Casual Community Service Field Officer, Talent Pool,Sydney Metro

Casual Community Service Field Officer, Talent Pool

Sydney Metro East and Metro West District Community Corrections,

Corrective Services NSW

Locations- Bankstown, Blacktown, Burwood, Campbelltown, City, Fairfield, Hornsby, Leichhardt, Liverpool, Mt Druitt, Parramatta, Penrith, St Leonards, Sutherland, and Windsor

Employment type- A casual pool will be created for Metro East and Metro West District

Salary- $45.0064 per hour (Clerk Grade 3)

Your role

As a casual Community service field officer, you will play a key role in supervising and managing offenders serving community service orders while coordinating the logistics and operations of community service worksites to ensure safety, compliance, and accountability. If you enjoy a community-based role, have strong communication skills and display resilience and courage, we encourage you to apply and make a difference in your community by helping offenders reintegrate and contribute positively.

Aboriginal candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.

What you’ll do

As part of the Community Corrections team, you will supervise offenders during community service, ensuring their safety and adherence to safety protocols. You will direct tasks, monitor behaviour, and ensure compliance with Work Health and Safety standards. Additionally, you will collaborate with community agencies and provide transportation for offenders to and from worksites. You will be part of a supportive team committed to enhancing community safety and promoting offender rehabilitation within a dynamic and engaging environment.

What we’re looking for

Strong ability to supervise and manage offenders, ensuring adherence to safety protocols and conduct policies.

Solid understanding of Work Health and Safety principles and practices.

Exceptional communication skills for effectively liaising with community agencies and stakeholders.

Proficient in transporting offenders and coordinating logistics for community service worksites.

Essential requirements

This is casual employment under Section 43 of the Government Sector Employment Act 2013. Ability to work up to 38 hours per week as required, during the week and weekends. Successful applicants for these positions will be required to drive a group of offenders to and from designated worksites and supervise work. A satisfactory Criminal Record Check is required.

• Ability to drive official vehicles and possess an appropriate level of Driver's Licence to meet all job requirements (Sydney Metro require a Class LR licence).
• Current First Aid Certificate or willingness to obtain prior to commencing.

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We focus on hiring people who share our commitment and goals of inclusion, collaboration, adaptability, courage and integrity. If you meet the essential requirements and the role resonates with you, please apply – you do not need to meet every desired requirement for us to want to talk to you.

What We Offer

We offer a variety of benefits, including:

• A challenging and rewarding career
• Flexible, autonomous work environment
• Competitive pay and conditions
• Training and development opportunities to build and maintain capabilities
• Health & Wellbeing and Employee Assistance Programs.

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We do work that really matters

Working for Corrective Services NSW (CSNSW) provides opportunities to make a real difference. We collaborate with government and non-government justice and human services agencies to support victims, facilitate restorative justice, and promote reintegration. We're focused on breaking, rather than managing, disadvantage. It’s work that really matters.

Apply now and join Australia’s top public sector employer where we will support you and provide an exciting and flexible working environment!

Are you ready to join us?

Click apply, attach a cover letter (maximum 2 pages) outlining how you meet the requirements of the role as well as an up-to-date résumé (maximum 3 pages).

We are looking for you to demonstrate your competency in the focus capabilities as detailed in the role description.

Applications close Sunday 18 May 2025 at 11:00pm AEST.

Got a question?

For more information about the role or what it’s like to work for DCJ, please contact the hiring manager Lucinda Bennett on 0427 993 095 or via Lucinda.Bennett@correctiveservices.nsw.gov.au.

If you’ve got a question about applying or would benefit from an adjustment in the recruitment process to help you perform at your best (including an alternate method submission of the application), please call

Faith Timothy on 0497 142 953 or via faith.timothy@dcj.nsw.gov.au. 

Visit Recruitment adjustments on the DCJ website to learn more.

Inclusion and Diversity lies at the heart of how we recruit

We continue to hire great people with a wide variety of skills, experience and backgrounds. This includes people with disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People, women, people identifying as LGBTIQ+, culturally and linguistically diverse people, carers and other diversity groups.

To find out what DCJ are doing to build an inclusive and diverse workforce, visit Inclusion and diversity on the DCJ website.

Other Information

A talent pool may be created for future ongoing and temporary roles and is valid for a period of up to 18 months.

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