Project Officer - Governance - Hunter District Community Corrections

Project Officer

Governance and Quality Assurance

Hunter District Community Corrections

Location: Hunter District

Employment type: Ongoing Permanent full-time (35 hours per week)

Salary: $106,025 - $117,363 plus super and leave loading (Clerk Grade 7/8)

Your role

This role works closely with the Community Corrections Director, Hunter’s District to ensure the district maintains a high standard of professional service delivery.

You will perform project management and support activities to contribute to the development and delivery of a range of projects in line with established objectives.

Community Corrections work with adults subject to court mandated orders. We collaborate with other agencies and community partners and seek to restore people’s dignity, to promote agency and self-determination and to enable reintegration.

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Hunter District Community Corrections

What you’ll do

As a highly motivated Project Officer, this role will see you responsible for but not limited to the following:

• Provide a range of project management and support services, including preparation of reports and briefs, coordinating resources, maintaining project documentation, and implementing and monitoring project plans, to ensure project outcomes are achieved.
• Evaluate purpose to ensure accessibility of quality information and contribute to the achievement of project outcomes.
• Communicate with key stakeholders and coordinate working groups, committees, and consultations to facilitate exchange of information and support project completion in line with project plans.
• Source, collate and compile data and information to identify emerging issues and track and report on project progress against established milestones and deliverables.
• Undertake research and analysis, identifying trends and preparing project briefs, to support informed decision-making and planning.

What we’re looking for

• Ability to communicate and collaborate with a wide range of stakeholders.
• Enjoy driving and executing projects, often under tight deadlines.
• Knowledge of the criminal justice system, offender management and the role of Community Corrections is desirable.

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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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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 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: 24th March 2024 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.

Christine Salway on 0409 660 153 or at christine.salway@dcj.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, please call Faith Timothy on 0497 142 953 or via faith.timothy@dcj.nsw.gov.au

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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

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