PNG CIS Recruitment, Selection and Training 2024 Information

The CIS calling for the recruitment of 120 Custodial Officers. The recruitment is in line with the reforms stipulated in the Strategic Plan.

The recruitment drive this year is the first step in achieving a secure and containment environment for the CIS Remand and Convicted Detainees in the 21 Correctional Institution Facilities around our country.

IMPORTANT: DO NOT PAY BRIBE TO ANY CIS OFFICER OR ANYONE WHO CLAIMS TO BE A CIS RECRUITMENT OFFICER. THIS RECRUITMENT DRIVE IS A PUBLIC SERVICE EXERCISE TO STRENGHTEN CIS IN THE COUNTRY. REPORT ANYONE ASKING FOR MONEY (OR EXPECTING APPLICANTS TO PAY THEM IN CASH OR KIND) TO THE CONTACT ADDRESS BELOW WITH HIS/HER PHOTOS AND A BRIEF STATEMENT CLEARLY STATING THE OFFICER'S INTENTION TO EXTORT MONEY FROM YOU. 

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CIS Recruitment and Training 

If your name appears on the PNG CIS Correctional Service Custodial Officers Pre-Entry Testing and Interview Listings, here is what will happen. 

There are 5 stages of the recruitment process. 

1. Release of the CIS Recruitment List,
2. Sitting the CIS pre-entry test
3. Interview
4. Documents validations
5. Releasing of the final CIS selection list 2024 for 2025 training

Download the list at the CIS website. Follow the link to the CIS Recruitment List PDF file, see below.

Download the PNG CIS Recruitment List PDF 

Below are the short-listed applicants who have been selected to undergo Pre-Entry Tests, Interviews and other mandatory selection processes.

The names on the CIS recruitment list are arranged according to your local CIS branch. Go straight to your provincial CIS branch and identify your name. 

If you have applied and your name is not on the list, it means that you have not been selected.

You can also get information on Police Recruitment 2024/2025 on this page.

Click on the blue link to download the CIS Recruitment Name List PDF

What applicants must do

Applicants must go to their designated locations between November and December 2024. Download the CIS application list 2024 and check the dates of each of the 21 CIS locations.  

Applicants who reside in other provinces must arrange their own travel to the appointed locations for testing.

Correctional Service will not be liable for any individual issues or expenses incurred during the time of the Recruitment exercise. 

Recruitment for the Autonomous Region of Bougainville will be conducted in Buka and Arawa.

New interested applicants not in this approved list can apply directly to Correctional Service Headquarters for consideration for future recruitment.

Papua New Guinea Correctional Service, CIS

The Papua New Guinea Correctional Service is established under the Correctional Service Act 1995. Its strategic development activities are outlined in its Strategic Plan and its Annual Activity Implementation Plan aligned to the MTDP III and Law and Justice Sector Policy which empowers us to provide a safe and secure society for all.

Correctional Service’s main priority is captured in the Correctional Service Strategic Plan for “Modernization and Reform”.

This recruitment exercise (RECRUITMENT OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICE CUSTODIAL OFFICERS, PRE-ENTRY TESTING and INTERVIEW EXERCISE) is in line with the long-term development plan of modernising and reforming the PNG CIS.

If you have any questions, leave a comment below or contact the CIS recruitment team directly.

(PHONE)    +675 312 1700 

(EMAIL)    infodesk@cs.gov.pg