Relief Registrar – Court Services

- Location: Queanbeyan HUB (based at Queanbeyan with Registrar responsibility for Cooma and Yass Courts)
- Employment Type: Ongoing full-time
- Salary: Clerk Grade 5/6 $102,936 to $113,579pa. + super + leave loading

Your role This role will be responsible for a team to deliver high quality and professional services to clients. The role requires someone who is willing to undertake travel to locations within the Queanbeyan Hub.

The role is based at Queanbeyan, with regular travel to Cooma and Yass to support the Court and to provide relief within the Queanbeyan Hub.

This role will allow the successful applicant to work across a variety of locations, building skills, capabilities and relationships.

What You’ll Do Leading the team, you will be responsible for:

- Managing, developing and inspiring staff in a fast paced and challenging environment
- Work across a variety of locations, building rapport with many different staff members
- Adapt to being in a variety of different places and roles in multiple locations
- Implementing procedures and training to ensure staff are adequately equipped to ensure best practices and standards are provided to clients
- Constantly implementing processes and procedures which are always up to date with legislation
- Dealing with staff issues and providing feedback or counselling to staff
- Adapting to work in different jurisdictions
- Supervising the team, this role will promote a positive working environment that values ethical behaviour and good performance whilst meeting statutory and administrative obligations.

What We’re Looking For

- Capacity to work in an environment that may involve potential exposure to psychosocial hazards related to the range of services provided in a court environment. Click here for more Information about accepting a role within Court Services.
- Demonstrated experience leading and managing a team in a fast-paced environment
- Strong people management and organisational skills




- Candidates who are driven and process focussed with the ability to adapt to working in different jurisdictions.
- Candidates who have the ability to be hands on with staff to achieve the desired goals in a busy, changing and complex work environment

Essential Requirements Circuit and relieving staff are required to possess a current Drivers Licence, be flexible and be willing to travel at short notice, including overnight stays.

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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.

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. 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.

Are you ready to join us? Requirements Click apply, attach an up-to-date résumé (maximum 3 pages) and a cover letter (maximum 2 pages)



addressing the 2 targeted questions below with a brief outline on how you meet the requirements of the role:

- Question 1: Tell us about a time you gave performance feedback. How did you ensure that the feedback was constructive and accepted?
- Question 2: Describe how you have demonstrated working collaboratively with your manager.

Applications close 7th October 2026 at 11:59pm Got a question? For more information about the role or what it’s like to work for DCJ, please contact the hiring manager Caitlin Howard on (02) 6023 8555 | [email protected]

If you have any questions about the application process or would like to request a recruitment adjustment (for example submitting your application in a different format), please call Dean on 02 9765 3526 or email the recruiter

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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📌 Relief Registrar - Court Services (Queanbeyan)
🏢 Nsw Department Of Communities And Justice
📍 Queanbeyan