Assistant Director - Canberra, Australia - Department of Employment and Workplace Relations

Department of Employment and Workplace Relations

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Canberra, Australia

2 weeks ago

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Olivia Brown

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Description

Executive Level - Canberra, ACT
- $115,996 - $128,200

About the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations

We enable access to quality skills, training and employment services to support Australians find secure work in fair, productive and safe workplaces - supporting individuals and our nation to prosper.

Please note, this opportunity is for Ongoing Department of Employment and Workplace Relations/APS
employees only.

Please discuss the possibility of release with your manager before applying.

The Role

This is an opportunity for an EL1 or a high performing APS 6 officer for an initial period of three months, to start as soon as possible.

The opportunity is Canberra-based and full time.

Working within the multidisciplinary VET Information Branch, the VET USI and Data Policy Unit is responsible for the legislative and policy framework that is required to deliver the VET Data Streamlining (VDS) program.

The Unit also has policy and legislative responsibility for the VET Unique Student Identifier (USI). Current priorities include ongoing legislative reform and supporting the department's contribution to scoping of the National Skills Passport.

The Unit's work also includes supporting the Government's delivery of priorities from the National Skills Agreement and

Working Future:
the Australian Government's White Paper on Jobs and Opportunities. This role will provide an excellent opportunity to work in collaboration with states and territories to deliver reforms.

The VET USI and Data Policy Unit is seeking team members with strong communication, organisation and leadership skills, including experience in policy development and stakeholder engagement.

Duties and Responsibilities

Responsibilities of the Executive Level 1 may include:
Identify, engage and collaborate with relevant stakeholders to gain their feedback and support and/or input to proposed policy or program design.
Drafting new and updating existing policy and business requirements.
Draft program and policy communication documents in different formats, including consultation papers, facts sheets, meeting papers and talking points.
Consulting jurisdictions and stakeholders on new/changing policy and legislation.
Deregulation and privacy impact analysis.
Other tasks as required including preparing briefs, reports and correspondence.

Skills and Capabilities
We are seeking individuals with the following skills and capabilities:

Highly developed written and oral communication skills.
A strong capacity to build strategic relationships with internal and external stakeholders at all levels.
The ability to lead and develop a small team to deliver upon competing priorities.
Selfstarter who can establish and lead an agenda whilst consulting with others.
Sound judgement, analytical and strategic thinking skills.
Ability to work in a fast paced and rapidly changing environment.
Demonstrated ability to manage a range of strategic and operational issues simultaneously and resolve complex and sensitive issues effectively.

The Opportunity

This position is available to Ongoing Department of Employment and Workplace Relations and/or APS employees as a temporary transfer at level and/or a temporary performance (Acting) opportunity for a period of 6 months.

Eligibility

Baseline clearance to undertake the role.

How to Apply

Applicants are required to provide up to a one-page summary (no more than 500 words) that outlines skills, knowledge, and experience and why you should be considered for this vacancy.

You should take into consideration the position overview (including any detailed position specific requirements) when drafting your response. Where possible include specific relevant examples of your work.

The APS work level standards accommodate the diversity of roles across the APS and are structured to clearly differentiate between the work expected (i.e. responsibilities and duties) at each classification level.

In eRecruit (the department's online recruitment system) you will also need to:

upload a Curriculum Vitae

- provide contact details for 2 Referees.

Please refer to the Job Information Pack for more information about the role.
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