Registrar - Grade 11/12, Court Services

Registrar Grade 11/12, Court Services

Location: Sydney Metro and Greater Metro

Employment type: Ongoing/Temporary (Full-Time and Part-Time)

Salary: $139,787 - $161,663 Plus employer contribution to superannuation and annual leave loading.

We are creating a Talent Pool to fill any that may become vacant, during the next 18 months, at the following Metro and Greater Metro locations.

Burwood

Downing Centre

Drug Court

Dust Diseases Tribunal

Liverpool

Parramatta

Parramatta Children’s Court

Penrith

Your role

The role leads a large multi-jurisdiction court registry and a number of smaller registries within the region, to meet statutory and administrative obligations and deliver high quality and professional services to clients.

What you’ll do

You’ll lead and develop staff, promote a working environment that values teamwork, ethical behaviour and good performance to achieve quality service delivery outcomes and organisational objectives and rewards innovation and good performance.

Provide leadership to all court services staff within the area of responsibility, including the promotion of a collaborative and united workforce for sheriff’s officers and court staff, the implementation of strategies that promote ethical behaviour, create a safe working environment, minimise grievances, maximise performance and enhance skills.

Manage the efficient and effective operation of a large and complex registry and supervise a number of smaller locations to ensure that relevant legislation and policies and procedures are complied with.

Develop and maintain effective working relationships with stakeholders including the judiciary, government agencies, community groups and court users in order to identify needs and maximise the use of resources.

You will also provide the Regional Director with timely and accurate information and advice on operational issues, risks, budgets and progress of reforms across your area of responsibility.

What we’re looking for

• Tertiary qualifications in law/management or equivalent experience
• Strong understanding of the NSW Justice system.
• Capacity to undertake the statutory functions of Registrar.

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.

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.

Are you ready to join us?

• Tell me about a time when you negotiated with stakeholders to accept a change that they originally resisted. What techniques did you use to obtain agreement or cooperation?
• Tell me about something you’ve done to encourage peers or direct reports to take responsibility for improving their performance at work.

Applications close 27 February 2024 at 11:59pm AEST.

Got a question?

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.

Other Information

A current temporary full-time vacancy exists at the Drug Court .

A talent pool will be created for future ongoing and temporary roles and is valid for a period of up to 18 months.

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