- Utilise your expertise to provide support and advice to key stakeholders.
- Ongoing, Full-Time Opportunity to work with a high-performing and passionate team in the Victorian Public Service
The Department of Justice and Community Safety (the department) is seeking a Supervisor, Quality and Compliance to provide a critical role at Corrections Victoria.
About the Business Unit
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 Southwest 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.
Reporting to the Manager, Operational Performance and Compliance, the Supervisor, Quality & Compliance is responsible for ensuring the compliance of Barwon Prison to relevant department, state and federal legislation and regulations, including the Victorian Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities Act 2006.
About the Role
The Supervisor, Quality & Compliance facilitates and administers the review, update and publishing of local procedural and policy documents, working closely with prison leadership and middle managers to ensure broader understanding and adherence to both. They conduct quality assurance reviews and audits, providing advice and recommendations about emerging risks in the operational environment. Leading and managing projects and tracking progress on actions that embed changes to policy and procedures, the Supervisor, Quality and Compliance communicates and consults with staff across the location.
Some of your duties will include:
- Monitor and report on the location's compliance with local and overarching policies and procedures
- Facilitate the review, update and administration of local policy documents with consideration to department, state and federal legislation and regulations, including the Victorian Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities Act 2006
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:
- Develops guidelines within the work area
- Resolves operational service delivery problems consistent with program
- Applies sound theoretical and practical expertise in the development of policy options
- Develops and implements operational policy which impacts the immediate work area
- Manages projects, usually under limited direction
- Develops and implements operational communication and consultation strategies on specific projects
- Provides professional technical and specialist advice in field of quality and compliance
Qualifications
- Qualifications in quality assurance, compliance, OHS desirable. Experience in custodial setting
- and/or with policy development desirable.
The successful candidate will be required to undergo pre-employment checks which may include national police checks 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.
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