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

Department of Employment and Workplace Relations

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Canberra, Australia

3 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.

The Role

Reporting to the Director, the EL1 Assistant Director will be working closely with technical team and other teams in the section, leads to set direction, manage priorities, and develop delivery methods to ensure continuous delivery of outcomes for the organisation.

The primary focus is to lead a technical team who are responsible for production support and project delivery for the section's information management platforms.

This includes:

Working with business stakeholders to deliver projects,
Leading an Agile development team comprised of both APS personnel and contractors,
Providing leadership and governance in the section, including supporting and building section culture and capability, and
Corporate leadership by supporting the branch and its business stakeholders to achieve organisational outcomes, assist in advising and influencing strategic decisions, and building organisational capability (through people and processes) and culture.

Duties and Responsibilities

Responsibilities of the EL1 position may include:

Project management for the implementation of the new projects, including developing relevant project artefacts.
Ongoing management of projects in an Agile way according to the Department's delivery framework.
Communicating project expectations with stakeholders to ensure the successful implementation of the project.
Actively participating in a collaborative team environment, providing leadership and management of a multidisciplinary team of technical specialists.
Fostering a performance culture by coaching and mentoring staff, supporting career development, and effectively managing under performance.
Providing support to the Director, as required.

How to Apply

Applicants are required to provide up to a two-page summary (no more than 750 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 the eRecruit (the department's online recruitment system) you will also need to:

upload a Curriculum Vitae

- provide contact details for 2 Referees.

Eligibility

Citizenship - to be eligible for employment with the Department, you must be an Australian Citizen or, in limited circumstances, in the process of obtaining it.

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