• Promote a culture of continuous improvement across custodial operations.
• Ongoing, Full-Time opportunity.
• VPS Grade 5: $113,022 - $136,747 plus superannuation.

The Department of Justice and Community Safety is seeking a Senior Continuous Improvement Officer to provide a critical role within Corrections Victoria.

About the Business Unit

Corrections Victoria is part of the Corrections and Justice Services (CJS) group in the Department of Justice and Community Safety and supports the Minister for Corrections. CJS also comprises Justice Health (which manages health services in adult and youth custodial facilities); Policy, Strategy and Service Design; Group Services and Coordination; and Justice Services (which includes Community Correctional Services and other justice programs). CJS plays an integral role in developing safer and more resilient communities and in delivering a trusted justice and community safety system.

Corrections Victoria's vision is for Safer Prisons, Safer People and Safer Communities. Our mission is to create a safer, smarter corrections system with a skilled and supported workforce, that enables people in our care to make better decisions. Corrections Victoria operates Victoria's adult prison system, seeking to provide safe and secure containment for people in custody and an environment and programs and services that support rehabilitation. Corrections Victoria aims to achieve its vision by providing best practice interventions that aim to reduce the risk of reoffending, including case management informed by sound risk assessment, offence specific and offence related programs, and transition and reintegration supports.

About the Role

Reporting to the Manager, Continuous Improvement within the Custodial Operations Division, you will be responsible for identifying opportunities to enhance operations and safety within prisons. In this role, you will work closely with prisons to lead and support them through change and continuous improvement activities and projects that contribute to safer prisons. You will be responsible for the planning, coordination and delivery of initiatives and projects aimed at improving custodial operations across the state, and in doing so, you will be required to interpret and work within a complex operating and legislative environment to develop high quality frameworks, policies and reports to enhance custodial operational outcomes for the workforce and people in custody.

Some of your duties will include:

• Build and foster a culture of continuous improvement across custodial operations.
• Lead and contribute to change and innovation activities across the custodial system that contribute to enhanced operational outcomes.
• Create and maintain templates and tools, systems, and processes for the timely delivery of accurate and high-quality reports and business cases.

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:

• A proven record of leading and delivering organisational change initiatives and driving reform within a complex statutory operating environment.
• Strong knowledge and understanding of the custodial environment and the landscape the system operates within.

Qualifications/requirements

• Relevant project management and policy experience and/or qualifications in a related discipline is desirable.

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.