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Department of Communities and Justice
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Are you ready to start your career in a unique law enforcement environment?
Location available - Newcastle
Employment opportunities - Ongoing and Temporary Roles
Salary - Clerk Grade ½ - Salary ranging from $70,694 - $76,857 + Employers' contribution Superannuation and Annual Leave Loading
Recruiting now to build a pipeline of talent to fill roles that may arise over the next 12 to 18 months.
Your role
As a Court Officer in the NSW Sheriff's Office, you will be responsible for providing day-to-day operational support within a functioning fast paced courtroom environment.
This includes but is not limited to:
- Data entry
- Courtroom support
- Jury support
- Management and the facilitation of courtrooms
Please note that the Court Officer role involves exposure to graphic content, including images, photographs and discussions relating to violence, sexual assault and/or homicide matters.
At the NSW Sheriff's Office, we conduct law enforcement, security, and support activities to ensure the safe and successful operation of State Courts. We also administer the NSW jury service system, a massive operation which involves more than 200,000 citizens each year. More than 400 specially trained sheriff's officers, Court Officers and clerical staff are employed at 58 sheriff's offices across the state.
What we're looking for
- Strong communication skills
- Exceptional data entry skills
- Ability to quickly adapt to changing priorities and work in different jurisdictions and court locations
- Ability to manage multiple tasks.
- Ability to maintain the confidentiality and the integrity of the Court and the jury process
- Ability to pass Pre-Employment checks (National Criminal History Check & reference checks)
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What We Offer
We offer a variety of benefits, including:
- A challenging and rewarding career
- Competitive pay and conditions
- Training and development opportunities to build and maintain capabilities.
- Health & Wellbeing and Employee Assistance Programs.
Want more information? Visit our website to see more information on Working for us.
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.
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 targeted question below with a brief outline on how you meet the requirements of the role:
- Please tell us about a time where you have had to de-escalate an issue with a dissatisfied customer? How did you manage the situation and what was the outcome? (Maximum 500 words)
Applications close at 11:59pm AEST Sunday the 7th of April 2024.
Got a question?
For more information about the role or what it's like to work for DCJ, please contact the hiring manager Emma Esler - **********@justice.nsw.gov.au or 02 4921 2***.
If you've got a question about applying or require an adjustment in the recruitment process, please contact Nakali Carroll via **************@justice.nsw.gov.au
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 our careers site.
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.
Thank you for your interest in this role. We look forward to receiving your application.
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