Relief Registrar - Queanbeyan

Company description:

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. It's work that really matters.

Job description:

• Location - Relief Registrar - Illawarra / South Region
• Based at Queanbeyan with Registrar responsibility for Cooma Court
• Salary ranging from $93,295 pa to $102,941 pa + super and leave loading
• Temporary opportunity for up to 12 months

Your role

This role will be responsible for a team to deliver high quality and professional services to clients.

The role requires someone who is willing to undertake extensive travel throughout the Illawarra South region and stay overnight if necessary. The role is based at Queanbeyan, with regular travel to Cooma to support the Court and throughout the region, to provide relief.

What you'll do

Leading the team, you will be responsible for:

• Managing, developing and motivating staff in a fast paced and challenging environment
• Work across a variety of locations, building rapport with many different staff members
• Adapt to being in a variety of different places and roles in multiple locations
• Implementing procedures and training to ensure staff are adequately equipped to ensure best practices and standards are provided to clients
• Constantly implementing processes and procedures which are always up to date with legislation
• Dealing with staff issues and providing feedback or counselling to staff
• Adapting to work in different jurisdictions
• Supervising the team, this role will promote a positive working environment that values ethical behaviour and good performance whilst meeting statutory and administrative obligations.

What we're looking for

• Demonstrated experience leading and managing a team in a fast-paced environment
• Strong people management and organisational skills
• Candidates who are driven and process focussed with the ability to adapt to working in different jurisdictions.
• Candidates who have the ability to be hands on with staff to achieve the desired goals in a busy, changing and complex work environment.

Essential requirements

• Circuit and relieving staff are required to possess a current Drivers Licence, be flexible and be willing to travel at short notice, including overnight stays.

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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
• 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. 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:

1. Can you describe a situation in which you needed to cooperate with others to solve a problem?

2. Tell me about a time when you faced conflicting priorities. How did you determine the top priority?

Applications close: 11.59pm - Sunday, 28 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 Angela Wilson - *************@dcj.nsw.gov.au

If you've got a question about applying or require an adjustment in the recruitment process, please call Natalie Cummings on 8688 7244 or email ***************@dcj.nsw.gov.au

Visit Recruitment adjustments on the DCJ website to learn more.

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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