Manager Sentence Management

Queensland Corrective Services; Aldershot; On-site; AUD 95,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Queensland Corrective Services in Aldershot QLD is seeking a Team Leader to provide operational leadership and governance oversight for sentence management staff across locations. You will oversee HR functions, drive staff performance, training and workload analysis, and ensure appropriate resource allocation while maintaining safety and compliance.

This role requires strong people leadership, the ability to manage governance systems, and the capacity to build robust relationships with

Qualifications

• Experience leading a team using human resource management processes.
• Ability to perform under pressure and meet deadlines.
• Experience in criminal justice environment or ability to rapidly acquire relevant knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Provide operational leadership to sentence management staff across locations.
• Ensure quality assurance and governance over detainee handling and placements.
• Manage HR functions including performance, training and development.
• Analyse trends and workloads to allocate resources effectively within teams.
• Build relationships with peers, staff and external stakeholders.
• Promote a learning environment that values staff development and is an integral part of the work environment.

Skills

Team leadership

People management

HR processes

Under pressure

Stakeholder management

Job description

Queensland Corrective Services – Aldershot QLD

In this role you will provide operational leadership and management to sentence management staff, both at individual locations and where required across broader regional hubs. The position is responsible for ensuring quality assurance and governance oversight of all tasks completed to ensure the lawful detention of prisoners, appropriate prisoner security classification and placement in accordance with their delegated authority, as well as putting appropriate plans in place for prisoner progression.

Management of the work unit’s human resource functions is also required and this will include managing staff performance, training and development, as well as analyse trends and workloads to ensure adequate resource allocation within their teams.

The most suitable applicant will demonstrate their applied knowledge, skills and experiences against these essential role requirements of the Team leader leadership stream:

• Experience and demonstrated skill leading and managing a team including the application of human resource management processes
• Demonstrated ability to work under pressure, meet tight deadlines, respond to new and unexpected events and appropriately escalated issues
• Experience in the criminal justice environment including the interpretation and application of legislation, policy and practice directives in an operational environment is preferable or alternatively possess a similar work experience that demonstrates your ability to rapidly acquire this knowledge
• Ability to manage governance and oversight systems, and experience in quality assurance
• Ability to build and manage relationships with peers, team members, internal and external stakeholders
• Ability to promote and maintain a learning environment where staff development is valued and supported and seen as an integral feature of the work environment

Applications to remain current for 12 months.