Trade Instructor - Kitchen

Serco is a place where you can grow

Join a team of 12,000+ professionals across APAC and experience a place of challenge, opportunity, and reward.

We offer plenty of headroom for growth and flexible benefits tailored to every stage of life and career, including:

• Full training to obtain Cert III Correctional Practice
• Full training to obtain Cert IV Training & Assessment
• Career development and progression pathways
• Flexible salary packaging options, including novated leasing for new and used vehicles 
• Benefits@Serco, which includes a great range of career support programs, wellbeing packages, and financial benefits, available through us and our selected partners, including access to Fitness Passport 
• Generous employee referral program  

Make an impact at Serco

You will play a key role in helping inmates gain vital trade experience that prepares them for life post-release.
You are passionate about teaching trade skills and making a difference in people’s lives. In this full-time role, you’ll deliver and evaluate kitchen trade training to inmates, helping them reintegrate into the community and secure post-release employment. Based at Clarence Correctional Centre, you’ll join the Industries & Trades team and work in a safe, respectful, and inclusive environment.

As a Trade Instructor – Kitchen in the Industries & Trades team, you will make a positive impact by:

• Supervising and supporting inmates in a commercial kitchen environment
• Delivering trade knowledge and vocational training programs
• Promoting rehabilitation through structured daily activities and programs
• Managing kitchen equipment, tools, and safety protocols
• Ensuring compliance with WHS and security requirements
• Monitoring behaviour and providing input to case management processes
• Monitoring inmate behaviour and reporting on incidents or risks
• Implementing training programs and supporting skill development in a workshop environment
• Managing tool and equipment usage, including pre-starts and daily audits

Serco is a place for you

You are someone who believes in second chances, thrives in structured environments, and enjoys hands-on, outdoor work. You’re passionate about teaching your trade and making a positive difference in people’s lives.

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• Certificate III in Commercial Cookery
• Certificate IV in Training & Assessment (or willingness to obtain within 12 months)
• Certificate III in Correctional Practice (or willingness to obtain within 12 months)
• At least 5 years of experience working in Kitchens
• Sound knowledge of WHS, commercial kitchen operations, and inmate rehabilitation
• A current driver’s licence and the ability to pass relevant security and police checks

Please note:
• This position carries trust and responsibility. A comprehensive probity assessment, including a Federal Police Check, is part of the selection process for this role.

About Clarence Correctional Centre 

Opened in mid-2020, this 1,700-bed state-of-the-art facility is the largest correctional Centre in Australia.  

Located on the beautiful NSW North Coast, approx. 6 hours' drive from Sydney and 3.5 hours from Brisbane, our region offers rainforests, epic headlands, sand dunes, and some of the best Australian beaches with a variety of multi-cultural cafes, restaurants, and friendly community towns. 

Are you ready to do important work that really matters?

At Serco, we bring together the right people, technology, and partners to create impactful solutions that address some of the world’s most urgent and complex challenges.

We seek and celebrate diversity and encourage applications from all backgrounds and cultures, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, LGBTQI+, 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