusing on the achievement of performance targets. This is achieved by: contribution to divisional operational and service delivery; planning; managing a caseload; supervising assigned operations, complex cases, and work projects; and participation in the review and improvement of operational procedures and processes.

The Sergeant manages a team of Sheriff's officers and Senior Sheriff's officers, overseeing the effective and efficient actioning of warrants to ensure the achievement of the clearance of warrants and undertaking more sensitive, complex, and higher risk warrant actioning and field duties. The Sergeant is responsible for Sheriffs officers' and Senior Sheriff officers' formal supervision, performance management and mentoring. Additionally, in conjunction with the Regional Manager, the Sergeant plans and oversees field operations, including actioning targeted responses and coordinating joint activities with other agencies.

The Sergeant position is a uniformed role and requires the incumbent to work on a rostered work pattern.

To learn more about this role before applying, please read the attached position description.

**About you**
- Demonstrated experience and expertise in Sheriff's Operations.
- Must be deemed competent in enforcing all warrant types.
- Demonstrated experience as a Workplace Trainer & Assessor (desirable).

**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:

- **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.