Sentence Planning Coordinator

Queensland Corrective Services; Toowoomba Regional; On-site; AUD 65,000 - 78,000; Full time

Job summary

Queensland Corrective Services is seeking a candidate to contribute to Sentence Management Services in correctional facilities or designated hubs. You will engage with prisoners, prepare reports and manage administrative tasks related to detention and parole processes.

The role includes supervising small work units and coordinating service delivery to ensure compliance with timeframes, legislation and departmental policies.

Qualifications

• Understanding of the criminal justice system or a legislated work environment is highly desirable.
• Demonstrated ability to meet demanding work deadlines with strong planning and organisation.
• Interpersonal and negotiation skills to support service delivery with internal and external stakeholders.
• Strong problem-solving skills with ability to identify risks related to prisoner management.
• Excellent written and oral communication, including complex reports for multiple stakeholders.
• Experience supervising staff, setting priorities and monitoring workflow.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to day-to-day operations of Sentence Management Services in a correctional centre or hub.
• Engage with and assess prisoners, prepare reports and complete administrative tasks related to detention, court attendance and parole.
• Provide supervision and service delivery coordination for small work units to meet timeframes and policies.

Skills

Criminal justice knowledge

Planning and organisational skills

Interpersonal and negotiation skills

Problem solving

Written and oral communication

Staff supervision and leadership

Job description

In this role you will contribute to the day-to-day operations of Sentence Management Services performing sentence management functions either in a correctional centre or within a hub environment at designated locations. The role is responsible for:

engaging with and assessing prisoners, report preparation and writing; and completing necessary administrative tasks associated with lawful detention, court attendance and parole processes. The role will also provide supervision and service delivery coordination for small work units to ensure compliance with timeframes, legislation and departmental policies, procedures and practice directives.

Requirements

• An understanding of the criminal justice system or similar legislated work environment or alternatively demonstrated workplace experience that would evidence your ability to rapidly acquire this knowledge is highly desirable.
• Demonstrated ability to meet the challenges of a demanding work environment including high level planning and organisational skills that ensure multiple tasks are completed within identified timeframes.
• Interpersonal and negotiation skills to support service delivery in an environment where engagement with a range of internal and external stakeholders is critical.
• Highly developed problem-solving skills to ensure issues are identified and resolved including a demonstrated ability to identify and respond appropriately to identified risks related to prisoner management.
• Strong written and oral communication skills and an attention to detail in this regard including in the preparation of and completion of complex reports, for both internal and external stakeholders; and
• Demonstrated ability to supervise staff, set priorities, monitor workflow and develop local strategies or work practices.

Occupational group Administration