Description:
- Utilise your expertise to coordinate and plan the education service delivery.
- Ongoing, Full-Time opportunity to work with a high-performing and passionate team.
- VPS Grade 4: $95,102 - $107,905 plus superannuation.
The Department of Justice and Community Safety is seeking an Education Supervisor to provide a critical role within Custodial Operations.
About the Business Unit
Corrections Victoria (CV) is responsible for the management and funding arrangements relating to the delivery of education and training in Victorian prisons. The Prisoner Employment Pathway Framework supports a whole of system integrated approach to education and training. The aim is to increase employment prospects and access to other socio-economic opportunities for those previously in custody which will ultimately contribute to a reduction in the rate at which individuals reoffend.
Currently, Corrections Victoria funds three public TAFE providers to deliver vocational education and training (VET) into the State's 13 public prisons. They deliver a range of accredited education and training programs for prisoners, including courses such as adult basic education, hospitality, engineering, construction, horticulture. The range of vocational education and training offered within prisons is targeted to areas of skills shortage in the community, which provide ex-prisoners with better opportunities to gain meaningful employment upon release.
About the Role
The Education Supervisor will assist with the implementation of the Prisoner Employment Pathway Framework through a range of education and training related support, coordination and planning services for prisoners engaging in VET, on-the-job training and distance education. They will service a location or multiple locations with a focus on the day-to-day operations of these locations. Understanding issues affecting the participation of prisoners in education and training is a core part of the role, and the Education Supervisor will provide leadership in addressing such issues.
As the Education Supervisor, some of your duties will include:
- Being responsible for monitoring and reporting on the facility's compliance with the relevant service delivery outcome requirements and identifying and resolving any issues relating to non-compliance.
- Negotiating with and managing education providers to deliver services in accordance with contractual obligations and resolve service delivery issues where required.
- Developing, implementing, and managing local prison processes to maximise opportunities for prisoner participation in VET, and identify and introduce process improvements where required.
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 the coordination of operational service delivery across a variety of business units and program areas, including service performance monitoring and reporting.
- Demonstrated knowledge and experience within an education environment.
- Demonstrated knowledge and experience within a correctional services environment.
Qualifications
- A tertiary qualification in education, social sciences or criminal justice would be highly regarded.
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.