Sheriff's Officer

About this role

• Use your life skills to help make Victoria a safer and fairer place to live.
• No prior experience needed.
• Fully paid pre-service training provided.
• Ongoing positions.
• 4-day work week, across a Monday to Friday roster

We are recruiting right now for the next intake of sheriff's officers across Melbourne, Bendigo and Wangaratta. If you're great at connecting with people, have a strong work ethic and can bounce back from challenges – we want you.

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Sheriff's Office Victoria (SOV) sits within the Department of Justice and Community Safety. SOV is responsible for enforcing warrants and orders issued by the courts to recoup outstanding debts.

About the role

Sheriff's officers are the uniformed frontline staff who have the power to ensure members of the public are accountable for unpaid fines, civil debts and other offences.

Offences can include:

• businesses who have failed to honour a court-ordered payment
• a person who has failed to appear in court as required
• homeowners who have fallen behind on mortgage payments.

There are not many jobs like being a sheriff's officer. So, rather than demanding specific professional experience, we look for people who have developed the skills needed to do the job.  

To be successful as a sheriff's officer, you will be:

• Motivated – you understand the importance of your work.
• Quick thinking – you can plan your next actions in the moment.
• Respectfully assertive – you are not afraid to have difficult conversations with people.
• Empathetic – you are a good listener and can build rapport with people from all backgrounds
• Resilient – you can handle a wide range of challenging situations.

‘I love my job. I love the team that I work with. I don't think I've ever worked for a place where you build bonds with people as quickly as I have here.'  Alicia, Sheriff's Officer 

Why work with us?

Your work will be tough at times. But there's a strong team behind you and you will always feel supported and connected.

Benefits include:

✔ Access to learning and development courses – you will complete a Cert IV in Court Operations (Compliance) in your first year of service.

✔ Secondments and other opportunities within the Victorian Public Service.

✔ A Monday-to-Friday roster, with no regular weekend work (overtime is sometimes available). Shifts can start in the morning or the afternoon. 

✔ A 4-day work week. Sheriff's officers spread their full-time hours across four days of work per week.

Register here for one of our upcoming online information sessions and find out if you're a good fit for the role.

6pm, Thursday 10 October

6pm, Tuesday 22 October

Apply now!