An exciting opportunity to join a team committed to making a change in our community. Nga Kawenga | The Role We are all about changing lives and creating pathways through meaningful Community Work projects. As a Senior Community Work Supervisor, you will oversee and manage community workers serving community work sentences on meaningful projects at schools, reserves, community groups, Marae and churches. You will also provide leadership to a small team of Community Work Supervisors. Your key responsibilities will include: * Managing people in our care who have been sentenced to community detention or community work * Managing community work projects * Monitoring sentence compliance * Building work relationships with community agencies * Mentoring and coaching Community Work Supervisors This is a full-time 40 hours per week role working Tuesday to Saturday. Utu a-tau | Salary The salary ranges from $68,027 - $74,673. Appointment and remuneration will reflect skills and experience relevant to the role. Nga pukenga me nga wheako | Skills and experience We are seeking a positive role model with a firm-but-fair management style able to motivate and work with a variety of people in a variety of situations. A dynamic people-person, able to provide manaaki to our people on sentence and be the kaitiaki of our community work centre. Your practical handy person skills and ability to communicate with individuals and groups will greatly support your success in this role. You must work with high integrity and demonstrate the Departmental values within your work: Wairua, Whanau, Manaaki, Kaitiaki and Rangatira. We will give you the training and support you need to become part of our team working to make communities safer. Please note you will need to complete a criminal history check and undertake a pre-employment drug test. Ko wai matou | About us Ara Poutama Aotearoa is a name that has been gifted to us and is our commitment to improving the oranga and safety of the people, whanau, and that of the communities we serve across the motu. As a values-led organisation, we use the principles of rangatira (leadership), manaaki (respect), wairua (spirituality), kaitiaki (guardianship) and whanau (relationships) to shape how we work and deliver the outcomes in our strategy - Hokai Rangi (https://corr.nz/hr). It is an exciting time to join us, and we continue to seek out talented individuals who are committed to an inclusive, vibrant workplace. We recognise and celebrate the uniqueness of individuals, and that of the collective talent in our whanau. We welcome applications from disabled and neurodiverse communities, all cultures, faiths, and rainbow communities, as we appreciate the richness of experience that diversity brings to our organisation. We strive to make our recruitment process fair and inclusive, and we encourage applicants to discuss reasonable accommodation with us if required at careers@corrections.govt.nz. Tono inaianei | Apply Now To view the job description, click 'apply' and you will be taken through to our careers site, where you can view this. To apply, please submit a tailored CV and a cover letter describing your motivation for joining the department highlighting relevant skills and experience. Alignment to our kaupapa is critical to our success - we ask that you provide examples which reflect and demonstrate our organisation values. Applications close on: Sunday October 12th 2025 All applications must be submitted through our careers site to ensure transparency. Applications received via email will not be considered. If you want to find out more about a career with us, visit careers.corrections.govt.nz or email our team at careers@corrections.govt.nz.