Freedom of Information Officer

1 week ago


Melbourne City Centre, Victoria, Australia Department of Education Full time
Fixed-term 12 months
The purpose of this role is to provide administrative support to the Department's Freedom of Information (FOI) Unit. The FOI Unit determines access to documents under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (the Act).
The Administrative Officer provides administrative support to the FOI Unit, including:

  • front of house support (including answering FOI Unit phone line and managing central FOI inbox)
- administrative support (including managing the Unit's request tracker) and corresponding with internal and external stakeholders (queries, ad hoc requests and searches for documents).

For more details regarding this position please see attached position description.
Applicants requiring adjustments can contact the nominated contact person
Applications close [8-August-2023]

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