Prison Services Manager

Description:

* Lead and motivate diverse functional teams responsible for critical services at the Metropolitan Remand Centre.
* Ongoing, Full-Time opportunity.
* VPS Grade 6: $134,593 - $180,115 plus superannuation.
The Department of Justice and Community Safety is seeking a Prison Services Manager to provide a critical role at the Metropolitan Remand Centre.
About the Business Unit
Metropolitan Remand Centre (MRC) is a maximum-security remand facility based in the Western Suburbs of Melbourne. Prisoners on remand are alleged offenders who were not bailed when charged with a crime and are awaiting the outcome of their court case.
The Metropolitan Remand Centre is a 954-bed maximum-security facility for unsentenced male offenders located within the West Metropolitan Region, Department of Justice, and Community Safety.
About the Role
The Prison Services Manager is directly responsible for all critical services related to the Metropolitan Remand Centre's achievement of budget, resource management, human resources and staffing, stores, accounts payable, purchasing, property, records and infrastructure. This position also plays a strong leadership role on the prison's Leadership team, supporting the General Manager, Metropolitan Remand Centre with shaping and delivering the prison's annual business plan.
This position may require direct prisoner contact and may involve weekend and public holiday work.
Some of your duties will include:
* Lead and motivate diverse functional teams responsible for in-prison planning, budget, financial management, human resources, training, stores, accounts, purchasing and prisoner services including records and property.
* Manage the effective strategic planning and delivery of corporate and business support services including playing a critical leadership role in the delivery of outcomes associated with the Cultural Review recommendations.
* Manage a significant budget for the location ensuring that key savings initiatives and strategies are developed and implemented to ensure the budget is delivered in the most effective and efficient way. This includes undertaking strategic budget and financial analysis for the location and the provision of high-level expert advice and correspondence to the General Manager.
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:
* Knowledge of the Victorian Public Service Purchasing Framework and procurement.
Qualifications
* Qualifications in finance or business management or human resources is desirable 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.
FOR INTERNAL VPS EMPLOYEES:
* For this particular vacancy, priority consideration applies to Victorian Public Service (VPS) and select employees of the Victorian Public Sector who apply through the Jobs Skills Exchange (JSE) jobs board platform.
* For all VPS employees, due to the new Jobs Skills Exchange (JSE) policy, please apply through the JSE to be eligible to be considered for this position in the first round.
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.