Company description:

Department of Communities and Justice

Job description:

Senior Assistant Superintendent - Talent Pool Creation (Far West)

Location: Broken Hill and Wellington Correctional Centres

Employment type: Future ongoing and temporary opportunities

Salary: $146,828 pa plus employer's contribution to superannuation and annual leave loading

Your role

As a Senior Assistant Superintendent, you will be responsible for ensuring the compliance with policies and procedures to ensure safe operations within Security & Custody.

You will also be able to case manage and plan in conjunction with other team members whilst adhering to security and safety measures.

What you'll do

You will be contributing to the achievement of key performance indicators and reporting to senior management on all operational matters.

The successful candidate will be able to provide professional and administrative work on daily basis. You will need to evaluate and verify training plans, management of inmate misconduct and provide a safe and harmonious work environment.

In this role you will utilise your proven managerial experience and knowledge to meet the demands of this role efficiently and effectively. You understand the diverse correctional environment and working with people in custody. As an influential leader who will always be looking to challenge the status quo you will be joining a high performing team that is focused on developing an improved workplace culture.

Essential requirements

• Current Certificate III in Correctional Practice or appropriate and relevant custodial experience at a senior level
• Driver's Licence with ability and willingness to drive throughout NSW.

• Successful applicants are to note that they can be offered a role at any Security and Custody location throughout NSW, and this may involve relocation and/or travel at the applicant's expense.

Download the role description.

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
• Wellington attracts 6 weeks recreation leave per year.
• Broken Hill attracts 7 weeks recreation leave per year.
• Broken Hill attracts a Remote Areas Allowance up to $2530 per year.
• 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 an up to date resume (maximum 5 pages) and a cover letter maximum (3 pages) addressing the 2 target questions below with a brief outline on how you meet the requirements of the role:

1. Tell us about your experience working in a high pressure and high-volume environment, managing competing priorities. What strategies would you implement to ensure that both yourself and your team meet required deadlines, as well as legislative compliance.
2. If you were successful in this role, tell us about what you believe your priorities would be in the first 30 days of employment.

Applications close: Friday 2 May 2025 at 11:59 pm AEST

Got a question?

For more information about the role or what it's like to work for DCJ, please contact the hiring manager Michael Green on 0447 677 131 or [email protected]

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 contact Mariyah Hanif via [email protected] or 0499 722 613

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 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.

For more information visit Your recruitment journey on the DCJ website.

Thank you for your interest in this role. We look forward to receiving your application.

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