Casual Community Service Field Officer –Talent Pool Creation
Griffith Community Corrections, Southern District,
Corrective Services NSW
Location – Griffith Community Corrections
Employment type - A casual pool creation
Salary - $46.3567per hour (Clerk Grade 3)
If you enjoy a community-based role, have strong communication skills and display resilience and courage, we encourage you to apply.
Your role
As a casual Community service field officer, you will play a key role in supervising and managing offenders serving community service orders while coordinating the logistics and operations of community service worksites to ensure safety, compliance, and accountability. If you enjoy a community-based role, have strong communication skills and display resilience and courage, we encourage you to apply and make a difference in your community by helping offenders reintegrate and contribute positively.
Aboriginal candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.
What You'll Do
As part of the Community Corrections team, you will supervise offenders during community service, ensuring their safety and adherence to safety protocols. You will direct tasks, monitor behaviour, and ensure compliance with Work Health and Safety standards. Additionally, you will collaborate with community agencies and provide transportation for offenders to and from worksites. You will be part of a supportive team committed to enhancing community safety and promoting offender rehabilitation within a dynamic and engaging environment.
What We're Looking For
Strong ability to supervise and manage offenders, ensuring adherence to safety protocols and conduct policies.Solid understanding of Work Health and Safety principles and practices.Exceptional communication skills for effectively liaising with community agencies and stakeholders.Proficient in transporting offenders and coordinating logistics for community service worksites.Essential Requirements
This is casual employment under Section 43 of the Government Sector Employment Act 2013. Ability to work up to 38 hours per week as required, during the week and weekends. Successful applicants for these positions will be required to drive a group of offenders to and from designated worksites and supervise work. A satisfactory Criminal Record Check is required.
Ability to drive official vehicles and possess an appropriate level of Driver's Licence to meet all job requirements (Sydney Metro require a Class LR licence).Current First Aid Certificate or willingness to obtain prior to commencing.
Download the role description.
If you are viewing this ad in Seek and wish to apply via their portal, you will be required to either set up a profile or login via your existing Seek account.
To apply directly via the DCJ Careers site click here. Search for the job and click the 'Apply now' button.
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.Want more information? Visit our website to see more information on Working for us.
We do work that really matters
Working for Corrective Services NSW (CSNSW) provides opportunities to make a real difference. We collaborate with government and non-government justice and human services agencies to support victims, facilitate restorative justice, and promote reintegration. 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 and capabilities of the role as well as an up-to-date résumé (maximum 5 pages).
To strengthen your application we recommend you review specifically the Capability Application Tool to give you examples of interview questions and to understand how we recruit and measure your capability for the role
Applications close SUNDAY 29 MARCH 2026 at 11:00pm AEST.
Got a question?
For more information about the role or what it's like to work for Corrective Services NSW, please contact the hiring manager – Trey Woodland on 0456 320 179 or at
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 Karen Honnery on 0460 942 972 or via
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 will be created for future casual field officer roles and is valid for a period of up to 18 months.
For more information visit Applying for DCJ jobs on the DCJ website.
Thank you for your interest in this role. We look forward to receiving your application.
To keep up with recruitment opportunities at DCJ, follow us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/CareersatDCJ/
The Welcome Experience
Thinking about moving to regional NSW? Get free, personalised support with housing, schools, jobs, and settling in. Learn more: www.nsw.gov.au/welcomeexperience
The careers site currently promotes this service on the 'Discover roles with DCJ in regional NSW' page.