Senior Manager, Sentence Management & Governance

Queensland Corrective Services; Cairns Regional; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Queensland Corrective Services is seeking an experienced leader to provide operational leadership and management to sentence management staff across sites, ensuring quality assurance, governance, and compliant prisoner detention, security classification, and progression planning.

You will oversee HR functions within the work unit, monitor staff performance, training and development, and analyse trends and workloads to allocate resources effectively.

Qualifications

• Experience leading and managing a team with HR processes.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines.
• Experience in a criminal justice environment or similar discipline.
• Ability to manage governance and oversight systems and QA.
• Ability to build relationships with peers and external stakeholders.
• Promote a learning environment where staff development is valued.

Responsibilities

• Provide operational leadership to sentence management staff across sites.
• Oversee the work unit's HR functions, including performance, training and development.
• Ensure quality assurance and governance oversight of tasks for lawful detention and placement.
• Analyse trends and workloads to optimize resource allocation within teams.
• Engage with internal and external stakeholders to support operations.

Skills

Team leadership

HR management

Governance

QA oversight

Stakeholder management

Job description

Queensland Corrective Services is seeking an experienced leader to provide operational leadership and management to sentence management staff across sites, ensuring quality assurance, governance, and compliant prisoner detention, security classification, and progression planning.

You will oversee HR functions within the work unit, monitor staff performance, training and development, and analyse trends and workloads to allocate resources effectively.