Senior Executive Assistant

Location – Parramatta
Employment type – 3 x Ongoing vacancies, Full Time
Salary – Clerk Grade 7/8 - $116,981 - $129,492 plus superannuation and annual leave /loading

Your role

Corrective Services NSW (CSNSW) delivers professional correctional services and programs to reduce re-offending and enhance community safety. As an important element of the criminal justice system, CSNSW manages remand and sentenced inmates as well as offenders in the community.

As a Senior Executive Assistant, you will provide high-level administrative and executive support to the Deputy Commissioner, Corrective Services NSW. You'll be responsible for ensuring their work is organised, manage complex and sensitive communications, coordinate busy schedules and competing priorities, and support them in achieving business and organisational goals.

What you’ll do

- Act as a point of contact for the Deputy Commissioner, assessing and prioritising requests and taking action where appropriate while maintaining confidentiality.
- Manage the Deputy Commissioner’s calendar, appointments, records, correspondence, travel arrangements, and meetings to ensure their time is used effectively.
- Prepare and coordinate important documents, including briefings, submissions, and correspondence, to help respond to enquiries and issues.
- Research and gather information, reports, and advice on complex operational and policy matters to support decision-making.
- Review and improve administrative processes, systems, and procedures to help the team work more efficiently and deliver high-quality outcomes.
- Manage multiple priorities, meet tight deadlines, and provide reliable support while handling sensitive information with discretion and professionalism.

What we’re looking for

- Extensive experience providing executive support to senior leaders.




- Strong experience managing correspondence and handling complex or sensitive information.
- Excellent organisational, communication, and prioritisation skills.
- Ability to work calmly and effectively in a fast-paced environment with competing priorities.
- A current driver's licence and willingness to travel as required for the role.
- Whilst flexible work arrangements are offered, the successful candidate is required to be in the office at least 3 days per week due to the core functions of the role.

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.

Download the role description.

To apply directly via the DCJ Careers site click here. Search for the job and click the ‘Apply now’ button.

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 provides an opportunity to make a real difference.



We provide world-class correctional supervision that contributes to community safety and enables people in our care to change their lives for the better.

Apply now and join Australia’s top public sector employer where we will support you and provide an exciting and flexible working workplace!

Are you ready to join us?

Click apply, attach an up-to-date résumé (maximum 5 pages) and a cover letter (maximum 2 pages) outlining how you meet the requirements of the role.

Applications close 30 September 2026 at 11:59pm 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 Kaylah McNamara 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 call Rachel Urquhart-Secord on 02 9354 1624 or 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. Priority will be given to filling the position advertised.

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.

📌 Senior Executive Assistant (Parramatta)
🏢 Nsw Department Of Communities And Justice
📍 Parramatta