• Provide high level safety advice and support to executives and senior leaders in Corrections Victoria.
• Fixed, Full-Time opportunity (2 years).
• VPS Grade 6: $138,631 - $185,518 plus superannuation.

The Department of Justice and Community Safety is seeking an Safety and Assurance Manager to provide a critical role at Western Plains Correctional Centre.

About the Business Unit

Corrections Victoria is part of the Corrections and Justice Services group in the Department of Justice and Community Safety. Corrections Victoria operates Victoria's adult custodial corrections system and Post Sentence Scheme. 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.

Western Plains Correctional Centre is a modern, maximum-security prison. It accommodates up to 1248 people, including people convicted of an offence and people placed on remand.

About the Role

As the Safety and Assurance Manager you will provide a high level of advice and support to executive and senior leaders to drive cultural change and improve safety performance outcomes while delivering against strategic and operational objectives of the department to meet its responsibilities under the Safer Prisons Strategy, CV's Mental Health and Wellbeing Plan and the departments Health Safety and Wellbeing Strategy 2021 - 2025, together with health and safety laws (Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004, Occupational Health and Safety Regulations 2017, Dangerous Goods Act 1985 and Workplace Injury Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2014).

As an integral member of the leadership team and reporting directly to the General Manager, you will lead and implement local approaches to drive down occupational violence, including driving the implementation of action plans under the Safer Prisons Strategy, embed processes for staff engagement and undertake proactive assurance and compliance activities to support practice integrity. You will be responsible for championing the health and safety agenda for the location with an ability to provide advice about the safety risk in a complex environment.

Some of your duties will include:

• Provide leadership and direction toward the delivery of strategic safety and wellbeing initiatives working collaboratively with key partners to ensure a consistent departmental approach.
• Maintain and lead post implementation activities to embed A Safer Place to Work at maximum security prison locations.
• Undertake local incident reviews and investigations to support learning and continuous improvement including supporting the review and development of local operating procedures/policies that support outcomes from audits and assessments.

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 comprehensive knowledge, understanding and experience in the application of OHS legislation, compliance codes, codes of practice and regulations and the Dangerous Goods and Hazardous Substances legislation and regulations.
• Relevant significant industry experience in occupational health and safety management systems.
• Demonstrated experience in the identification of OHS risks and developing, implementing and evaluating preventative strategies.

Qualifications/requirements

• Suitably qualified person with a minimum of diploma in occupational/workplace health and safety.
• Demonstrated extensive experience is desirable.
• A full and current driver's license is required due to the need to work across different locations.

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.