Deputy Registrar - Sydney Drug Court

• This position is for the Drug Court in Sydney
• Ongoing (35 hrs. per week)
• Clerk Grade 7/8, base salary ($110,266 - $122,058), plus employer’s contribution to superannuation and annual leave loading

Your role

The role of the Deputy Registrar involves leading teams to meet legal and administrative duties while providing excellent services to clients. It encourages a work environment that values ethics and good performance, aiming for high-quality service and organisational goals, and rewards innovation and excellence.

What you’ll do

As Deputy Registrar you are responsible for supervising a team and managing resources to meet departmental needs. It may also involve some judicial and procedural tasks.

• Lead and support staff, promoting ethical behaviour, safety, and high performance.
• Develop and implement strategies to handle organizational changes and improve efficiency.
• Address the needs of the court's diverse clients.
• Build and maintain relationships with stakeholders, including the judiciary.
• Ensure compliance with legal, financial, and administrative requirements.
• Adapt to work in various jurisdictions.
• Promote Equal Employment Opportunity, Cultural Diversity, and Workplace Health and Safety.
• Perform quasi-judicial functions as required by law.

What we’re looking for

• Ability to lead and motivate teams, promoting ethical behaviour and high performance.
• Developing and implementing strategies to improve efficiency and handle organisational changes.
• Maintaining effective relationships with stakeholders, including the judiciary.
• Ensuring all statutory, reporting, financial, and administrative obligations are met and in accordance with legislation.

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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 the Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ) provides lots of opportunities to make a real difference. We collaborate with other agencies and community partners, to improve lives and realise the potential of children, adults, families and communities. 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 an up-to-date résumé (maximum 5 pages) and a cover letter (maximum 3 pages) addressing the 2 targeted questions below with a brief outline on how you meet the requirements of the role:

• As Deputy Registrar – Drug Court you will be responsible for managing and developing the Registry Team. Describe a time when you have needed to manage performance. What steps did you take and what was the result? (400 words)

• The Deputy Registrar - Drug Court, is responsible for collaborating with the Interagency Team, to achieve the best outcome for Drug Court participants.  Describe a time when you have worked with stakeholders to achieve a mutual goal. (400 words)

Applications close 20 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 Kirrily Rush on (02) 9377 5981 or via Kirrily.Rush@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.

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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