Operations Manager

Department of Justice and Community Safety VIC; Trawalla; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Department of Justice and Community Safety VIC – Langi Kal Kal Prison in Trawalla seeks an Operations Manager to lead day-to-day prison operations, including security and OHS, and to implement policies and programs.

You will contribute to budget, HR, and resource prioritisation, and provide senior leadership across teams to deliver safe, compliant custodial services.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated ability to provide leadership within a correctional environment.
• Commitment to working with staff, people in prison, and service providers to reduce re-offending.
• Senior-level experience leading teams and collaborating across organisations to deliver outcomes.
• Knowledge of relevant legislation, policy and procedures relating to Corrections Victoria management.
• Computer skills including Microsoft Office; ability to learn internal systems (PIMS, e-Justice, Centurion).
• Understanding of contemporary prisoner management and offender services practices.

Responsibilities

• Manage the prison's day-to-day operations, including security oversight, compliance and OHS.
• Develop and ensure custodial processes, including case management, movement control and security procedures.
• Contribute to budgeting, finance, HR and OHS compliance to optimise resources.

Skills

Leadership in correctional environment

Commitment to reducing re-offending

Senior-level team leadership

Legislation and policy knowledge

Inter-team collaboration

Prison facilities management knowledge

Education

Prison Officer Pre-service Training

Victorian driver's license (full) or minimum P2

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

PIMS

e-Justice

Centurion

Job description

Department of Justice and Community Safety VIC – Trawalla VIC

• Utilise your leadership skills and knowledge of correctional environments.
• Ongoing, Full-time opportunity.

The Department of Justice and Community Safety is seeking an Operations Managerto provide A critical leadership role at Langi Kal Kal Prison.

About the Business Unit

Corrections Victoria (CV) operates Victoria's adult prison, post-sentence and community corrections systems. Its vision is for Safer Prisons, Safer People, Safer Communities. Corrections Victoria's mission is to create a safer, smarter system with a skilled and supported workforce, that enables people in our care to make better decisions. We take a modern approach to correctional services, providing people with best practice interventions to reduce their risk of reoffending. All of our work supports community safety.

H.M. Prison Langi Kal Kal is a minimum-security men's protection prison located 140klm west of Melbourne at Trawalla. The prison's primary purpose is to prepare male prisoners for transition, reintegration, and release. As a working farm with eight separate industries, there is a strong focus on employment, training, and work readiness.

About the Role

Some of your duties will include:

• Manage the prison's day-to-day prison operations, including oversight of security, operational compliance and implementation of policies, strategies, programs, and OHS.
• Develop, manage, and ensure the quality of custodial processes including case management, movement control, operation of security equipment, reception and discharge, escorts, visitors and visits, urinalysis, searching, security procedures, disciplinary issues and chair hearings and Case Management Review Committees.
• Contribute to the management team's oversight of budget, finance, HR, and OHS compliance requirements, supporting effective prioritisation and optimal use of resources.

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 ability to provide leadership within a correctional environment.
• Demonstrated commitment to working with staff, people in prison, and other service providers to reduce re-offending.
• Senior-level experience leading teams and working collaboratively across teams and organisations to deliver outcomes.
• Knowledge of, and the ability to apply relevant legislation, policy and procedure relating to Corrections Victoria and the management of its prison facilities.
• Computer skills, including experience with the Microsoft Office Suite and the ability to learn and use internal systems is highly desirable (e.g. PIMS, e-Justice, Centurion).
• An understanding of contemporary prisoner management and offender services practices.

Qualifications/requirements

• A full and current Victorian driver's licence or a minimum P2 driver's licence.
• Completion of the Prison Officer Pre-service Training or a willingness to undertake and complete the provided Prison Officer Pre-Service Training is required.

The successful candidate willbe requiredto undergo pre-employment checkswhich mayincludereference checks,nationally coordinated criminal historychecks(NCCHC),andmisconduct screening. Dependant on the role, other checks may includeVicRoadschecks,driverslicencechecks, medicalchecks, Working with ChildrenChecks, andDeclaration of Private Interests (for executive and responsible officer roles).

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.