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Regional Quality Manager - Central

Vacancy Number: PSCR 0565
Closing Date: 6 August 2010
Location: Hamilton
 
 
Regional Quality Manager - Prison Services – Central Region
Based in Hamilton
Prison Services is the largest of the Department’s business units, responsible for the management of sentenced and remand prisoners within 20 prisons nationwide. We aim to provide world class prison services that are safe, secure and humane.
The Regional Quality Manager – Central Region is responsible for regional implementation and management of the national quality assurance, risk management, and business improvement framework and will also provide advice and support to the Regional Management team on risk identification/mitigation, and the achievement of best-practice operational processes and standards.
The position also requires a National focus and membership of a National team to ensure that Quality Assurance and risk management activity is undertaken to the highest international standards.
We need an experienced person who has had overall operational management accountability for a medium sized organisation or functional area, preferably in the custodial, security or defence sector, which has required them to actively manage aspects of quality, risk and business and systems improvement.
To be successful, you must also have:
  • The technical credibility and personality to lead this small team
  • The enthusiasm and cooperative ability to drive business improvement
  • Project management skills
  • Well developed relationship management and interpersonal skills
  • An ability to work within a broad sphere - from strategy to on the ground operations
  • Strong analytical and problem solving skills and an ability to identify, source and work with a range of relevant information and data
  • Strong oral and written communications skills
  • Strong computer skills including WP, Excel and databases
 
To find out more about this position or to apply visit our website: www.corrections.govt.nz
Applications close 5pm Friday 6 August 2010.



 

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