Description:
- Utilise your expertise to lead and manage the delivery of correctional services to achieve the safe custody, welfare and rehabilitation of people in our care.
- Ongoing, Full-Time opportunity to work with a high-performing and passionate team.
- COG 6: $170,607 - $195,281 plus superannuation.
The Department of Justice and Community Safety is seeking a General Manager to provide a critical role at Metropolitan Remand Centre.
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'.
The Metropolitan Remand Centre (MRC) is a maximum-security facility based in the Western Suburbs of Melbourne. Individuals on remand are alleged offenders who were not bailed when charged with a crime and are awaiting the outcome of their court case.
The MRC is a 954-bed maximum-security facility for unsentenced male individuals located within the West Metropolitan Region, Department of Justice and Community Safety.
About the Role
The General Manager is responsible for creating and sustaining a workforce culture built on solid values, professional excellence, and teamwork.
Reporting to the Assistant Commissioner, Custodial Operations, the General Manager leads and manages the delivery of all correctional services to achieve the safe custody, welfare, and rehabilitation of people in custody in accordance with the policies and standards set out by the Commissioner, Corrections Victoria in the Commissioners Requirements, Deputy Commissioner Instructions and Service Delivery Outcomes.
The General Manager is responsible for driving the facility towards achieving its vision and direction in line with the Corrections Act 1986 and the Corrections Regulations 2019, identifying and responding to emerging strategic issues and developing and implementing business plans. The General Manager leads all disciplines within the facility's staffing complement to achieve business objectives and performance benchmarks within human resource and financial appropriations.
The General Manager is expected to model the highest standards of workplace conduct and drive a culturally safe, integrity oriented and respectful workplace.
As the General Manager, some of your duties will include:
- Leading by example and demonstrate in your day-to-day interactions each of the DJCS values and behaviours and be accountable for your actions.
- Developing, implementing, and managing all aspects of the strategic and day-to-day operations, managing the security, safety, rehabilitative and infrastructure requirements, and deliverables of the facility.
- Actively leading and managing the dynamic security foundation principles to promote a safe and secure custodial environment by influencing direction on a range of service processes and systems to support the compliance of established standards and mandated requirements.
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:
- Extensive experience managing people, directing, overseeing, and managing daily business activities and developing and implementing effective business strategies and programs.
- The demonstrated ability to analyse the success of programs, strategies and initiatives including the ability to critically evaluate security and offender management issues.
- Knowledge of the Corrections Act 1986 and Corrections Regulations 2019.
- Computer literacy skills and a working knowledge of the full range of Microsoft Windows and MS Office application suite software.
Qualifications
- A qualification in Business Management/Human Resource related discipline or commensurate experience to meet the key accountabilities relevant to this role is desirable.
- A full and current Victorian driver's licence or a minimum P2 driver's licence.
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.