Trade Overseer – Food Services 5D
Location: Cessnock Correctional Centre
Employment type: Ongoing, Full Time
Salary: $94,456.00 pa + Incidental Allowance + Leave Loading + Superannuation
We are looking for a proactive and dedicated Trade Overseer to work at our Food Services Unit at the Cessnock Correctional Centre.
Your Role:
You will supervise and develop inmates through managing, coaching, instructing, and encouraging them, as members of a team, in order that they may improve their work skills, enhance their post-release employment prospects, and contribute productively to Service/Business Unit objectives.
Oversee the activities of the team to ensure productivity efficiency and other commercial objectives are achieved whilst ensuring all Workplace Health & Safety, Quality Management requirements and customer service needs are met.
The Successful candidates are provided with paid training to undertake Certificate III in Correctional Practice at an allocated Corrective Services Academy training facility.
Please click here to review the role description
Qualifications Required:
- Current Certificate III in Correctional Practice or the capacity to complete Certificate III in Correctional Practice in accordance with specified CSNSW timeframes
- Current NSW Driver Licence and preparedness to drive a vehicle while performing the role.
- Relevant trade qualifications: Minimum Cert III in Commercial Cookery, Catering or related trades.
Essential Requirements:
- Proven post trade experience
- Experience which demonstrates the ability to meet the key accountabilities and focus capabilities as detailed in the role description.
- Ability and willingness to work across varying trades as required.
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.
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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Applying for the role
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To apply directly via the DCJ Careers site click here. Search for the job and click the ‘Apply now’ button.
When applying you will need to attach:
- Resume (maximum 3 pages and including 2 Referees – one must be a current supervisor)
- Cover letter (maximum 2 pages) outlining how you meet the key accountabilities and focus capabilities of this role as specified in the role description (please refer to the Role Description so that you can address the highlighted capabilities)
- Copies of Trade Qualifications MUST be attached.
Applications close 11:59pm, Sunday, 31 August 2025
Got a question?
For more information about the role or what it’s like to work for DCJ, please contact the hiring manager Ian Rudder via [email protected]
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, please contact Kaushik Gounder via [email protected]
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.
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