Aboriginal Community Engagement & Culture Officer, Albury Community Corrections

Aboriginal Community Engagement & Culture Officer (ACECO), Albury Community Corrections Location – Albury Community Corrections, Corrective Services NSW Employment type – Ongoing - 35 hours per week (Flexible working hours) Salary - $102,936 - $113,579, plus Employer's contribution to Superannuation and Annual Leave Loading. (Clerk Grade 5/6) The team is excited to welcome Aboriginal staff with great cultural knowledge and/or experience to help make a difference and improve the lives of the diverse communities that we work with. This position is open to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people only A bit about Albury Located on the border of New South Wales and Victoria, Albury offers the perfect blend of career opportunity and lifestyle. With excellent schools, recreational facilities, and a thriving local economy, Albury provides a welcoming regional community with all the conveniences of a larger city. Renowned for its exceptional food and wine culture, Albury is home to outstanding restaurants, cafés, and wineries. Surrounded by natural beauty and outdoor attractions along the Murray River, Albury is an ideal place to live, work, and grow. Your role As an Aboriginal Community Engagement & Culture Officer, you will provide advice and support to Community Corrections in the case management of identified offender groups in a culturally sensitive manner and ensure appropriate case plans and supervision is implemented consistent with CSNSW mission of reduction of re-offending. You will also identify and build collaborative community networks and partnerships to improve the effectiveness of community program and services for identified people on supervised orders. Community Corrections work with adults subject to court mandated orders. We collaborate with other agencies and community partners and seek to restore people’s dignity to promote agency and self-determination and to enable reintegration. What you’ll do In this role, you will: Provide advice and guidance to community corrections staff on the scope of culturally appropriate interventions available to identified people on supervised orders. Work collaboratively with community networks and partnerships to improve the opportunities for identified people on supervised order. Liaise with community agencies especially identified communities to promote the aims of the community corrections. Provide culturally relevant information and strategies to support community corrections aims to enable successful reintegration. What we’re looking for We are encouraging applications from persons, who are culturally aware and responsive to the needs of Aboriginal people and communities. As we continue to build the diversity of our workforce, we acknowledge lived experience contributes to a perspective valuable to our work with the First Nations people. While all Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander applicants are welcomed, preference will be given to those who are culturally aware and responsive to the needs of Aboriginal people and communities and who meet the pre-established standards of the role. Within the recruitment process, you will be required to show proof of Aboriginality – please see below for further clarification. As an Identified role, this position is open only to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander persons. 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 . Essential Requirements Current and valid driving licence and willingness to travel within NSW 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 such by the Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander community. Download the role description. To apply directly via the DCJ Careers site click here. Search for the job and click the ‘Apply now’ button. 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 Corrective Services NSW (CSNSW) provides opportunities to make a real difference. We collaborate with government and non-government justice and human services agencies to support victims, facilitate restorative justice, and promote reintegration. We're focused on breaking, rather than managing, disadvantage. It’s work that really matters. Ready to take on the challenge? We focus on hiring people who share our commitment and goals of inclusion, collaboration, adaptability, courage and integrity. If you meet the essential requirements and the role resonates with you, please apply – you do not need to meet every desired requirement for us to want to talk to you. Your next career chapter starts here. Are you ready to join us? Download the role description. and apply now with your cover letter (maximum 2 pages) outlining how you meet the capabilities and requirements of the role and resume (maximum 5 pages) to embark on a career where your skills truly matter. To strengthen your application we recommend you review specifically the Capability Application Tool to give you examples of interview questions and to understand how we recruit and measure your capability for the role. Applications close on TUESDAY 24TH NOVEMBER 2026 at 11:00 pm AEST. Questions? For more information about the role or what it’s like to work for Corrective Services NSW, please contact the hiring manager Sally-Anne Costigan on 0408 972 606 or via email sally-anne.costigan@correctiveservices.nsw.gov.au If you’ve got a question about applying or would benefit from an adjustment in the recruitment process to help you perform at your best (including an alternate method submission of the application), please call Karen Honnery on 0460 942 972 or via Karen.Honnery@dcj.nsw.gov.au 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 For more information visit Applying for DCJ jobs on the DCJ website. Thank you for your interest in this role. We look forward to receiving your application. To keep up with recruitment opportunities at DCJ, follow us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/CareersatDCJ/ The Welcome Experience Thinking about moving to regional NSW? Get free, personalised support with housing, schools, jobs, and settling in. Learn more: www.nsw.gov.au/welcomeexperience