El 1 Assistant Director - Canberra, Australia - Department of Veterans' Affairs

Department of Veterans' Affairs

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Canberra, Australia

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Olivia Brown

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Description

Salary Range:
$122,949 - $135,013 + Attractive Superannuation

The Ministerial, International & Stakeholder Relations Branch includes the Ministerial & Parliamentary Support Section, the International & Stakeholder Relations Section and the Information Access Unit.

The Branch coordinates, supports and provides quality assurance services for the Minister, the Commissions, international, jurisdictional and individual stakeholders and senior executive committees, as well as Freedom of Information and other administrative access requests.

We are looking for people who have experience or a genuine interest in either Parliamentary/Cabinet processes and procedures or Secretariat Support and can demonstrate a strategic understanding of the importance of these roles in supporting DVA to support veterans and their families.

A sound working knowledge of PDMS and/or CabNet+ will be an asset, as will be the ability to obtain and maintain a NV 1 clearance level if required.

Duties

Provide high level specialist technical/professional advice on specific issues, processes or conventions.
Provide strategic advice to the Senior Executive, contributing to and supporting the strategic direction of agency.
Supervise and manage a team performing diverse tasks and provide expert advice and assistance to team members.
Build capability in a team environment through coaching others, providing performance feedback, conflict resolution and encouraging career development.
Ensure quality outputs including that employees maintain a high level of specialist, professional and/or technical expertise.
Liaising with a range of stakeholders on matters relating to the work area, establishing strong working relationships across the department and with other agencies to facilitate the provision of balanced and timely advice to all stakeholders.
Liaise, engage and collaborate with other internal or external professionals to ensure positive outcomes.
Liaise with relevant professional bodies and associations.
Report results in the form of presentations and project reports.
Prepare and review draft procedural or technical manuals and guidelines.

Eligibility

Under section 22(8) of the Public Service Act 1999, employees must be Australian citizens to be employed in the Australian Public Service (APS).
All applicants external to DVA offered employment will be required to successfully undergo a preengagement screening check, even if they have a security clearance. The screening check is conducted in accordance with the Australian Government Protective Security Policy Framework requirements.

Mandatory Requirements

Currently hold or have the ability to obtain and maintain a valid Australian Government Security Vetting Agency
Baseline Security Clearance

Notes

Where a non-ongoing position is offered, the role will be filled for an initial specified term of up to18 months.

A merit pool of suitable applicants may be created which may be used to fill future ongoing and non-ongoing vacancies should they become available over the next 18 months.

DVA is committed to improving the data skills and capability of our workforce to underpin our goal of becoming a leading data-driven organisation.