Team Leader | Tamworth & Gunnedah

Department: Community Corrections Northern; Gunnedah; On-site; AUD 125,000 - 129,000; Full time

Job summary

Department: Community Corrections Northern – Gunnedah NSW in Tamworth and Gunnedah is seeking a Team Leader to provide professional leadership, guidance, mentoring and support to Community Corrections Officers and Senior Officers. You will help develop staff capability, promote consistency and accountability, and contribute to risk management and positive outcomes for people subject to supervision orders.

Based in Tamworth and Gunnedah, the role involves prioritising demands, monitoring

Qualifications

• Leadership and people management experience.
• Understanding of NSW criminal justice system and needs of Aboriginal communities.
• Ability to lead in a diverse and evolving environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of Community Corrections Officers and Senior Officers.
• Prioritise demands and identify system areas for development.
• Monitor development activities and ensure high-quality interventions.

Skills

Leadership

Mentoring

Risk management

Job description

Department: Community Corrections Northern – Gunnedah NSW

$125,000 - $129,492 a year

Full time, Casual/Temporary

11d ago , from Department of Communities and Justice NSW

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.

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 *** or at ***************@correctiveservices.nsw.gov.au

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 *** or via ***********@dcj.nsw.gov.au. VisitRecruitment 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.

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