Manager, Business Support Services

Work Type: Ongoing - Full-time

Salary: $113,022 - $136,747

Grade: VPS 5

Occupation: Prison and corrective services

Location: Loddon Mallee - Loddon

Reference: VG/1868087AUG2025

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.

If you require adjustments to the recruitment and selection process, or require an alternative format to any of the application material, please don't hesitate to get in touch with the contact person listed on this ad.

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We're proud of the important work we do across Victoria. Want to be part of it?

• Lead and manage staff coordinating the provision of the business service function across Loddon region prisons.
• Ongoing, Full-Time opportunity.
• VPS Grade 5: $113,022 - $136,747 plus superannuation.

The Department of Justice and Community Safety is seeking a Manager, Business Support Services to provide a critical role at Loddon Prisons Precinct.

About the Business Unit

Corrections Victoria is a business unit of the Department of Justice and Community Safety (DJCS). Corrections Victoria's vision is 'Safer prisons, safer people, safer communities'. Our mission is to have 'A safer, smarter system with a skilled and supported workforce, that enables people in our care to make better decisions'. Corrections Victoria is responsible for the direction, management and operation of Victoria's prison system and Post Sentence Scheme. As a service agency within the Department of Justice & Community Safety (DJCS), Corrections Victoria develops and implements policies, programs and services that ensure the safe and secure containment of prisoners, and that seek to rehabilitate people in our care by addressing the underlying causes of offending behaviour.

About the Role

Reporting to the Prison Services Manager, the Manager, Business Support Services is responsible for leading and managing a team in the effective delivery of and provide advice on a range of business support functions in alignment with policy and procedures to support services for the Loddon Prisons Precinct. This position will also monitor and report on business services including but not limited to fiscal status, monitoring and analysis of various business functions, reporting, and with a key focus on innovation and collaboration of the processes across three key business teams within the location.

This position may require direct prisoner contact and may involve weekend and public holiday work, remunerated in accordance with the applicable provision of the Victorian Public Service Enterprise Agreement.

The Manager, Business Support Services role models the highest standards of workplace conduct and drives a culturally safe, integrity oriented and respectful workplace.

Some of your duties will include:

• Supervise, manage, and provide leadership and mentoring to a team of staff, working across multiple locations with varied roles and responsibilities.
• Undertake and lead high service delivery standards and timelines, across the precinct in alignment with specified outcomes, stakeholder expectations and location needs.
• Plan and prioritise the team's workload and support their ongoing training and development.

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 leading multifunctional teams.
• Knowledge of policies and processes within a state government environment (or similar) would be advantageous.

Qualifications/requirements

• Tertiary qualification is desirable.

How to Apply

Please click the Apply button on this advertisement. Applications should include a resume and covering letter. Attachments can be uploaded in .doc, .docx, .pdf, .txt or .rtf formats.

The successful candidate will be required to undergo pre-employment checks which may include a Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check (NCCHC) and misconduct screening.

If you require adjustments to the recruitment and selection process, or require an alternative format to any of the applicat ion material, please don't hesitate to get in touch with the contact person listed on this ad.

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 Wednesday 10 September 2025 at 11.59pm

Posted

16 June 2025