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Salary- Utilise your leadership, policy and project management skills to support the development of innovative health service approaches to improve health care for Victorian people in custody.
- Opportunity to work with a high-performing and passionate team in the Victorian Public Service until 31 December 2026.
- VPS Grade 6: $127,467 - $170,579 plus superannuation.
About the business unit
Justice Health's objective is to improve the health of adults and young people in Victorian custodial settings. As a business unit of the Department of Justice and Community Safety, Justice Health is responsible for overseeing the delivery of health, mental health and alcohol and other drug (AOD) services to persons in Victoria's adult and youth justice facilities by contracted service providers.
Justice Health sets the policy and standards for health care in all Victorian prisons and youth justice precincts and monitors and reviews the performance of health service providers. Justice Health is also responsible for facilitating an integrated approach to health service planning and service delivery, leading health prevention and promotion activities, and facilitating the release of health information to community health care providers, legal representatives, and individuals.
Justice Health works in partnership with the Aboriginal community, under the Victorian Aboriginal Justice Agreement Burra Lotjpa Dunguludja, to improve outcomes for Aboriginal people and communities through active participation in the Aboriginal Justice Forum and associated Collaborative Working Groups.
About the role
The Health Services Manager will report to the Project Director, Health Services Review and be responsible for leading the development of new and innovative health service delivery approaches to improve health care for people in prison. The role will also include opportunities to work on health reforms for young people in Youth Justice. Core to being successful in this role will be your strong conceptual and analytical skills, your capacity to write accurate, timely and audience appropriate strategic documents, your ability to demonstrate appropriate initiative, and the application of good project management and procurement disciplines. The ability to innovate and think outside the box, as well as a background in policy and/or service design will hold you in good stead for this exciting and rewarding role.
The role operates within a complex and dynamic environment that requires a capacity to exercise sound judgement, and the ability to proactively develop and maintain effective relationships with key stakeholders across government, using influence and negotiation skills to support the provision of clear advice to support effective, timely actions.
To learn more about this role before applying, please read the attached position description.
About you
As our ideal candidate you will be able to demonstrate:
- Experience in the development of policy advice and/or operational/performance frameworks within a complex social and/or economic policy environment.
- Sound project management and / or commercial acumen to deliver key service agreements within expected timeframes
- Strong conceptual and analytical skills with an ability to analyse complex operational, policy and legal issues.
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 all VPS employees, due to the new JSE policy, please apply through the JSE only to be considered for this position.
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.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
The department is committed to providing and maintaining a working environment which is safe and without risk to the health of its employees consistent with the department's obligations under the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 (Vic). Therefore, there is a requirement that all DJCS employees be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to undertake duties outside of their homes.
Prior to commencement of employment with the department you will need to provide evidence that you are vaccinated against COVID-19.
Upon commencement of employment with the department you will be required to provide evidence that you have an up-to-date vaccination status within the timelines specified by the department into the . This includes evidence of all doses of a COVID-19 vaccine required by the department (from time to time).
Acceptable evidence includes: * COVID-19 digital certificate or ATAGI exemption certificate (available via your
account) * Your immunisation history statement (available via your
account)
Other documentation outside the above will not be accepted as evidence of having received your COVID-19 vaccine doses.
