- Location – Newcastle, Raymond Terrace, Maitland, Cessnock, Singleton, Muswellbrook, Kurri Kurri, Scone
- Ongoing (Full-time & Part-time) and Temporary (Full time & Part-time)
- Temporary roles may have an opportunity to become fulltime
- Clerk Grade 3/4, base salary ($87,199 - $95,482), plus employer’s contribution to superannuation and annual leave loading

Your role You will provide complex administrative services to meet statutory obligations and deliver high quality and professional services to clients and stakeholders of a court registry. The role supervises staff, allocates resources and provides ‘hands-on’ training and guidance. You may be required to perform some quasi-judicial and procedural functions. What You’ll Do In this role, you will be responsible for:

- Providing complex and high-quality administrative services within a court location
- Liaising with a wide range of internal and external clients
- Preparing accurate court orders, reports and correspondence
- Supervising, guiding, training and providing support to a team
- Effectively allocating resources to achieve daily goal
- Managing complex inquiries and provide procedural assistance to clients and staff including
- researching, interpreting legislation, policy and court procedures

What We’re Looking For

- Ability to meet the demands of a high pressured and fast paced work environment
- Ability to react quickly to changing situations and make important decisions utilising strong problem-solving skills
- Experience managing, developing and motivating a team
- High level written and verbal communication skills
- Knowledge and demonstrated ability to apply relevant court policies/procedures
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Great time management and organisation
- A professional demeaner

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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 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. 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 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: (min 200 – 500 max words)

- Can you describe a work situation that required you to perform several tasks, or work on several projects at the same time.



What did you do?
- Can you provide a specific example of how you identified a staff member’s learning needs and what development action you put in place.

Applications close Tuesday 18 August 2026 at 11:59pm AEST. Got a question? For more information about the role or what it’s like to work for DCJ, please contact the hiring manager Jason Mortimer, on 049212342 or via email [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 Paola Piña | Talent Acquisition Officer, via [email protected]

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.

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

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📌 Senior Client Services Officer (Talent Pool) (Hamilton)
🏢 Nsw Department Of Communities And Justice
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