Manager, Prisoner Activities (355912) - Tasmania Prison Service

The Department of Justice has a number of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion strategies in place, and our recruitment practices aim to facilitate full participation from all population cohorts. We encourage applications from Indigenous Australians, people living with disability, people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds and faiths, mature age workers and LGBTIQA+ people.

The Department of Justice supports reasonable adjustment requests in any stage of the assessment process to remove barriers and facilitate full participation in all aspects of employment for applicants with disability. If you have individual requirements that need to be accommodated in order to participate in an interview or recruitment activity, please inform TPS Recruiting at TPSRecruiting@justice.tas.gov.au as soon as possible. 

Details of Appointment

This is a permanent day work position working weekdays (73.50 hours per fortnight). We are a diverse and inclusive workplace and understand the importance of flexible working arrangements - talk to us about how this could work for you.

*Applicants should note that, for a period of twelve months from the date of publication, this selection process may be used to fill subsequent or similar full time, part time and/or casual vacancies.

Benefits

Salary of $109,099 to 123,395 pa. Starting salary negotiable within range subject to experience in a similar role. Annual salary increases within this range in accordance with the Tasmanian State Service Award and Public Sector Union Wages Agreement.

In addition to the salary: 

• 12% super from 1 July 2025, access to salary sacrifice and salary packaging.
• 4 weeks annual leave per year, plus access to purchased leave, leave without pay and State Service accumulated leave scheme.
• Access to a free, confidential Employee Assistance Program and a range of other service via our dedicated Wellbeing and Support team.
• Learning, development and career progression opportunities across Tasmania.

Working Environment

Tasmania Prison Service (TPS) has prison facilities located at Risdon Vale, Hobart and Launceston in Tasmania. This position is based at Risdon Vale in. The Risdon Vale site offers a corporate working environment without the hustle and bustle of city centre offices, free on-site parking and access to the on-site staff gym (or head across the road to Risdon Brook Dam for a walk at lunch time). 

Duties

• Provide leadership, supervision, support and direction for the Activities Coordination Unit (ACU), Visitor Reception Centre (VRC), and State‑wide Property (SWP), ensuring high‑quality service delivery.
• Lead the optimisation and delivery of the through‑care model and core day activities by managing the scheduling of all prisoner programs, work, and education opportunities, ensuring these activities effectively meet the needs of the current and growing prisoner population within the TPS.
• Lead and supervise the framework for the payment of prisoner allowances within the TPS, ensuring fairness, transparency and consistency across all facilities.
• Manage the service delivery of the Visitor Reception Centre that includes all southern facilities ensuring TPS service requirements are being met.
• Lead the development and implementation of systems for cataloguing prisoner property, ensuring practices align with best‑practice loss‑prevention standards.
• Monitor and provide reports, briefs and correspondence on your areas of responsibility.
• Provide oversight to the administration functions across the TPS as required.
• Support and undertake stakeholder engagement as required.
• Manage effective financial, physical and human resources of the ACU, VRC, SWP and ensuring a high standard of accountability and performance monitoring.
• Contribute to the creation and consultation of relevant policies and maintain existing relevant policies, Director Standing Orders and procedures, particularly as it relates to new services being implemented.
• Manage virtual technology for prisoners to undertake visits online, and provide the necessary support to facilities, families and prisoners in respect to this.

Pre-employment Checks

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