General Manager, Barwon Prison

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Full time
Location: London
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Job offered by: Buscojobs
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Lead 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 Grade 6: $165,638 - $189,593 plus superannuation. The Department of Justice and Community Safety is seeking a General Manager to provide a critical role at Barwon Prison. 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'. HM Prison Barwon is a maximum-security prison located 6km north-west of Lara, 20km from the centre of Geelong and about 70km from Melbourne and is part of the Barwon South-West Regional structure. It is Victoria's major maximum-security prison for sentenced male prisoners. About The Role The General Manager is responsible for creating and sustaining a workforce culture built on solid values, professional excellence, and teamwork. The prison contributes to a safe and just Victorian community in which prisoners are constructively engaged and challenged to use their term of imprisonment wisely to promote the best prospects of rehabilitation. 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 prisoners in accordance with the policies and standards set out by the Commissioner, Corrections Victoria. Some Of Your Duties Will Include

Lead by example and demonstrate in your day-to-day interactions each of the DJCS values and behaviours and be accountable for your actions. Develop, implement, and manage all aspects of the strategic and day-to-day operations of a prison, managing the security, safety, rehabilitative and infrastructure requirements, and deliverables of the prison. Actively lead and manage the dynamic security foundation principles to promote a safe and secure prison environment by influencing direction on a range of service processes and systems to support the compliance of established standards and mandated requirements. Maintain a healthy and safe workplace by acting immediately upon the receipt of any bullying, discrimination, harassment, sexual harassment, or inappropriate behaviour complaint, report, or observation. 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. Demonstrated ability to analyse the success of whole of prison 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 literate with a working knowledge of the full range of Microsoft Windows and MS Office application suite software. Qualifications / Requirements 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. 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.

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