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Sheriff's Officer Recruitment

The Sheriff's Office is now recruiting. To apply for a Trainee Sheriff's Officer position, please visit the Careers with the Victorian Government website. Go to 'Current Vacancies' > 'Position Title' and search for 'Trainee Sheriff's Officer'. Applications close Sunday 28 June 2009.

Message from the Sheriff

As part of the Department of Justice, the vision of the Victorian Sheriff's Office is to create a safer and more law abiding society.

Sheriff's Officers are responsible for actioning warrants, both civil and criminal and enforcing sanctions received from all Victorian and interstate courts.

This makes for a challenging and rewarding work environment for the 170 Victorian Sheriff's Officers stationed throughout the state.

Sheriff's Officers work as part of a team and in partnership with other authorities such as Victoria Police, the Environment Protection Agency, Taxi Directorate and VicRoads.

The office of a Sheriff’s Officer is their vehicle and they are always on the move, actioning warrants, conducting operations and speaking to the community. It is an exciting and varied career.

The Sheriff's Office is looking for people with a wide range of communication and life skills who are keen to be involved in Victoria’s justice system as Sheriff's Officers. 

Successful Sheriff's Officers need to have exceptional negotiation and problem solving skills and enjoy working in the community.

The ability to exercise tact, discretion and sound judgement in the actioning of warrants and to take into account cultural and religious diversity, play a large part in their everyday work.

I look forward to your application and wish you every success.

Sheriff of Victoria.

What we are looking for

Successful candidates will have:

• demonstrated experience and expertise in handling conflict and problem solving
• demonstrated communication and interpersonal skills
• demonstrated experience in supporting and engaging others to achieve both team and strategic goals
• demonstrated experience in delivering high quality customer service and outcomes for stakeholders
• demonstrated empathy and cultural awareness
• demonstrated computer and literacy skills.

For further information please refer to the position description.

Orientation and training

Orientation and training is provided in three phases over 12 weeks:

• phase 1 - orientation (online)
• phase 2 - training (classroom)
• phase 3 - training (field placement).

Successful completion (competence) in all phases ensures recruits will progress towards attaining a formal qualification of Certificate IV in Government (Court Compliance).