Serco is a place where you can grow
Join a team of 12,000+ professionals across Asia Pacific (APAC) and experience a place of challenge, opportunity, and reward. We offer flexibility and a supportive work culture to help you thrive at every stage of your life and career, including:
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Comprehensive training and career development opportunities
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A supportive and inclusive workplace culture
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Potential to earn up to $80,000 p.a. (including overtime and penalties) plus superannuation
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Public holiday rate from $62 to $70 per hour, Sunday from $49 to $56 per hour and Saturday from $37 to $42 per hour.
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Enjoy 5 weeks annual leave
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Paid on the job training, including Cert III
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Uniforms, meals and limited onsite parking provided
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Access 24/7 medical, mental health support, and flexible salary packaging
Make an impact at Serco
As a Correctional Officer at the Adelaide Remand Centre, you’ll be actively providing prisoner safety protection and support through dynamic monitoring and respectful engagement while also ensuring the security of the facility. You’ll join a multidisciplinary team to provide best practice prisoner intake, assessment, and induction processes. You will support the prisoner transitioning into the SA prison system or release into the community.
As a Correctional Officer, you’ll make a difference by:
- Ensuring facility safety and security through dynamic monitoring and compliance protocols
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Supporting a culturally sensitive environment and respecting diversity
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Supervising daily prisoner activities and management regimes
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Participating in prisoner intake, transfer, and discharge processes
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Being a member of the multi-disciplinary team that provides health, mental health and case management services
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Responding to incidents with professionalism and adhering to de-escalation procedures
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Promoting prisoner reintegration into the community and ensuring contact with family, community and cultural supports and legal assistance
Serco is a place for you
If you have the passion, integrity, and determination to create a positive impact, you’re exactly who we’re looking for.
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No experience? That’s okay! We provide comprehensive training from day one to support your success.
To succeed in this role, you’ll bring:
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Strong interpersonal and communication skills
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The ability to stay calm under pressure and resolve conflicts effectively
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An empathetic and respectful approach to working with colleagues, peers and prisoners from diverse backgrounds
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Physical fitness to meet the demands of the role, including control and restraint training
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Integrity, professionalism, and a commitment to ethical behaviour
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A valid driver’s licence and the ability to obtain relevant clearances
You do not need to match every listed expectation to apply for this position. If you like the look of the role and have any questions, feel free to contact Giuliana Lehman on [email protected] we’d love to hear from you.
Please note:
This position carries trust and responsibility. To support this, a comprehensive probity assessment, including a Police Check, is a key part of the selection process for this role.
Are you ready to do important work that really matters?
At Serco, we bring together the right people, the right technology, and the right partners to create impactful solutions that address some of the world’s most urgent and complex challenges.
We focus on serving governments all over the globe. The work we do has touched the lives of millions in Australia, New Zealand, and Hong Kong, and offers unique opportunities to leverage your skills across our core capabilities in Health, Defence, Maritime, Justice, Immigration and Community Services.
We seek and celebrate diversity and encourage applications from all backgrounds and cultures including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, LGTBQI+, veterans, and people with disability.
By joining Serco you’ll have access to Employee Networks led by colleagues who are passionate about diversity, inclusion, and belonging.
Impact a better future at Serco.
