Few leadership roles have a more direct impact on the safety of Queenslanders.
Queensland Corrective Services is seeking an exceptional leader to serve as Commissioner and lead Queensland Corrective Services in delivering a modern, safe and effective corrective services system focused on community safety, accountability, reducing reoffending and fewer victims of crime.
As Commissioner, you will lead a significant frontline organisation responsible for delivering safe, secure and effective corrective services across Queensland.
This is an opportunity to lead with purpose, strengthen frontline delivery and contribute to Delivering for Queensland by helping make our communities safer.
As Commissioner, you will provide strong strategic and operational leadership to Queensland Corrective Services, contributing directly to the Government's Safety where you live objective and its commitment to Making Queensland Safer.
Reporting to the Minister for Youth Justice and Victim Support and Minister for Corrective Services, the Commissioner provides strategic and operational leadership for Queensland Corrective Services.
With a workforce of more than 8,400 employees and a statewide correctional system, this is an opportunity to influence outcomes of significant public importance. The Commissioner will lead continued reform, strengthen frontline capability and drive a culture of accountability, integrity and performance to support safer communities and fewer victims of crime.
You will:
- Make Queensland safer, putting community safety at the centre of corrective services.
- Hold offenders to account through safe, secure and effective correctional services.
- Reduce reoffending through effective rehabilitation that contributes to safer communities and fewer victims of crime.
- Strengthen the frontline, supporting a professional, capable and safe workforce delivering services across Queensland.
- Drive performance and accountability, ensuring resources are focused on effective services and outcomes for Queenslanders.
- Lead reform and modernisation, strengthening services while maintaining safe and reliable operations.
- Build strong partnerships across government, the justice system and Queensland communities.
- Lead with integrity, strengthening confidence through ethical, transparent and accountable leadership.
The Commissioner has a unique opportunity to shape the future of corrective services and contribute directly to Making Queensland Safer and Delivering for Queensland.
How to apply
Queensland Corrective Services is committed to inclusive and diverse practices, including recruitment and selection which ensures people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, people with disability, women, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have equal opportunity to apply and participate.
Candidates who represent diverse backgrounds are encouraged to apply.
To be considered for this role, please submit:
- Your current resume
- A maximum two-page cover letter, including a suitability statement.
Additional information
The successful applicant will be required to consent to pre-employment criminal history and personal probity checks, including verification of higher educational qualifications. The appointee must also enter into a performance agreement with the Premier or delegate within three months of commencing and maintain a current declaration of interests, which will be publicly available.
Applicants who are current or former Queensland public sector employees must disclose any previous serious disciplinary action taken against them. Applicants who have been employed as a lobbyist in the previous two years are also required to disclose this employment within one month of commencement, in accordance with the applicable policy.
For more information about the role, Queensland Corrective Services and the recruitment and selection process, visit the Kingston Human Capital microsite: https://www.kingstonhumancapital.com.au/commissioner-qld-corrective-services
Closing Date: 5 November 2026
