**Activities Officer - Full Time - Permanent - Villawood Immigration Detention Centre**
**$70,000 - $80,000 + Super**
- Work in a role where you'll 'make a difference', with no two days the same.
- Play an integral role within a tight-knit Welfare and Engagement Team.
- Be part of an amazing culture, based on the values of trust, care, innovation and pride.
**About us - Serco & Proud**
**About the Opportunity**
As An Activities Officer, you will actively contribute to running the structured and unstructured programs for adults and ensure excellent levels of service in the assigned responsibilities. This is a key role in helping to maintain a positive and healthy community.
This is an amazing opportunity to 'Start with a job and stay for a career' with extensive employment & growth opportunities across Serco's many contracts. At Serco we are committed to growing our team members with a large focus on professional development.
**What you'll be doing**
- Managing and conducting programs and activities for detainees. This could be recreational, educational, life skills and or leisure activities, depending on your skill set and the detainees needs.
- Communicating with staff and detainees regarding activities to make sure detainees can access the activities of their choice efficiently.
- Conducting a needs analysis and then producing specific programs based on needs of the class.
**About you - Your ideal skills and experience**:
- Experience in conducting structured and unstructured programs for adults.
- Hold and maintain HLTAID009 Provide CPR and HLTAID011 Provide First Aid certificates with at least 6 months currency on the certificate.
- Maintain a current Working with Children certificate in accordance with the relevant state or territory child protection legislation (as required).
- Experience in an associated discipline such as sports and recreation, social/community work and/or learning and development.
- Experience in planning appropriate resourcing for activities.
- This is a position of trust and responsibility and to support this we will conduct a thorough probity assessment, which includes a Federal police check as an essential selection component for this role._
**Why Join Us**
- You'd be joining a company that delivers essential public services that **make a difference in the communities** in which we live
- ** You'll get to make an impact**: Enjoy being part of a driven team with a collaborative culture that values decision-makers & action.
- ** We Invest in you**: Accelerate your career through our learning & development opportunities - think skills based training, defined career pathways & fantastic internal mobility opportunities across the group!
For any additional questions, or to learn more, please contact me - Jacob Varnish - TA Business Partner - +61 8 8432 2571
- Serco's values of Trust, Care, Innovation and Pride underpin everything we do. We are curious, creative and collaborative. Our people matter and make a difference every day._