Organisation Development and Training Advisor, Youth Justice

Division: Northern CPPYJ
- Location: Haberfield, NSW, AU, 2045
- Req ID: 76415

**Organisation Development and Training Advisor,**

**Youth Justice**
- **Temporary, Full time up to 2 years**:

- **Location: Haberfield**:

- **Clerk Grade 7/8, Salary ($113,574 - $125,720pa), plus employer’s contribution to superannuation and annual leave loading**

This is a targeted recruitment.

This is because the Department acknowledges this lived experience contributes a perspective valuable to our work with this community.

**Your role**

Design and deliver quality training and development programs, services and solutions across the state including to services outside of Youth Justice; identify training and development needs; contribute to the formulation of programs, plans & services to ensure managers and staff have the skills, tools and capabilities to perform their roles safely, professionally and with cultural competence in a child related context.

**What you’ll do**
- Work with managers, teams and individuals to identify gaps and learning / development needs and recognise opportunities for interventions to improve capability and performance of individuals and teams.
- Review and Evaluate training and development programs, events and services and implement continuous improvement strategies to ensure key Departmental objectives are delivered and / or to provide a sustainable and capable workforce and a high-performance culture.
- Carry out the role of Program Owner where assigned ensuring that all aspects relating to the design, scheduling, delivery, conduct and recording of the program regardless of venue is managed successfully within required standards, goals and timeframes and ensure work always meets the required standard and is delivered appropriately on time and in budget.
- Contribute to the design, development, implementation and evaluation of capability development strategies and work with others to deliver / demonstrate measurable improvements in workplace performance.
- Provide advice and solutions to management as they seek to identify skill / performance gaps and seek to ensure that the required capabilities and ongoing development needs of their staff are available and delivered in a quality, cost effective manner.
- Evaluate and report on the outcomes of events / programs / services and benchmark against other relevant comparisons to ensure we have current, evidence based and appropriate offerings, including resubmitting programs for mandated review following accreditation according to the review schedule.
- Prepare correspondence, briefings, reports and analysis on programs, research findings, emerging issues, risks and potential improvement opportunities / solutions.

**What we’re looking for**
- Relevant tertiary qualifications
- Training and assessment qualification or experience
- Background in practice and program delivery to mandated clients.
- Current drivers licence required
- NSW Working with Children Check
- Ability to travel to various Youth Justice locations across NSW regularly as required
- National Criminal History Record Check in accordance with the Disability Inclusion Act 2014

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.

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**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. You will need to attach an up-to-date résumé (maximum five pages) and a cover letter (maximum three pages) with a brief outline on how you meet the focus capabilities & requirements of the role and answer the three targeted questions below:

- How has training you designed, developed or delivered contributed to improved outcomes in casework practice, such as better client engagement or more effective interventions. How did you know an improvement had occurred?
- How do you ensure training programs are inclusive and accessible to diverse learner groups, including those in community-based settings? How would this support progress towards Close the Gap target 11 for Youth Justice?
- What is your understanding of best practice in training development. Provide an example of how you have implemented this.

**Applications close**06 August 2025 at 11:59pm AEST.

**Got a question?**

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