Community Service Officer Administration Assistant

Community Service Officer Administration Assistant

             Location – Griffith Community Corrections

              Employment type – Temporary vacancy for up to 12 months

              Talent pool for temporary and ongoing vacancies

              Salary - $84,659 - $92,701 p.a plus Superannuation & leave loading

Your role

As a motivated Administrator, you will assess and refer offenders to community agencies and undertake site inspections to ensure compliance with requirements under the Work Order Program. You will also provide administrative and clerical support to the Work Order Scheme by undertaking various duties to ensure the efficient operation of the Work Order Program.

Are you looking for a career that offers purpose, variety, professional growth, and a team that genuinely cares? Griffith Community Corrections is the place for you. Join us and help create safer, stronger futures—for individuals and for our community.

You’ll work within a supportive, collaborative team where mutual respect and shared success are at the heart of everything we do. Our roles foster a culture of wellbeing, teamwork, and shared responsibility. You’ll report directly to the Community Service Organiser, with overall supervision from the Manager, Community Corrections, ensuring guidance and support every step of the way.

What you’ll do

As part of the Community Service Team, the successful candidate will be responsible for the following;

• Conduct induction interviews/work placement assessments and inspections and allocate clients to appropriate agencies through written instructions.
• Identify and induct potential agencies into the work order scheme to ensure there is an availability of agencies to sustain the demand for work orders
• Allocate offenders to suitable work locations and monitor their ongoing attendance and progress at the work location.
• Co-ordinate and maintain computerised and manual attendance records for offenders placed at worksites and collect the hours worked by clients, record data and generate reports.
• Undertake work, health and safety site inspections of agencies to establish suitability for the work order program.
• Manage client and agency enquiries regarding placements, absences, appointments and other general enquiries relating to the work order program
• Prepare relevant papers for in order to assist the Community Service Organiser in court preparations.
• Participate in meetings with Community Service Organiser, Community Corrections manager and field officer to coordinate the operations of the work order program.
• The role is responsible for prioritising his/her workload and task delivery is predetermined by the developed systems and policies as laid down in the procedures manual and local procedural directives of the Community Service Organiser and/or Manager.
• The role is generally the first point of contact for any enquiries concerning the work order program and exercises discretion in regard to deciding which matters should be referred elsewhere.

What we’re looking for

• Willingness to learn and actively develop an understanding of the Community Service Work Order Scheme, along with relevant acts and regulations, through on the job experience.
• Engage in hands on learning to gain knowledge of Workplace Health and Safety requirements, including conducting inspections to assess agency suitability for Community Service Work.
• Demonstrate a willingness to engage with all individuals, respecting diversity and ensuring clear, consistent communication.
• Current driver's licence and willingness/ability to drive within NSW.
• Successful completion of the community service training.

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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

Corrective Services NSW (CSNSW) delivers professional correctional services and programs to reduce reoffending and create safer communities. We house remand and sentenced inmates in correctional centres and supervise offenders serving orders in the community. 

CSNSW provides reports and advice to courts and releasing/parole authorities and assesses offenders in the community and in custody for relevant interventions to reduce their risks of reoffending. CSNSW works in partnership with other government and non-government justice and human services agencies to support victims, facilitate restorative justice and promote reintegration.

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 5 pages).

Applications close 4th January 2026 at 11:59pm AEDT.

Got a question?

For more information about the role or what it’s like to work for DCJ, please contact the hiring manager Olivia Warner on 0492 413 486 or at Olivia.warner@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 Lynsey Allison on 0409 193609 or via Lynsey.Allison@dcj.nsw.gov.au  

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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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