• Provide high level safety advice and support to senior leaders in Corrections Victoria
• Influence and champion health and safety strategy to manage risks in a complex environment
• Full time, two year fixed term position based at Barwon Prison

The Department of Justice and Community Safety is seeking a Safety and Assurance Manager to provide strategic advice to senior leaders on health and safety strategy while improving safety performance outcomes at Barwon Prison.

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.

HM Prison Barwon is a maximum-security prison located 6km north-west of Lara, 20km from the centre of Geelong and about 70km from Melbourne and is part of the Barwon South-West Regional structure. It is Victoria's major maximum-security prison for sentenced male prisoners. The prison officially opened in January 1990 and currently houses up to 416 men in custody, including high security, long term management, protection (including specialist protection), general mainstream (maximum security) and medium security prisoners.

About the Role

As the Safety and Assurance Manager based at Barwon Prison, you will advise and support executive and senior leaders to drive cultural change and improve safety performance outcomes while executing objectives under the Department's health, safety and wellbeing strategy together with health and safety laws. As an integral member of the leadership team and reporting directly to the General Manager, you will lead local approaches to drive down occupational violence, embed processes for staff engagement and undertake proactive assurance and compliance activities to support practice integrity. You will champion the health and safety agenda for Barwon Prison and 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 strategy 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.
• Work collaboratively to identify gaps and influence senior stakeholders in delivering a safety- first culture across the department
• Providing coaching and mentoring for to leaders and staff in the resolution of complex operational problems such as occupational violence, manual handling, slip/trip and falls incidents etc

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 and developing preventative strategies.
• Demonstrated expertise in consulting with senior leaders and managers in the delivery of key outcomes in health and safety, change management and related workplace improvement initiatives.
• Demonstrated experience in delivering cultural change in health, safety and wellbeing.

Qualifications/requirements

Minimum of a diploma in occupational/workplace health and safety and 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.