Commissioner Support Officer, Clerk Grade 1/2 (Talent Pool)

• Sydney with flexible working is available
• Ongoing (35 hrs. per week)
• Clerk Grade 1/2, base salary ($73,522 - $79,931, plus employer’s contribution to superannuation and annual leave loading

Court Overview

The Land and Environment Court of NSW is a specialist court for environmental and planning issues. It has both civil and criminal jurisdiction, established by the Land and Environment Court Act 1979. The Court includes 7 Judges and 10 Commissioners, plus Acting Commissioners.

Your role

 The Commissioner Support Officer provides administrative, clerical and secretarial support services to the Commissioners and Registrars of the Land and Environment Court and assists in the provision of the general administrative support services in the registry.   

What you’ll do

• Audiotyping and word processing: Judgments, decisions, orders, reports, and correspondence, including proofreading.
• Clerical, administrative, and secretarial support: For Commissioners and Registrars, including document preparation, ordering transcripts, and liaising with parties.
• Registry clerical duties: Filing, data entry, answering phone enquiries, and assisting at the counter.
• Payment and travel arrangements: Preparing payment vouchers and booking flights for Commissioners and Registrars.
• Data entry and record management: Using computer systems for case management, updating files, and publishing judgments.
• Record maintenance: Filing and maintaining post-judicial process records.
• Client services: Liaising with parties and responding to case enquiries.
• Court officer duties: Handling short matters, court mentions, and assisting with delivering judgments.

What we’re looking for

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills for liaising with stakeholders and handling enquiries.
• Fast and accurate typing, with strong proofreading abilities.
• Organisational skills, attention to detail, and the ability to manage multiple tasks.

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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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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 13 April 2025 at 11:59pm AEST.

Got a question?

For more information about the role or what it’s like to work for DCJ, please contact the hiring manager Cindy Wu via lecregistrysupport@justice.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 Paola Pina via paola.pina@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.

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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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