Team Leader - Tamworth & Gunnedah

NSW Department of Communities and Justice; Gunnedah; On-site; AUD 125,000 - 129,000; Full time

Job summary

NSW Department of Communities and Justice leads a team of officers across Tamworth and Gunnedah to improve community safety. The Team Leader provides professional leadership, mentoring and support to Community Corrections Officers and Senior Officers, driving capability development and high-standard practice.

The role focuses on risk management, accountability and quality interventions, while supporting a diverse staff and ensuring positive outcomes for people subject to supervision orders.

Qualifications

• Proven abilities to lead and develop a team in a corrections setting.
• Strong focus on service quality, safety and accountability.
• Experience aligning practice with policies and risk management requirements.
• Understanding of NSW criminal justice processes and community safety.

Responsibilities

• Provide professional leadership, guidance, mentoring and support to officers.
• Support staff capability and development, promoting consistency and accountability.
• Contribute to effective risk management and positive outcomes for supervised individuals.

Skills

Leadership

Staff mentoring

Risk management

Criminal justice knowledge

Aboriginal communities understanding

Job description

Team Leader (Tamworth and Gunnedah)

Community Corrections Location: Tamworth and Gunnedah

Employment type: Temporary full-time

Salary: $125,000 - $129,492 per annum plus superannuation and employer’s contribution to leave loading.

Your role

The Team Leader provides professional leadership. guidance, mentoring and support to Community Corrections Officers and Senior Community Corrections Officers. The role supports staff capability and development, promotes consistency and accountability in practice, and contributes to effective risk management and positive outcomes for people subject to community-based supervision orders.

What you’ll do

As a Team Leader you will support our team in helping to make a difference to improve the lives of the diverse community we work with. You will support a team of Community Corrections Officers focussed on offender rehabilitation and enhancing community safety. This will include prioritising demands, identifying systemic areas for development and implementing and monitoring development activities and ensuring quality interventions are maintained at a high standard.

You will benefit from a supportive work environment, ongoing development and opportunities to engage in staff activities, all while making a meaningful impact in the community by leading your team.

What we’re looking for

• Individuals committed to upholding our values and behaviours, with a strong focus on ensuring community safety and quality leadership of our team.
• People with an understanding of the NSW criminal justice system and understanding of the needs of Aboriginal people and their communities.
• Individuals that are motivated and committed to working in an environment that supports continuous development and learning.
• Ability to thrive in a challenging environment whilst applying cultural sensitivity and awareness.

We focus on hiring people who share our commitment and goals of inclusion, collaboration, adaptability, courage and integrity.

Corrective Services NSW (CSNSW) delivers professional correctional services and programs to reduce reoffending and create safer communities. We house remand and sentenced inmates in correctional centres and supervise offenders serving orders in the community. CSNSW provides reports and advice to courts and releasing/parole authorities and assesses offenders in the community and in custody for relevant interventions to reduce their risks of reoffending. CSNSW works in partnership with other government and non-government justice and human services agencies to support victims, facilitate restorative justice and promote reintegration.

Applications close 19 October 2026 at 11:59pm AEST.

Got a question? For more information about the role or what it’s like to work for DCJ, please contact the hiring manager, Sharon Aldridge on 0418 229 402 or at [e-mail]

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 Pologa Mase on 0467 051 326 or via [e-mail]. 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.

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

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