Agency Department of Corrections Work unit NT Correctional Services

Job title Deputy Superintendent Designation Deputy Superintendent

Job type Full time Duration Ongoing

Salary $120,877 - $125,760 Location Darwin, Katherine or Alice Springs

Position number 51237 RTF 356495 Closing 24/09/2026

Contact officer Simon Berg, Chief Superintendent - General Manager Territory Wide Operations on 0433 035 818 or [email protected]

About the agency https://corrections.nt.gov.au/

Apply online https://jobs.nt.gov.au/Home/JobDetails?rtfId=356495

APPLICATIONS MUST INCLUDE A ONE-PAGE SUMMARY ABOUT YOU, A DETAILED RESUME AND COPIES OF YOUR TERTIARY

QUALIFICATIONS.

Information for applicants – inclusion and diversity The NTPS values diversity. The NTPS encourages people from all diversity groups to apply for vacancies and accommodates people with disability by making reasonable workplace adjustments. If you require an adjustment for the recruitment process or job, please discuss this with the contact officer. For more information about applying for this position and the merit process, go to the OCPE website.

Primary objective The Deputy Superintendent will assist the General Manager in managing multi classification Correctional Centres ensuring that security and good order is maintained in line with strategic directions, resource and policy management, and statutory requirements whilst ensuring the safe custody and welfare of prisoners.

Key duties and responsibilities

1. Assist the General Manager in providing leadership and management of multi classification Correctional Centres to maximise

performance and meet all identified objectives incorporating sentence management, programs and services.
- Manage strategies that maintain compliance of statutory,



regulatory and operational practices within the correctional centre.
- Develop and implement strategic options, recommendations and effective initiatives to support the achievement of the

NT Correctional Services ‘Forward Together’ program including towards the goals and objectives across the key priority areas.
- Lead the change process necessary to engender the Department of Correction’s (DoC) Operational Philosophy and a culture of openness, learning, high performance and accountability within a custodial environment.
- Effectively manage and support staff in accordance with the NT Correctional Services policies and procedures along with the effective management of local and corporate industrial relations and Health and Safety processes and issues.
- Manage operational budgets, monitoring recurrent expenditure and performance and exercise delegated authority to ensure that the Correctional Centre achieves its outcomes and operates within the boundaries of organisational processes, legal and public policy constraints.

1. Ensure Equal Opportunity, Anti-Discrimination and Work Health and Safety legislation is upheld.
2. Perform on call duties as required, be available to assist with duties across different workplaces and to act as Superintendent as

required.

Selection criteria

Essential

1. Significant experience in managing a diverse range of persons within a custodial environment
2.



Extensive and proven experience in the management of change processes and the development, implementation and monitoring of

policies and procedures relevant to a custodial environment.
- Proven experience in the effective leadership and management of people and financial resources, and a demonstrated commitment to Equal Employment Opportunity, Anti-Discrimination and Work Health and Safety.
- Demonstrated sound knowledge of the principles that apply to sentence management, programs and services for persons within custody.
- Extensive working knowledge of the criminal justice system, management processes and a thorough understanding of contemporary issues in relation to effective management within a custodial setting.
- A high level of interpersonal and communication skills with proven ability to build and sustain productive working relationships in the NT context.
- Advanced Diploma of Correctional Administration or other relevant qualification that is assessed as being equivalent, or alternatively a qualification assessed as being acceptable to permit the applicant to be appointed for a fixed term subject to obtaining the

Advanced Diploma or other relevant qualification.

Further information The DoC has a Smoke Free Policy. Staff are not permitted to smoke anywhere on Department’s premises, facilities or in vehicles, nor whilst working off-site. The preferred applicant/s will be required to complete a pre-employment questionnaire, and the successful applicant/s will be required to undergo a criminal history check (confirmed by fingerprints and name check) prior to commencement of employment.

An adverse criminal history will not necessarily exclude an applicant from this position. All DoC employees are subject to random drug and alcohol testing.

📌 Deputy Superintendent (Alice Springs)
🏢 NT Government - Department of Corrections
📍 Alice Springs