General Manager, Statewide Operations

• Lead complex and sensitive negotiations, provide expert advice and support, and drive systemic improvements
• Ongoing, Full-Time Opportunity to work with a high-performing and passionate team in the Victorian Public Service
• VPS Grade 6: $138,631 - $185,518 plus superannuation.

The Department of Justice and Community Safety is seeking a General Manager, Statewide Operations to provide a critical role within Post Sentence Branch.

About the Business Unit

The Offender Services Division of Corrections Victoria is responsible for providing best practice interventions which aim to reduce the risk of recidivism including quality assurance systems for risk assessment and case management, offending behaviour programs, and transition and reintegration supports. The Offender Services Division has responsibility for the post-sentence supervision scheme and is also responsible for post sentence facilities.

The Post Sentence Branch, within the Offender Services Division of Corrections Victoria, provides central oversight and governance of the post sentence scheme and offenders subject to post sentence orders. The Serious Offenders Act 2018 sets out a civil, non-punitive scheme that provides for the ongoing supervision or detention of serious sex and/or serious violent offenders who have completed their sentence and pose an unacceptable risk of committing further relevant offences. Corrections Victoria's end-to-end management and delivery of services to serious offenders on post-sentence orders occurs through a multi-faceted governance and operating model.

About the Role

Responsible for the delivery of the day-to-day operations of the Post Sentence Branch, the General Manager, Statewide Operations will be required to oversee the service functions of the Branch relating to the management of offenders subject to supervision orders.

Please note in this role you will be exposed to sensitive and explicit material relating to serious sex and serious violent offending on a regular basis.

Some of your duties will include:

• Strategic management across the Statewide Operations team.
• Oversight over all operational aspects of the Post Sentence Branch.
• Provide operational oversight of the management of all offenders subject to post-sentence orders, including overview of the Community and Facilities Operations teams and Specialist Response Unit.
• Provide operational support to the management team and other staff at CV operated residential facilities and residential treatment facilities.
• Assume managerial oversight for Corrections Victoria provided accommodation for offenders subject to post-sentence supervision orders including development and implementation of operating procedures and staffing models, giving consideration to future projections for service.

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 highly complex service delivery area, preferably in relation to clients with multiple and complex needs and/or within a legislative framework.
• Proven ability in building and sustaining operational capability within challenging operating environment.
• Demonstrated absence of a relevant offence history.
• Experience in the management of offenders and/or a correctional environment will be considered favourably.

Qualifications/requirements

• A relevant tertiary qualification would be highly regarded, but not mandatory.

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 application 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.