Team Leader, Marriages

I Work For Sa; Adelaide; On-site; AUD 92,000 - 102,000; Full time

Job summary

Attorney-General's Department in Adelaide is seeking a Team Leader, Marriages, to lead a specialist team within the Registration Branch. The role oversees marriages and relationship services, ensuring efficient, high‑quality delivery and adherence to statutory requirements.

You will report to the Deputy Registrar, guide staff through sensitive decisions, and manage workload, resources and stakeholder relationships in a customer-facing statutory service environment.

Qualifications

• Leads and coaches a team delivering marriage and relationship services.
• Oversees performance and workload to ensure high service standards.
• Requires ability to interpret legislation and policy for statutory decisions.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical and operational leadership across the team.
• Solemnise marriages under the Marriage Act 1961 and manage case work.
• Make evidence-based, properly documented decisions with delegated authority.
• Oversee financial, administrative and records governance.
• Shape team performance and foster a respectful, collaborative culture.

Skills

Team leadership

Staff coaching

Decision making

Communication

Job description

Attorney-General's Department
Job reference: 862446
Location: 5000 - ADELAIDE
Job status: Short Term Contract
Eligibility: Open to Everyone

Team Leader
Classification: ASO5
Salary Range: $92,122-$102,456 +Superannuation
Duration: Up to 12 months
Vacancy Type: Full Time
Number of Positions Available: 1
Closing Date: 11:30pm, Sunday 8 November 2026

About the Opportunity

As Team Leader, Marriages of the RegistrationBranch of Consumer and Business Services, you will lead a teamdelivering marriage and relationship services, including performingregistry marriage ceremonies, customer service, assessments,registration, certificates and records management. You’ll play akey role in ensuring efficiently high-quality service delivery.

Reporting to the Deputy Registrar, you will provide technicaland operational leadership across the team, guiding staff throughcomplex and sensitive statutory matters, exercising delegatedauthority and ensuring decisions are evidence-based, properlydocumented and consistent with legislative, policy and proceduralrequirements.

As part of the Registration Branch leadership group, you’ll havethe opportunity to shape team performance, strengthen capabilityand foster a workplace culture built on respect, accountability andcollaboration. Through coaching, mentoring and effectiveperformance management, you’ll help your team navigate competingpriorities, build confidence and deliver reliable outcomes.

Areas of focus are (but not be limited to):

• Team leadership and performance: Set clear priorities, allocate workloads and establishexpectations, coach/mentor team members, build capability andaddress performance or workplace matters fairly, fostering a teamenvironment where people feel supported to perform at theirbest.
• Service delivery and workflow management: Solemnise marriages in accordance with the requirements of the Marriage Act 1961 and oversee day to day delivery of marriage and relationship services ensuring work and resource allocation isproportional to the demand.
• Complex statutory decisions and escalations: Provide direction on sensitive matters and exercise delegated authority in accordance with legislative and oversee complexcorrections to the Register, ensuring proper assessment and evidence-based decision making.
• Financial, administrative and recordsgovernance: Oversee administrative and financial processes, including relevantcontrols and compliance requirements by ensuring records,information and documents are managed appropriately, with effectivequality checks and controls in place to support privacy and recordsmanagement obligations.

You will be a confident people leader who can motivate a team,manage competing priorities and uphold high service standards in acustomer-facing statutory service environment. Your strongcommunication and interpersonal skills will help you build trust,navigate challenging conversations and work collaboratively withcolleagues and stakeholders.

You will be required to be appointed as a marriage celebrantunder Subdivision C of Division 1 of the Marriage Act 1961 whichwill be arranged by the Registration Branch.

Pivotal to success in this role will be your ability to navigatesensitive matters, exercise delegated authority and makeevidence-based decisions that manage operational and reputationalrisks. You will also bring the ability to interpret and applylegislation, policy and procedures, providing clear advice andguidance on statutory decision-making. Experience with financialprocesses, cashiering controls and case management systems would bean advantage but is not essential.

Lead a specialist team, build capability and make a meaningful contribution to the quality and integrity of statutoryregistration services.

About the Business

The Attorney‑General’s Department (AGD) is a key portfoliowithin the South Australian Government, employing more than 1,900staff. AGD delivers high‑level legal services and advice toMinisters and government agencies, provides specialist policysupport, oversees regulation and compliance functions, and deliversessential services directly to the community.

Consumer and Business Services (CBS) is a division of theAttorney-General’s Department and is responsible for protectingconsumers, supporting and regulating businesses and recordingsignificant life events for South Australians. CBS is customerfocussed and flexible in its activities, providing accessibleinformation and services.

Employment is dependent upon a National Police Certificateclearance that the AGD finds satisfactory. Successful applicantswill be provided further information if an interview is requested. Forms are not to be lodged directly with SA Police (SAPOL) underany circumstances and any fees incurred by applicants in doing sowill not be recoverable from the AGD.

• Some out of hours work may be required.
• Some interstate and intrastate travel may be required.
• Eligibility to be a marriage celebrant under Subdivision Cof Division 1 of the Marriage Act 1961.

Contact: Tracy Berry, DeputyRegistrar, Consumer Business Services at [e-mail]

The Attorney-General’s Department values workplace diversity and is committed to providing a supportive, inclusive and respectful work environment.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People and people withdisability are strongly encouraged to apply.

The South Australian public sector supports flexible ways of working including part-time working arrangements whereverreasonably possible. The sector is diverse and desires to increasein diversity and to create opportunities for more SouthAustralians.

We are committed to making reasonable adjustments to provide apositive, barrier-free recruitment process and supportiveworkplace. If you have any support or access requirements, weencourage you to advise us at the time of application via thecontact above or our website https://www.agd.sa.gov.au/.

Flexibility Statement
The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.