Operations Manager - Barwon

About this role

• Manage a team of custodial and non-custodial officers delivering a range of correctional services.
• Ongoing, Full-time opportunity.
• COG grade 4 - $107,737 - $131,457 plus superannuation.

The Department of Justice and Community Safety is seeking an Operations Manager to provide a critical role at Barwon Prison.

About the Business Unit

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. The prison officially opened in January 1990 and currently houses up to 416 men in custody, including high security, long term management, protection (including specialist protection), general mainstream (maximum security) and medium security prisoners.

About the Role

The Operations Manager will be responsible for managing a team of custodial and non-custodial officers delivering a range of correctional services for which the incumbent will require superior leadership skills. A good understanding of contemporary prisoner management and offender services practices are needed to ensure that prisoners are managed, and programs are provided consistent with Corrections Victoria's policies, procedures, and priorities.

This role will also be responsible for overseeing the fruition of the prison's ‘Cultural Diversity Action Plan'. The department's Cultural Diversity Plan Framework 2019–22 aims to ensure that the department's key services are accessible to individuals and communities from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. The plan builds on work undertaken through the previous cultural diversity plans.

The Operations Manager has responsibility for overseeing all aspects of prisoner management and ensuring that prison policies and procedures are followed. This will include liaising with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders to ensure that offender management issues and requirements are being met. The role also involves the coordination of information and services to the various areas within the prison, and the ability to develop and implement new policies and procedures. They will also be required to identify and address issues concerning the prison, prisoners, and staff.

A Pre-Employment Health Assessment will be required for external candidates and non-custodial staff.

Some of your duties will include:

• Provide leadership to staff, promoting the prison's vision and managing staff in ways that reflect that vision.
• Develop, manage, and ensure the quality of the delivery of custodial processes including offender management, movement control, operation of security equipment, reception and discharge, escorts, visitors and visits, urinalysis, searching, security procedures, disciplinary issues and hearings and Review and Assessment.
• Ensure delivery of custodial services and integrate this delivery with education, industry, clinical services and good lives reintegration service.

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 commitment to working with staff, prisoners and other service providers in the delivery of an integrated, whole of prison program approach to reducing re-offending.
• Demonstrated experience and skill in areas relevant to correctional delivery, offender management and/or offender treatment.

Qualifications/requirements

• The successful applicant will be required to complete Prison Officer Pre-Service Training on commencement if not previously completed.

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.