Correctional Officer

**Southern NSW centres**:

- **Full-time secure employment**:

- **Rewarding salary with a paid qualification**

Making a career change doesn’t mean you have to start over. Join an organisation with a rich history where your life experience will be valued.

If you are passionate about keeping the community safe, in a role that brings out the best in people, join our family of blue and become a Correctional Officer in NSW today

**About the role**

Correctional Officers play a positive role in keeping the community safe and helping offenders find ways to improve their lives. They supervise inmates being held in correction facilities such as prisons and court cells across New South Wales.

**What will you do?**

Correctional Officers work within a supportive team environment on a 24/7 rotating roster system where no two shifts are the same.

They are required to interact with inmates and ensure the safety and security of the facility by undertaking searches, monitoring behaviours and communicating effectively. To find out more, watch our ‘Day in the Life of a Correctional Officer’ video.
- Goulburn Correctional Complex
- Cooma Correctional Centre
- Mannus Correctional Centre
- South Coast Correctional Centre (Nowra)

**What’s in it for you?**
- Get prepared with a 10-week paid training course
- Nationally recognised qualification of Certificate III in Correctional Practice
- Career development into specialised roles
- Keep fit with a Fitness Passport
- Get a tax break with a Novated car lease
- Additional study leave for further development

**What do you need to apply?**
- An up-to-date resume (max. 2 pages) and cover letter (max. 1 page)
- It is an essential requirement of the role that successful applicants will have had two doses of the TGA approved COVID-19 vaccine.

**For more information, visit the following helpful links**
- Role requirements, pre-employment checks and videos
- Recruitment process, recruitment adjustments and talent pools
- Download the role description

Please note: It is an essential requirement of the role that successful applicants are fully vaccinated and able to provide acceptable proof of their COVID-19 vaccination status.

**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 Peoples, women, people identifying as LGBTIQ+, culturally and linguistically diverse people, carers and other diversity groups.

Visit our careers site for more information about Inclusion & Diversity.