Department of Justice and Community Safety VIC – Geelong VIC
Western Plains Correctional Centre opens mid-2025 and Corrections Victoria are now recruiting key roles.Supporting the implementation of the Education and Training Strategy.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 is seeking an Education Supervisor to provide a critical role at Western Plains Correctional Centre.
About the Business Unit Western Plains Correctional Centre (Western Plains) is Victoria's newest maximum-security correctional facility, designed to house up to 1,248 people in custody. Western Plains is a multi-purpose facility that adapts to the evolving needs of Corrections Victoria. It features purpose-built modern amenities including medical wards, a cultural centre, and vocational training facilities. It utilises cutting-edge technology to keep the facility secure, allowing staff to focus on supporting the rehabilitation of people in custody.
Western Plains will open mid-2025 and Corrections Victoria are now recruiting key roles to help shape the future operations of the facility.
The Vocational Services Team consists of three key portfolios - industries, education, and programs. The role of the team is to prepare prisoners for release and to enhance post-release employment opportunities through prisoner employment, integrated job training, targeted educational opportunities, personal development programs, and activities.
About the Role The Education Supervisor is responsible for the management and delivery of education-specific functions within the Education & Programs and Industries areas, under the guidance of the Manager, Vocational Services.
The Education Supervisor will assist with the implementation of the Prisoner Employment Pathway Framework through a range of education and training related support, coordination, and planning services for prisoners engaging in VET, on-the-job training, and distance education. Understanding issues affecting the participation of prisoners in education and training is a core part of the role, and the Education Supervisor will provide leadership in addressing such issues.
Some of your duties will include: Coordinate and support the operational relationship between education providers and prison program areas, prison education areas, prison industries, and other key stakeholders.Monitor the implementation of prisoner learning plans and ensure prisoners' learning pathways are managed throughout their sentence.Establish and coordinate local performance reporting processes, including analysing data and preparing reports and briefings to relevant prison and CV senior staff on the delivery of education and training where required.Deliver and manage distance education support services to prisoners and coordinate assessments regarding an individual's capacity to participate in distance education.About you To be successful in this role, you will have:
Manage teams effectively in complex situations, providing clear direction, advice, and necessary support in day-to-day work and in developing and implementing new processes and procedures.Demonstrated experience in the coordination of operational service delivery across a variety of business units and program areas, including service performance monitoring and reporting (desirable).Demonstrated knowledge and experience of Vocational Education Training (VET) and its role in education and employment.Demonstrated knowledge and experience within a correctional services environment (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 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.
FOR INTERNAL VPS EMPLOYEES: For this particular vacancy, priority consideration applies to Victorian Public Service (VPS) and select employees of the Victorian Public Sector who apply through the Jobs Skills Exchange (JSE) jobs board platform.For all VPS employees, due to the new Jobs Skills Exchange (JSE) policy, please apply through the JSE to be eligible to be considered for this position in the first round.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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