Sentence Management Operations Officer
Regional NSW- North, South & West Clusters (Talent Pool Creation)
Salary- $87,199 -$95,482 plus super, and leave loading (Clerk Grade 3/4)
Employment type- Talent Pool Creation - A talent pool will be created for future ongoing and temporary roles within Regional NSW and is valid for a period of up to 18 months
Locations – Locations – Northern Cluster (Kempsey Comm Corr, Cessnock Correctional Complex)
Southern & Western Clusters (South Coast (Nowra), Bathurst, Junee, Wellington & Goulburn)
Looking for work that provides opportunity to work outside the traditional 9-5; this role is offering split work-from-home schedules that is fast paced and provides crucial function within the correctional system.
Operates pursuant to Flexible Work agreement with floating core times, and split shift commencements 5-days per week Monday to Friday roster (8am -6:30pm) Shifts
Your role
Sentence Management Operations Officers plays a critical role in supporting the lawful detention and release of people in custody by ensuring sentence management operations are accurate, complete and managed in line with legislation and policy. Working within a dedicated team, you'll help deliver essential services that support operational outcomes while contributing to community safety and the integrity of the correctional system.
Want to learn more about a career as a Sentence Management Operations Officer?
Join our Virtual Information Session to hear about the day-to-day responsibilities, key challenges, rewards of the role and recruitment process
Date: Tuesday 8th September 2026
Time: 5:30pm to 6:30pm. Online (Microsoft Teams)
Register your interest 👉 here and you will receive the joining link 48 hours before the session
What we offer
- Meaningful work that contributes to community safety across NSW.
- Career development opportunities within Corrective Services NSW and the wider NSW Government.
- Supportive team environment with on-the-job training and ongoing learning opportunities.
- Regional location options across Northern, Southern and Western NSW.
- Stable employment with competitive government benefits and conditions.
Download the role description. For more information about Sentence Management Operations
What you’ll do
As a Sentence Management Operations Officer, you will undertake a range of sentence management operations activities, including processing and maintaining records, reviewing information for accuracy, and responding to enquiries relating to the detention of persons in custody. Working with minimal supervision, you will accurately apply established processes and procedures, liaise with internal and external stakeholders, and ensure information is recorded, stored and accessible in accordance with legislative and organisational requirements. Every day, your work will contribute to important operational outcomes across the correctional system.
What we’re looking for
We're looking for someone who is resilient and proactive professional with experience in a legal, court, tribunal, or justice-related environment. You enjoy working in a structured environment where accuracy, organisation and attention to detail are essential. You may have experience in legal administration, court operations, case management, records management, compliance, or a similar setting, along with the ability to interpret and apply legislation, policies, legal documentation, and complex procedures.
You're able to manage a high volume of work, follow procedures and maintain focus when dealing with complex information. You communicate professionally, work well with others and take pride in delivering quality outcomes. Most importantly, you're reliable, adaptable and committed to providing a professional service while handling sensitive and confidential information.
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 – you do not need to meet every desired requirement for us to want to talk to you.
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We do work that really matters
Working for Corrective Services NSW (CSNSW) provides opportunities to make a real difference. We collaborate with government and non-government justice and human services agencies to support victims, facilitate restorative justice, and promote reintegration. We're focused on breaking, rather than managing, disadvantage. It’s work that really matters.
Are you ready to join us?
Apply directly via the DCJ Careers site click here. Search for the job and click the ‘Apply now’ button.
Attach an up-to-date résumé (maximum 5 pages).
Attach a cover letter (maximum 2 pages) outlining how you meet the requirements of the role by addressing the target questions below
Question 1: When faced with competing priorities and tight timeframes, how do you decide where to focus your efforts while ensuring all critical deadlines are met?
Question 2: Tell us about a particularly challenging or complex period at work that tested your resilience. How did you maintain your wellbeing and performance.
Applicants are required to provide responses that reflect their own skills, knowledge and experience. Evidence that responses have been generated or substantially assisted by artificial intelligence (AI) may result in the application being excluded from further consideration.
Applications close 13 September 2026 at 11:59pm AEST.
Got a question?
For more information about the role or what it’s like to work with the
Northern cluster
please contact the hiring manager Cherie Walls on 0428 230 410 or at Cherie.Walls@correctiveservices.nsw.gov.au
Southern & Western Cluster
please contact the hiring manager Denese Lees on 0428 454 311or at Denese.Lees@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 Faith Timothy on 0497 142 953 or via faith.timothy@dcj.nsw.gov.au
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.
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