Manager, Transitional Centre

Division: Corrective Services NSW

Location:
Parramatta, NSW, AU, 2150

Req ID: 77186

Manager, Transitional Centre

Work and Education

Location – Parramatta Transitional Centre

Employment type – Ongoing

Salary – $129,464 - $142,666 pa plus superannuation and leave loading

Your role

Parramatta Transitional Centre houses female inmates working towards their integration into the community. As a Manager at Parramatta Transitional Centre, your role is to lead and manage operations and administration within a Transitional Centre to support effective rehabilitation, reduce re-offending, and enhance community safety. Provide leadership and staff development while fostering a collaborative, ethical, and high-performing workplace to deliver quality outcomes and meet organisational goals.

Key Responsibilites:

• Oversee planning, delivery, and continuous improvement of support services that enable residents to successfully reintegrate into the community

• Provide strong leadership and coaching to staff, fostering professional growth, teamwork, ethical behaviour, and a high-performance culture

• Ensure services are delivered on time, within budget, and to a high standard, while meeting organisational and community safety objectives

• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to deliver integrated reintegration support

• Manage business and administrative requirements for a diverse offender base, ensuring consistent service delivery and operational efficiency.

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Essential Requirements

• Tertiary qualifications in a human services related field (or equivalent experience in frontline human service delivery).

• Working with Children Check

• Demonstrated computer proficiency
• Demonstrated conflict management, negotiation, people and resource management skills
• This is an identified role and is only open to women. Where a role is identified, an applicant's sex is a genuine occupational qualification and authorised by Section 31 2 (h) of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1977

Appointments are subject to reference checks. Some roles may also require the following checks/ clearances:

• National Criminal History Record Check in accordance with the Disability Inclusion Act 2014
• Working with Children Check clearance in accordance with the Child Protection (Working with Children) Act 2012

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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.

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Are you ready to join us?

Simply click 'apply' to complete the application form and attach a Resume (maximum 3 pages) and a cover letter (maximum 2 pages) outlining how you meet the requirements and capabilities of this role as specified in the role description.

Applications close 07 September 2025 at 11:59PM AEST

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