Description:
- Manage staff responsible for prison budget, financial management, human resources, recruitment and prisoner services including records and property.
- Ongoing, Full-Time opportunity.
- VPS Grade 5: $113,022 - $136,747 plus superannuation.
The Department of Justice and Community Safety is seeking a Corporate Services Manager to provide a critical role within Custodial Operations, Beechworth Correctional Centre.
About the Business Unit
The Department of Justice and Community Safety (the department) delivers a justice and community safety system that works to build a safer, fairer and stronger Victoria.
Corrections Victoria is part of the Corrections and Justice Services group in the Department of Justice and Community Safety. Corrections Victoria operates Victoria's adult custodial corrections system. Corrections Victoria's vision is ‘Safer prisons, safer people, safer communities'. Our mission is to create a safer, smarter system with a skilled and supported workforce, that enables people in our care to make better decisions.
The Beechworth Correctional Centre is a minimum-security facility with a focus on preparing individuals for release and successful reintegration back into society. It offers various working industries with the men given the opportunity to gain knowledge and skills that will effectively link them to employment on release. When not engaged in work, the men attend rehabilitative programs to address their offending behaviour, engage in education and visits whilst many also engage in recreation and community assistance programs.
About the Role
The Corporate Services Manager, Beechworth Correctional Centre is directly responsible for services related to the prison's achievement of budget, resource management, human resources, recruitment, staffing and training oversight, stores, accounts payable, purchasing, environmental services, and prisoner services including records and property. This position also supports the General Manager, Beechworth Correctional Centre with shaping and delivering the prison's annual business plan.
In this role, the incumbent will lead by example with the Sector values and actively contribute towards creating and sustaining a positive and healthy workforce culture built on solid values, professional excellence and teamwork.
An integral part of the Corporate Services Manager role is in-person presence at the location. The role will require the incumbent to regularly attend their usual place of work.
Some of your duties will include:
- Manage a small team in the effective delivery of a range of financial, budget, procurement, human resources, recruitment and prisoner services, including records and property.
- Manage the effective delivery of financial, accounting, budget, procurement, and administration services to the Beechworth Correctional Centre.
- Manage the financial performance of the prison and provides advice on budget and finance and procurement and stores related matters.
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 knowledge of modern business service activities
- Working knowledge of financial management and people management.
Qualifications
- A qualification in Human Resource Management, Business or Financial Management is 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.
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.