Starting salary is $73,090.
Staff progress through competency based steps to the top level salary of $85,272. There is the potential to earn a further 5% for high performing managers who have reached the top of the salary range.
There is also recruitment and retention allowance (up to $2500) payable to Service Managers in some areas.
Additional benefits include:
Staff receive five weeks annual leave after 12 months service. There are also provisions for sick leave, bereavement leave and leave without pay.
The standard hours of work are 40 hours per week, between the hours of 7.00am and 11.00pm from Monday to Friday, exclusive of time taken for lunch breaks.
If a manager is employed on a part time basis their standard hours will be set out in their letter of confirmation or a letter of variation of terms of employment, whatever is applicable.
No, but there is a dress code and smart/corporate dress is required. No jeans, jandals etc.
Yes, there are unions you can choose to join. There are two main unions, the PSA (Public Service Association) and NUPE (National Union of Public Employees).
Street and on site parking is not guaranteed, especially in the wider Auckland metro area. Some sites do have limited staff car parking and/or off street parking.
Although a related qualification is desirable, it is by no means essential. Experience is just as important and management experience in other industries is transferable
Corrections provides management development training and is committed to professional training and support.
Being a Service Manager is challenging and rewarding work that requires initiative and passion to make a real difference
You need to work effectively with people from all walks of life, and from different cultural and ethnic backgrounds. You need to be able to motivate staff to deliver quality sentence management and report writing.
You'll be a strong leader with an analytical approach to problem solving, the ability to manage people and time, and have excellent communication and relationship-building skills.
As Community Probation & Psychological Services plays a key role in making the community safer it is important that you are able to identify and effectively manage risks, and ensure a high standard of work is delivered by your team.
Computer skills and a full driver licence are essential.
We require you to have a full driver licence. However, note that you have a learner licence when you apply on your application form. Your application will be assessed and we may ask to come back to you on job opportunities once you have your full driver licence.Please note the Department has mostly manual cars.
Having a criminal conviction will not necessarily preclude you from being offered employment. It depends on the position applied for and the offences that might be on your criminal record. Your criminal conviction record will be reviewed against our policy to assess your suitability for employment with the Department.
Applicants with the following kinds of criminal record will not usually be considered for appointment:
For more information go to Criminal conviction checking process page.
No, but if you are offered a job, you will have to declare any possible instances of conflict of interest. As part of an offer of employment, a Code of Conduct policy is signed off which covers this sort of thing.
As a Service Manager, you will manage a professional team of Probation Officers and support staff to deliver quality advice to Judges and the NZ Parole Board, and effectively manage offenders in the community.
Your focus will be to ensure your team is performing well, producing quality results, to make our communities safer.
Our staff come from different backgrounds, cultures, education and experience and together their purpose is to motivate offenders to make positive changes in their lives, and so make our communities safer.
We have a rich and diverse staff and have staff networks such as Maori, Pacific, Asian (and other ethnic) networks.
Within the organisation; progression to other management roles such as Area Manager, Regional Manager and senior positions within operations at regional and head office level.
Externally; to other management/senior management roles.
We are interested in overseas candidates too.
Just send your CV and application form in by email. If you are short listed we will interview you by phone and use some additional selection tools to determine if you were suitable for the position and if you and your family would enjoy living in New Zealand.
It is particularly important that you do your research and make sure you really want to work here. It is a long way to come. So you would need to be very clear about why you want to come to NZ and what about the role and the way we manage Community Probation & Psychological Services here that attracts you.
To be employed you must either be a NZ citizen or have a valid work permit.
You will need to apply for residency or a work permit (see Immigration New Zealand). If you are offered employment, this will help your application for a visa/permit/residency.
You will receive an acknowledgement letter within a few days and if you are short listed you should be assessed through interviews and testing