- Location: Batemans Bay
- Ongoing - Fulltime (35 HPW)
- Clerk Grade 7/8, Base Salary ($113,574- $125,720) plus employer’s contribution to superannuation and annual leave loading.
Your role
The Illawarra South Region is comprised of 5 hubs with 24 Courts.
The advertised role is for a Registrar of the Local Court. As a Court Registrar you will be responsible for ensuring delivery of high quality and professional administrative support to Judiciary and Courts, in addition to leading teams in the provision of high-quality service to clients and other stakeholders. This Registrar role is expected to work across a variety of jurisdictions within the court registry.
You will be expected to be able to build supportive and co-operative team environments, develop team capabilities and recognise performance issues and address appropriately.
What you’ll do
Leading the team, you will be responsible for:
- Managing, developing, and motivating staff in a fast paced and challenging court environment
- Supporting the wellbeing of staff
- Promoting a positive working environment that values ethical behaviour and good performance whilst meeting statutory and administrative obligations.
- Implementing procedures and training to ensure staff are adequately supported to ensure best practices and standards are provided to clients
- Work across a variety of court locations, building rapport with many different staff members
- Adapt to being in a variety of different places and roles in multiple court locations
- Constantly implementing processes and procedures which are always up to date with legislation
- Adapting to work in different court jurisdictions
- Undertaking some quasi-judicial or other statutory functions such as LEPRA applications or conducting call-overs.
What we’re looking for
- Candidates with experience leading and managing a team in a fast-paced and challenging environment
- Candidates who have strong people management and organisational skills
- Candidates who are driven and process focussed
- Candidates who have an interest in working in NSW Courts.
- Candidates with experience working in the NSW Justice System are encouraged to apply.
- Candidates who can adapt to work in different locations and jurisdictions.
- Candidates that will have capacity to undertake the statutory functions of Registrar
Important information about this role
This role may involve exposure to psychosocial hazards in the workplace. These may include challenging or distressing situations that can impact mental health and wellbeing. For more information, please refer to the following link or contact the hiring manager.
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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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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.
Apply now and join Australia’s top public sector employer where we will support you and provide an exciting and flexible working environment!
Are you ready to join us?
Click apply, attach an up-to-date résumé (maximum 5 pages) and a cover letter (maximum 3 pages) addressing the 2 targeted questions below with a brief outline on how you meet the requirements of the role:
- Describe the most effective techniques you use to encourage team members to contribute their talents to the team’s function or goal. What did you do? (500 Words)
- Describe a recent work situation that required you to perform several tasks, or work on several projects at the same time. What did you did you do? (500 Words)
Note: Assessments for this role may be held online or in person so please monitor your inbox / junk folder for communication. All correspondence will be sent to the email on your candidate profile.
Applications close Thursday, 4 September 2025 (11:59pm AEST).
Got a question?
For more information about the role or what it’s like to work for DCJ, please contact the hiring manager Jade Profilio 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 (including an alternate method submission of the application), please contact Paola Piña | Talent Acquisition Officer, 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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