JICN Head of Detention and Reintegration

HBO | Bonaire | 36 hours | Vacancy number: P&O2024_012_002 | Closing date: 8 January 2025

Job description

The JICN moves with the developments that the prison system is facing. For instance, the JICN pays attention to the changing policies in the area of detention and reintegration, the manner the department is set up and enabled to meet the needs of the JICN and the detainees. This means that in the coming period, the Detention & Reintegration Department will invest in making its work processes more efficient and more future proof. As head of this department, you fulfil a project leadership role in detention and reintegration-related projects. You set the course and you create support and connection. You also empower your colleagues to give substance to this and you oversee the achievement of the results.

Job responsibilities

• You advise management in all areas of detention and reintegration, both inside and outside the institution;
• You coordinate the activities of the department with other departments and chain partners;
• You hold discussions with chain partners about the implementation, new developments, and the mutual cooperation;
• You make proposals for adjustment of the policies in the area of operation and you discuss them with the Director JICN;
• You are responsible for the progress of the processes and you make adjustments by giving instructions or by agreeing on arrangements;
• You monitor the progress and implementation of intra- and extramural detention planning and the preparation of removals and transfers;
• You provide for development and implementation of activities in the area of selection, placement, liberties, and detention and reintegration plans;
• You take care of the registration of changes in cell capacity and cell destinations;
• You approve registrations and data changes of detainees;
• You contribute to the optimisation of processes and working methods of the Detention & Reintegration Department;
• You chair various consultations;
• You conduct (development) interviews with the employees of the department, including the annual performance review;
• You take care of the business operations of the department.

The organisation

On behalf of the Minister of Justice and Security, the JICN executes custodial sentences and measures imposed by court order. The Bonaire location is both a house of detention and a prison for Bonaire, St. Eustatius, and Saba. There is capacity for 113 men, women, arrestees, foreigners, and juveniles.

Since the 10^th of October 2010, the JICN has been under the management of DJI (Custodial Institutions Agency). The core task of the JICN is the safe confinement of detainees, the restoration of law and order, the prevention of recidivism (repeated crime) and the provision of perspective to detainees by working towards reintegration.

Your competencies

• Group-oriented leadership
• Persuasiveness
• Interpersonal sensitivity
• Problem-analysing skills
• Enterprising
• Result orientation
• Customer focus
• Situational awareness
• Networking

Job requirements

• Your intellectual and professional ability is at the level of Higher Professional Education (HBO) with affinity for social issues and reintegration and/or resocialisation supplemented with a management training; 
• You have demonstrable management experience;
• You are experienced in the preparation of recommendations and the coordination of processes;
• You have knowledge of the substantive and process aspects of detention and social assistance;
• You have knowledge of relevant guidelines and procedures and you can translate them into practice;
• You have knowledge and understanding of the digital developments and their impact on the tasks of and applicability to your own organisational unit;
• You can deal effectively with differences between employees;
• You have a good sense of the interests at stake within the organisation, a customer-oriented attitude, and you are skilled in building a network;
• Speaking Papiamento and Spanish is preferred. 

What do we offer?

• An appointment in accordance with the Rechtspositiebesluit Ambtenaren BES (BES Civil Servants (Legal Status) Decree);
• A competitive gross salary in preliminary scale 9 and salary scale 10 of at least $ 3,525.00 and at most $ 4,575.00 in case of a 36-hour working week. Assignment to a pay scale based on knowledge and experience;
• Holiday allowance (8.33% of remuneration);
• A thirteenth month (8.33% of the salary, with a gross minimum of $ 1,750.00);
• A pension provision placed with Pensioenfonds Caribisch Nederland (PCN);
• 168 holiday hours for a working week of 36 hours per week;
• A temporary appointment of one year with the prospect of a permanent appointment for good performance and a positive assessment result;
• A removal scheme for candidates who respond from outside the island. 

Procedure

An assessment, case and/or reference check may be part of the procedure.
This vacancy is opened simultaneously internally and externally, in the course of which the following order is taken into account in the selection:

• Official RCN staff on the BES Islands (internal)
• Residents of the Caribbean part of the Netherlands (external)
• Other candidates (external)

Appointment requirements

• A Certificate of Good Conduct (VOG);
• A medical examination for admission to the pension fund;
• Dutch citizenship. 

Good to know for those interested outside the Caribbean Netherlands

• The salary is in US dollars which is the official currency in the Caribbean Netherlands;
• The Caribbean Netherlands has its own tax regulations. The income above the tax-free allowance ($ 20,242 in 2024) will be taxed at a rate of 30.4% in payroll tax;
• Participation in the pension fund is mandatory, including a personal contribution to it;
• You are or will become a resident of the Caribbean Netherlands.

More information? 

For more information about the vacancy, you can contact Charlotte Fairbairn, Deputy Director, email Charlotte.Fairbairn@jicnbonaire.nl or on +599 7900027

Digital application

You can send your Curriculum Vitae accompanied by a motivation to vacature@rijksdienstcn.com