Assistant Commissioner, Custodial Operations

Location: Melbourne | CBD

Job type: Full time

Organisation: Department of Justice and Community Safety

**Salary**: $186,829 - $254,092

Occupation: Prison and Corrective Services

Reference: VG/DOJASC1023-DEC23

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?
- ** Key leadership roles with strategic and operational oversight.**:

- **Manage a portfolio of custodial facilities across the State.**:

- **Bring a track record of achievement in custodial operations or similar complex operational program areas**

The Department of Justice and Community Safety (the department) is seeking two Assistant Commissioners to lead the line management of a portfolio of Prison General Managers

**About Corrections Victoria**

Corrections Victoria operates Victoria's adult prison system, seeking to provide safe and secure environments that deliver programs and services supporting prisoner rehabilitation. Corrections Victoria runs 11 public prisons, one transition centre, and oversees three privately operated prisons.

**About the Role**

The Assistant Commissioner provides expertise and leadership in the delivery of custodial operations, including the delivery of quality outcomes and prison innovation. This position leads the operational performance of prisons, including working closely with corporate staff on human resources, finance, health and safety and industrial issues.

Assistant Commissioners are also required to drive reform, including cultural reform and budget strategies. Assistant Commissioners are expected to lead by example and model departmental values.

Reporting to the Deputy Commissioner, Custodial Operations the Assistant Commissioner is responsible for managing a significant program of work, including line management of a portfolio of Prison General Managers across Victoria. While primarily concerned with driving prison performance, the position is also responsible for assisting the Deputy Commissioner, Custodial Operations through the provision of high level and strategic advice on the current correctional environment and will support the future development of effective correctional operations, particularly custodial operations.

**To be successful in this role you will bring**:

- Knowledge, specialist expertise and a record of achievement at a state-wide or national level in custodial operations or similar operational program areas, preferable in an institutional context within a complex, statutory operating framework.
- A proven record and high-level skills in problem solving and developing solutions to meet business needs, using a sound evidence base and analytical skills and the ability to develop innovative programs and responses to provide best practice custodial services in Victoria.
- Highly developed leadership and influencing skills, particularly from an operational or institutional environment.

You will be driven by creating an inclusive culture, respecting the individuality of others, and promoting meaningful system wide outcomes. Your approach will be contemporary with a focus on continuous improvement.

**Pre-requisites**
- Pre-employment Security Check (Declaration Form);
- National Police Record and Fingerprints Check and International Police Clearance (if applicable);
- VicRoads Information Check;
- Drivers Licence Check(s) (if applicable).

**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.