- Provide strategic leadership and management across the Post Sentence Branch.
- Fixed, Full-Time opportunity (Up to 5 years.)
- SES Grade 1: $232,790 - $298,488 Total Renumeration Package.
The Department of Justice and Community Safety is seeking a Director, Post Sentence Branch to provide a critical role within the Offender Services Division.
About the Business Unit
The Serious Offenders Act 2018 is a civil, non-punitive scheme that provides for the ongoing supervision or detention of serious sex and serious violent offenders who have completed their prison sentence and pose an unacceptable risk of committing further sexual or violent offences. Corrections Victoria's end-to-end management and delivery of services to serious sex and serious violent offenders on post-sentence orders occurs through a multi-faceted governance and operating model.
The Post Sentence Branch (PSB), within the Offender Services Division of Corrections Victoria, provides central oversight and governance of the post-sentence scheme and offenders subject to post sentence orders, and best practice specialised assessment and therapeutic intervention for serious sex offenders and serious violent offenders across both prison and Community Correctional Services.
About the Role
The Director, PSB is responsible for providing strategic leadership and management across the Branch and will drive the development of system-wide initiatives and service responses that enhance risk management, treatment and supervision of serious sex and serious violent offenders and ensure the ongoing ability of the PSB to respond to current and future demand.
Reporting to the Deputy Commissioner, Offender Services, the Director will also provide high level specialist advice to Corrections and Justice Services Executives on the effective management and treatment of post sentence offenders aimed at reducing the risk off reoffending
Some of your duties will include:
- Provide specialist expertise, leadership and oversight of the delivery of PSB functions in compliance with legislative, strategic and operational requirements, and ensuring programs, services and practices are underpinned by best practice approaches to risk management
- Drive the development of strategic priorities, programs and services that address high-level government policy, stakeholder and operational priorities, and respond to emerging systemic issues, forecast growth and service demand.
- Manage key points of interface across Corrections, the Department of Justice and Community Safety and other service systems to deliver an integrated, multidisciplinary approach to assessment, treatment and management of the serious sex and serious violent offender cohort, and seamless transition as offenders move between custodial and community settings.
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 specialist expertise in relation to best practice assessment, management and treatment of serious sex offenders and serious violent offenders in correctional settings.
- Demonstrated experience in a strategic leadership role within a highly complex service delivery area, preferably in relation to high-risk clients with multiple and complex needs and/or within a legislative framework.
Qualifications/requirements
- An appropriate qualification in business management, justice, public administration or a related field would be advantageous
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.
