Director Community Corrections Operations (Southern District)

Director Community Corrections Operations – Southern District

• Based in the Wollongong office, with flexibility to work across locations within the Southern district (listed below)
• Temporary 12-month opportunity available
• $223,417 to $247,520 total remuneration payable

Your role

The Director Community Corrections Operations will be responsible for contributing to the delivery of the Corrective Services NSW (CSNSW) Strategic and/or Business Plan and the Community Corrections Blueprint while leading and directing operations within a designated District.

What you’ll do

• Contribute to the overall strategic direction of Community Corrections by engaging in strategic planning and taking part in projects and working groups and other organisational or agency-wide activities. 
• Lead, manage, guide and support managers in their operations and service delivery including planning, problem solving and culture change. 
• Manage, Co-ordinate and co-operate with internal and external stakeholders to maintain and improve service delivery, or implement changes, initiatives or reforms.
• Identify opportunities for improvement in the management and delivery of services and programs and provide executive level advice on how to ensure best practice within Community Corrections. 
• Deliver executive level advice on the operation of the district, emerging issues or complex problems, including major/critical incidents and ensure the implementation of remedial actions from critical incident reviews.

While the base office location for this role will be at Wollongong, there is flexibility to work from other office locations across the Southern district, including: Albury, Bega/Batemans Bay, Queanbeyan/Cooma, Goulburn/ Bowral, Griffith, Nowra, Wagga Wagga, Junee/ Tumut, and Young.

What we’re looking for

• Experience as a senior executive, leading a strong people culture that aligns to vision, purpose, and goals of the organisation.
• Experience managing a geographically dispersed team with diverse skillsets.
• Strong risk management skills and political acumen.
• Current driver’s license and preparedness to drive a vehicle in the course of performing the role, as travel will be required across the Southern district and on occasion across NSW and to Sydney.

Download the role description and the CSNSW Strategic Plan Towards 2030.

We focus on hiring people who share our commitment and goals of inclusion, collaboration, adaptability, courage and integrity. If you meet the essential requirements and the role resonates with you, please apply – you do not need to meet every desired requirement for us to want to talk to you.

What We Offer

We offer a variety of benefits, including:

• A challenging and rewarding career
• Flexible, autonomous work environment
• Competitive pay and conditions
• Training and development opportunities to build and maintain capabilities
• Health & Wellbeing and Employee Assistance Programs.

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We do work that really matters

CSNSW provides professional correctional services and programs to reduce reoffending and create safer communities. We house remand and sentenced inmates in correctional centres and supervise offenders serving orders in the community. We collaborate with government and non-government partners to support victims, facilitate restorative justice, and promote reintegration.

Are you ready to join us?

Click apply, attach a cover letter (maximum 2 pages) outlining how you meet the requirements of the role as well as an up-to-date résumé (maximum 5 pages).

Applications close Tuesday 10 June at 11:59pm AEST.

Got a question?

For more information about the role or what it’s like to work for Corrective Services NSW, please contact the hiring manager Dr Bernhard Ripperger on 0484 148 048 or at Bernhard.Ripperger@correctiveservices.nsw.gov.au.

If you’ve got a question about applying or would benefit from an adjustment in the recruitment process to help you perform at your best (including an alternate method submission of the application), please call Dylan Huke on 0484 936 362 or email at seniorexecutiverecruitment@dcj.nsw.gov.au.  

Visit Recruitment adjustments on the DCJ website to learn more.

Inclusion and Diversity lies at the heart of how we recruit

We continue to hire great people with a wide variety of skills, experience and backgrounds. This includes people with disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People, women, people identifying as LGBTIQ+, culturally and linguistically diverse people, carers and other diversity groups.

To find out what DCJ are doing to build an inclusive and diverse workforce, visit Inclusion and diversity on the DCJ website.

Other Information

A talent pool may be created for future ongoing and temporary roles and is valid for a period of up to 18 months.

For more information visit Your recruitment journey on the DCJ website.

Thank you for your interest in this role. We look forward to receiving your application.

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