Project and Performance Lead

Victorian Government
$113,022 - $136,747 a year
Victoria
Full time
21 hours ago

Overview

Work Type: Ongoing - Full-time
Salary: $113,022 - $136,747
Grade: VPS 5
Occupation: Medicine, nursing and midwifery
Location: Melbourne - CBD and Inner Metro suburbs
Reference: VG/D02816_AUG25
At the Department of Justice and Community Safety, we’re looking for people who want to make a difference. People who take pride in their work. People who get things done. People who are committed to making Victoria a safer place.

We embrace diversity and strive to have a workforce that reflects the community we serve. We’re all about recruiting the best people, regardless of gender, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, or cultural background. If you think you can do the job and would be a good fit for our department, we’d love to hear from you.

The department is committed to the safety and wellbeing of children and recognises that children’s rights need to be respected, their views welcomed and valued, and their concerns taken seriously and acted upon.

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 more information on working with us and our recruitment process, please visit justice.vic.gov.au/careers

We’re proud of the important work we do across Victoria. Want to be part of it?
  • Support and inform service design and system improvements for optimal performance
  • Ongoing, Full-Time Opportunity to work with a high-performing and passionate team in the Victorian Public Service
  • VPS Grade 5: $113,022 - $136,747 plus superannuation.

The Department of Justice and Community Safety is seeking a Project and Performance Lead to provide a critical role within Justice Health.
About the Business Unit
Justice Health is part of the Corrections and Justice Services (CJS) group in the Department of Justice and Community Safety and supports the Minister for Corrections. CJS also comprises Corrections Victoria; Policy, Strategy and Service Design; Group Services and Coordination; and Justice Services (which includes Community Correctional Services and other justice programs). CJS plays an integral role in developing safer and more resilient communities and in delivering a trusted justice and community safety system.
The Adult Health Services Unit is responsible for:
  • oversight of the delivery of health services across the Victorian adult correctional system
  • ensuring service providers work collaboratively to ensure integrated and coordinated approaches to meeting the needs of men and women in custody
  • driving ongoing improvements to service delivery.
The Adult Health Services Unit achieves this through working collaboratively with men and women in custody, health service providers, Corrections Victoria staff and public health providers.
About the Role
The role of the Projects and Performance Lead is to review, investigate and audit health service delivery, including through location-based audits, and to support and inform health service design and system improvements and maintain sound systems, policies and procedures that support audits and reviews. The Projects and Performance Lead will work collaboratively with Senior and Principle Clinical Oversight Officers and with key service partners to identify and respond to issues and risks that affect health care outcomes and provide high level strategic advice, reports, briefings, presentations and correspondence on complex and sensitive matters.
Some of your duties will include:
  • Review, investigate and audit healthcare service delivery.
  • Provide evidence-based advice to inform service design and system improvements.
  • Maintain sound systems, policies and procedures that foster a culture of accountability, whilst encouraging innovation and problem solving.
  • Engage with men and women in prison to understand their healthcare needs and experiences and ensure their experiences inform ongoing improvements in healthcare in custodial settings.
  • Work collaboratively with key service partners, including other teams in Justice Health and Corrections Victoria to identify and respond to issues and risks that affect health care outcomes.
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:
  • Demonstrated experience in delivery of healthcare services in highly sensitive and complex environments.
  • Demonstrated experience in a quality focused role.
  • Project management experience would be an advantage
Qualifications/requirements
  • A tertiary qualification in an applicable field
  • Project management experience ideally in a clinical environment
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 a Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check (NCCHC) 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.
Applications close Friday 12 September 2025 at 11.59pm
Posted
29 August 2025
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