Senior Correctional Officer – Talent Pool Creation

- Employment Type: Future ongoing and temporary opportunities to be filled via Talent Pool creation
- Locations: St Heliers, Tamworth and Glen Innes Correctional Centre (CC)
- Salary: $97,285 per annum plus allowance, employer’s contribution to superannuation, and annual leave loading

Your role

Senior Correctional Officers play an significant role in maintaining the safety and wellbeing of staff and inmates. You will oversee the daily activities of all Correctional Officers within a designated area and significantly contribute to the provision of dynamic and static security in the containment and oversight of inmate / offender activities.

What We’re Looking For

- Ability to always maintain confidentiality.
- Leverage your experience in custodial or similar operational environments to efficiently and effectively meet the challenges and requirements of this role. Always represent the Department in an honest, ethical, and professional way and lead by example.
- Resilient, motivated with a positive attitude and confidence will be a benefit to this role.

Essential Requirements

- Current Certificate III in Correctional Practice or appropriate and relevant custodial experience.
- Be able to drive official vehicles and possess an appropriate level of Driver’s License to meet all job requirements (if required).
- Preparedness to undertake shift work on a rotating roster as required
- Maintain proficiency in authorised instruments of restraint.
- Satisfactory completion of a mandatory medical assessment if required.

Key Knowledge And Experience

- Knowledge of, or the ability to learn and implement, emergency and riot procedures.
- Understanding of, or the capacity to rapidly acquire and apply knowledge of, reception and discharge procedures, warrants and bail processes.

What We Offer





We offer a variety of benefits, including:

- A challenging and rewarding career
- Flexible, autonomous work environment
- Competitive pay and conditions
- 6 weeks recreation leave per year.
- Training and development opportunities to build and maintain capabilities
- Health & Wellbeing and Employee Assistance Programs.

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Closing Date

Monday 24th August 2026, 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 Paul Rzepecki on 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 Mariyah Hanif on 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 may be created for future ongoing and temporary roles and is valid for a period of up to 18 months.

For more information visit Applying for DCJ jobs on the DCJ website.

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📌 Senior Correctional Officer - Talent Pool Creation (St Heliers, Tamworth and Glen Innes CC) (Kingsgate)
🏢 Nsw Department Of Communities And Justice
📍 Kingsgate