Aboriginal Client and Cso

Division: Transforming Aboriginal Outcomes
- Location: Wagga Wagga, NSW, AU, 2650
- Req ID: 76399

**Aboriginal Client & Community Support Officer**
- **Location: Wagga Wagga**:

- **Employment type: 1x Ongoing full-time**:

- **Grade: Clerk Grade 3/4**:

- **Salary: $84,659 - $92.701 p.a. plus employer’s contribution to superannuation and annual leave loading**
- This position is open to Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people only_

**Your role**

**"**Building better pathways to justice for Aboriginal people.**

**Join us and make a real difference in your community.”**
- We support Aboriginal people going to court—whether as victims or defendants—through our Aboriginal Client and Community Support Officers.
- Our goal is to build better pathways to justice and reduce Aboriginal overrepresentation in the criminal justice system. This role provides:

- Help at court
- Advocacy and guidance
- Community-focused project support

**What you’ll do**
- As part of the team, your role will include (but not be limited to):

- Supporting projects that benefit Aboriginal clients and communities
- Providing respectful, culturally appropriate customer service
- Preparing letters, reports, and keeping records organised
- Gathering and sharing information to improve projects
- Doing research to support better outcomes
- Promoting services and programs to Aboriginal people

**What we’re looking for**
- We’re looking for passionate people to support Aboriginal clients and communities through meaningful projects and services.
- As part of the team, your role will include (but not be limited to):

- Supporting projects that benefit Aboriginal clients and communities
- Providing respectful, culturally appropriate customer service
- Preparing letters, reports, and keeping records organised
- Gathering and sharing information to improve projects
- Doing research to support better outcomes
- Promoting services and programs to Aboriginal people
- If you’re community-minded and want to make a difference, we’d love to hear from you.

As an Identified role, this position is open only to _Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander persons, Australia’s First Nations people._

Where a position is identified, an applicant’s race is a genuine occupational qualification under the exception in Section 14(d) of the _Anti-Discrimination Act 1977_.

There are two alternatives to confirming your Aboriginality, one of which must be uploaded to be considered for the role as follows. **Either will be accepted**:

- Confirmation of Aboriginality form
- or
- Written confirmation from 2-3 Aboriginal organisations within the community in which you live/work, which addresses the three criteria listed below:

- is of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander descent, and
- identifies as an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander person, and
- is accepted as a such by the Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander community.
- Download the role description.

**What We Offer**
- We offer a variety of benefits, including:

- A challenging and rewarding career
- Flexible, autonomous work environment
- Competitive pay and conditions
- Training and development opportunities to build and maintain capabilities
- Health & Wellbeing and Employee Assistance Programs.
- Want more information? Visit our website to see more information on Working for us.

**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 a cover letter (maximum 2 pages) outlining how you meet the requirements of the role as well as an up-to-date resume (maximum 3 pages).

**Applications close**Friday, 8 August 2025 at 11:59pm AEST.

**Got a question?**
- 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.

**_ The Welcome Experience_**:

- The careers site currently promotes this service on the ‘Discover roles with DCJ in regional NSW’ page.