Senior Adviser Operations

Queensland Corrective Services; City of Brisbane; Hybrid; AUD 120,000 - 128,000; Full time

Job summary

Queensland Corrective Services is seeking a Senior Adviser Operations in Brisbane Inner City to coordinate prison capacity and transfer processes across the state. The role involves case managing difficult-to-place prisoners, managing bed demand, and overseeing interstate and international transfers, including mental health custody escorts.

The position is fixed-term and full-time, classified AO6, with a closing date of 16-Oct-2026.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of contemporary correctional practices.
• Understanding of Queensland Corrective Services at a strategic and political level.
• Experience in preparing high quality reports, briefings, policy papers and submissions.
• Exposure to operating in an executive environment.
• Experience in undertaking research and application of outcomes to better practice.
• Relationship management.
• Demonstrated workplace and emotional resilience.
• Knowledge, interpretation and application of legislation, policies and procedures.
• Ability to motivate and encourage self and others to meet the challenges of demanding work roles.
• Conceptual, analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Experience working with sensitive or classified information.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate prison capacity and transfer processes.
• Case manage prisoners difficult to place across the state.
• Coordinate demand for prisoner beds and intake from watch houses.
• Lead interstate and international transfers and specialised transfer and escort processes.
• Manage prisoner escorts for Mental Health custody and assess transfer applications per legislation.

Job description

# Senior Adviser Operations**Queensland Corrective Services** (Organisation site) Sentence Management Services; Specialist Operations; Community Corrections & Specialist Operations; BrisbaneIn this role you will be responsible for coordinating prison capacity and transfer processes, inclusive of case managing prisoners who are found to be difficult to place across the state, coordinating the demand for prisoner beds, the intake of prisoners from the watch houses, and leading interstate, international transfers and specialised transfer and escort processes including the management of prisoner escorts for Mental Health custody and the assessment and evaluation of transfer applications in accordance with relevant legislation.## Job details| | || --- | --- || Position status | Fixed Term Temporary || Position type | Full-time || Occupational group | Administration || Classification | AO6 || Workplace Location | Brisbane Inner City || Job ad reference | QLD/703072/26 || Closing date | 16-Oct-2026 || Yearly salary | $119802 - $127941 || Fortnightly salary | $4592.00 - $4904.00 || Job duration | Until 31 December 2026 with possible extension || Contact person | Lucinda Hart || Contact details | Phone: [phone] Access the National Relay Service |The most suitable applicant will demonstrate their applied knowledge, skills and experiences against these essential role requirements of the ***Individual Contributor*** leadership stream:• Knowledge of contemporary correctional practices • Understanding of Queensland Corrective Services at a strategic and political level • Experience in preparing high quality reports, briefings, policy papers and submissions • Exposure to operating in an executive environment • Experience in undertaking research and application of outcomes to better practice • Relationship management • Demonstrated workplace and emotional resilience • Knowledge, interpretation and application of legislation, policies and procedures • Ability to motivate and encourage self and others to meet the challenges of demanding work roles • Conceptual, analytical and problem-solving skills • Experience working with sensitive or classified information.**Applications to remain current for 12 months.**