• Utilise your leadership expertise to provide support and advice to Corella Place service uses and associated service providers
• Ongoing, full time opportunity to work with a high-performing and passionate team in the Victorian Public Service
• VPS Grade 6: $138,631 - $185,518 plus superannuation.

The Department of Justice and Community Safety is seeking a General Manager to provide a critical role at Corella Place as part of the Offender Services unit.

About the Business Unit

The Serious Offenders Act 2018 sets out a civil, non-punitive scheme that provides for the ongoing supervision or detention of serious sex and/or serious violence residents who have completed their prison sentence and pose an unacceptable risk of committing further sexual and/or violence offences. Correction Victoria's end-to-end management and delivery of services to serious sex and serious violence offenders on post-sentence orders occurs through a multi-faceted governance and operating model.

Corella Place comprises of two sites in Ararat. It is a residential facility that enhances the protection of the community by providing supported accommodation and support for high-risk and complex sex offenders when appropriate accommodation in the community is not available.

About the Role

As the Corella Place General Manager you will lead a multidisciplinary team based in a transitional accommodation setting that provides highly complex service delivery to residents with multiple and complex needs. You wll also provide both high-level technical expertise as well as strategic advice to the Department of Justice and Community Safety regarding the management of people that have committed sex offences.

Some of your duties will include:

• Manage all operational, service delivery and business service aspects of the Corella Place Residential Facility, across multiple sites
• Provide leadership to a staff team, developing and maintaining a culture that reflects Corella Place's Mission Statement
• Build and develop relationships with a range of key stakeholders, including providing CV representation at forums with local authorities and community groups
• Identify and provide authoritative advice on emerging issues and trends and provide high-level guidance on the case management of residents

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 experience in providing leadership within a highly complex service delivery area, preferably in relation to people with multiple and complex needs and/or within a legislative framework.
• Experience in the management of sexual offenders and/or a correctional environment is desirable
• An ability to drive a culture of quality by design where quality practices are embedded in the service and solution delivery process
• Ab ability to role models ethical leadership through decision making and interactions with people

Qualifications/requirements

• Relevant qualifications or equivalent experience working in a Correctional environment and/or within a legislative framework is desirable, but not mandatory

How to Apply

Please click the Apply button on this advertisement. Applications should include a resume and covering letter. Attachments can be uploaded in .doc, .docx, .pdf, .txt or .rtf formats.

The successful candidate will be required to undergo pre-employment checks which may include a Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check (NCCHC) and misconduct screening.

If you require adjustments to the recruitment and selection process, or require an alternative format to any of the application material, please don't hesitate to get in touch with the contact person listed on this ad.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION:

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.