• Contribute to initiatives that improve prison services and operations across the system.
• Ongoing, Full-Time Opportunity to work with a high-performing and passionate team in the Victorian Public Service
• 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 System Performance Branch

About the Business Unit

Corrections Victoria is part of the Corrections and Justice Services group in the Department of Justice and Community Safety (department). Corrections Victoria operates Victoria's adult custodial corrections system. 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.

The System Performance Branch in Custodial Operations comprises three teams, which are: Operational Assurance, Compliance and Reviews; Continuous Improvement; and Statewide Operational Support. The branch provides authoritative, strategic, operational and policy advice, and briefing papers on a range of correctional issues to senior correctional management and is responsible for a range of work primarily across prisons. Its responsibilities include state-wide oversight of a range of central functions, including Safer Place to Work, operational policy development, review and amendment, convening and participating in state-wide managers' meetings, performance monitoring and reporting, incident reporting, responding to family violence information sharing requests, oversight of internal and external reviews and investigations, coordination of CV's responses to coronial matters and litigation, auditing, correspondence, prison outreach and implementation support and general advice to prisons and other departmental staff and internal and external stakeholders.

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.
• 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.
• Use research, innovative thinking, and analysis to support decision making and shape direction of continuous improvement and development activities.
• Prepare and co-ordinate briefings, complex correspondence and policies that involve integrating complex information from a variety of sources in a time-pressured environment.

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.