Registrar

Division: Courts, Tribunals and Service Delivery- Location: Liverpool, NSW, AU, 2170- Req ID: 58961**Clerk Grade 11/12 ($134,411 - $155,445) + Super**

**Current Temporary position at Liverpool**

**Talent Pool to be created for Full-Time, Part-Time, Ongoing and Temporary roles for all other Hubs**

**Your role**

The role leads a large diverse/specialist 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.

The role leads and develops staff and promotes 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.

**What you’ll do**

Reporting to the Regional Director and leading the team, you will be responsible for:

- Manages the efficient and effective operation of a large and complex registry and supervises a number of smaller locations
- Ensure relevant legislation and policies and procedures are complied with across all registries
- Provides 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
- Develops and maintains 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.
- Performs quasi-judicial functions in accordance with legislation
- Works collaboratively with the Regional Director, Sheriff’s Regional Manager, court and sheriff’s staff to develop and implement policies and procedures that deliver business and client service improvements across the region
- Contributes to the development and implementation of the Business Plan and regional strategies that meet the identified needs of the court’s diverse-range of clients.
- Works collaboratively with the Regional Director and Sheriff’s Regional Manager in the development of strategies to ensure the region’s budget is managed within approved financial parameters

**What we’re looking for**
- Ability to 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
- Ability to 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.
- Ability to provide the Regional Director with timely and accurate information advice and reports on operational issues, risks, budgets and progress of reforms across your area of responsibility.
- Ability to 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.
- Ability to work collaboratively with the Regional Director and Sheriff’s Regional Manager:

- to develop and implement policies and procedures that deliver business and client service improvements across the region.
- in the development of strategies to ensure the region’s budget is managed within approved financial parameters.
- Ability to contribute to the development and implementation of the Business Plan and regional strategies that meet the identified needs of the court’s diverse range of clients.
- Capacity to undertake the statutory functions of a Registrar
- Strong understanding of the NSW Justice system

Download the role description.

**Essential Requirements**
- Tertiary qualifications in law/management or equivalent experience.
- Current drivers licence to be able to travel to other locations.

**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?**

Click apply, attach an up-to-date résumé (maximum 5 pages) a cover letter (maximum 3 pages) and answer 2 targeted questions below with a brief outline on how you meet the requirements of the role:
**Question 1 - **Give an example of a difficult relationship you have had to build and maintain over a period of time. How did you develop it and how have