Aboriginal Community Engagement and Culture Officer

Department: Community Corrections Northern - Armidale NSW

$102,936 - $113,579 a year

3d ago , from Department of Communities and Justice NSW

Aboriginal Community Engagement & Culture Officer

Armidale Community Corrections

Corrective Services NSW

Location-Armidale Community Corrections, Corrective Services NSW

Employment type-Ongoing - 35 hours per week (Flexible working hours)

Salary-$102,936 pa - $113,579 pa, plus Employer's contribution to Superannuation and Annual Leave Loading. (Clerk Grade 5/6)

The team is excited to welcome Aboriginal staff with great cultural knowledge and/or experience to help make a difference and improve the lives of the diverse communities that we work with.

This position is open to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people only

Your role

As an Aboriginal Community Engagement & Culture Officer,you will provide advice and support to Community Corrections in the case management of identified offender groups in a culturally sensitive manner and ensure appropriate case plans and supervision is implemented consistent with CSNSW mission of reduction of re-offending.

You will also identify and build team-oriented community networks and partnerships to improve the effectiveness of community program and services for identified people on supervised orders.

Community Corrections work with adults subject to court mandated orders. We collaborate with other agencies and community partners and seek to restore people’s dignity to promote agency and self-determination and to enable reintegration.

What you'll do

The team is excited to welcome Aboriginal members with great cultural knowledge and/or experience to help make a difference and improve the lives of the diverse communities that we work with.





- Provide advice and guidance to community corrections staff on the scope of culturally appropriate interventions available to identified people on supervised orders.
- Work collaboratively with community networks and partnerships to improve the opportunities for identified people on supervised order.
- Liaise with community agencies especially identified communities to promote the aims of the community corrections.
- Provide culturally relevant information and strategies to support community corrections aims to enable successful reintegration.

What we’re looking for

We are encouraging applications from persons, who are culturally aware and responsive to the needs of Aboriginal people and communities.

As we continue to build the diversity of our workforce, we acknowledge lived experience contributes to a perspective valuable to our work with the First Nations people.

While all Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander applicants are welcomed, preference will be given to those who are culturally aware and responsive to the needs of Aboriginal people and communities and who meet the pre-established standards of the role.

Within the recruitment process, you will be required to show proof of Aboriginality – please see below for further clarification.

As an Identified role, this position is open only to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander persons.

Where a position is identified, an applicant’s race is a genuine occupational qualification under the exception in Section 14(d) of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1977.

There are two alternatives to confirming your Aboriginality, one of which must be uploaded to be considered for the role as follows.



Either will be accepted:

Confirmation of Aboriginality form

or

Written confirmation from 2-3 Aboriginal organisations within the community in which you live/work, which addresses the three criteria listed below:

- is of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander descent, and
- identifies as an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander person, and
- is accepted as such by the Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander community.

Download therole description.

For more information about the role or what it's like to work for DCJ, please contact the hiring manager Bettina Conrad on 0459 097 ***or via email: **************@correctiveservices.nsw.gov.au

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 Lorraine Fernandes on 0475 878 ***or viaemail: ***************@dcj.nsw.gov.au

Applications closeon Wednesday, 26 August 2026 at 11:59 pm AEST.

Inclusion and Diversity lie 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, visitInclusion 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 visitApplying for DCJ jobson the DCJ website (for all roles except Aboriginal Identified).

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

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📌 Aboriginal Community Engagement and Culture Officer (Armidale)
🏢 Department: Community Corrections Northern
📍 Armidale