Assistant Director HR Operations

4 months ago


Canberra, Australia AIATSIS Full time

**Assistant Director HR Operations**
**Executive level 1**

This is an Affirmative Measures opportunity***
This position will be filled using the Affirmative Measure provision, which allows for the
targeted recruitment of Indigenous Australians into the Australian Public Service. The vacancy
is only open to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. The filling of this employment
opportunity is intended to constitute an Affirmative Measure under section 8(1) of the Racial
Discrimination Act 1975.

AIATSIS Application Pack Assistant Director HR Operations **| 1**

**Our Journey**
AIATSIS has a proud identity as Australia’s only Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander-led
national cultural institution that celebrates, educates, and inspires people from all walks of life
to connect with the rights, knowledge, cultures and stories of Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander peoples. We play a vital role in developing deeper and shared understandings of
our Nation’s history and future on Australia’s truth-telling journey, working towards collective
healing.

In 2024, AIATSIS celebrates our 60th anniversary and reflects on our evolution as an
organisation during that time. Over the next five years, our operating environment will continue
to change, and we must position ourselves to respond to this change.

**Our Vision**
To create a world in which Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ rights, knowledge,
cultures and stories are recognised, respected, celebrated and valued.

**Our Purpose**
We are the only national Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural institution solely
dedicated to telling the story of Australia’s First Nations peoples.

We collect, steward and appropriately share Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’
knowledge through our collection, our leadership in research and our network of collaborations
and partnerships by:

- Creating opportunities for everyone to encounter, engage with and be transformed by

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ rights, knowledge, cultures and stories.
- Enhancing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural vitality; and
- Shaping our national narrative.

Our functions are established under the _Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait _
- Islander Studies Act 1989_.

AIATSIS Application Pack Assistant Director HR Operations **| 2**

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR HR OPERATIONS

Vacancy Information

Job Reference 167_08/24

Classification Executive level 1

No. of vacancies 1

Salary $110,115 - 120,025

Group Strategic Operations

Area People Services

Employment Status Ongoing

Hours Full time 36.75

Close Date 11.30pm, Sunday 01 September 2024

Contact Person Peter Hutchings
02 6246 1115

AIATSIS Application Pack Assistant Director HR Operations **| 3**

**About the Group**
The Strategic Operations Group is an enabling services function providing strategic support to
the Institute. The group comprises 5 areas covering Governance, People Services, Finance,
Digital Services and the new Central Australia facility (Mparntwe).

**About the Program Area**
The People Services Unit sits within the Strategic Operations Group. People Services is
responsible for the delivery of human resource services across the Institute. It is a small team
that delivers workforce planning, recruitment, payroll, and performance as well as providing
sound HR advice and support.
People Services develop strategic HR programs and policies as well as administering key
committees including AIATSIS Consultative committee and Workplace Health and Safety
committee.

**Role Summary**
The Assistant Director will lead a small team responsible for the delivery of recruitment and
payroll services along with capability development and systems, reporting and analytics. You
will work collaboratively with the broader HR team to deliver sound advice to internal and
external stakeholders including executive teams. You will help identify continuous improvement
initiatives and use agile ways of working to support business deliverables.

**Key Responsibilities**
Key responsibilities of the role include:

- develop and improve strategies to enhance HR efficiency, collaborating with and

advising senior leadership to support and align HR initiatives with AIATSIS corporate
goals.
- lead, guide and coach a team of HR professionals across a diverse program of work

including pay and conditions, recruitment, HR systems and reporting, and administrative
support. This will include providing clear guidance and direction to the team and
supporting their ongoing personal and professional development.
- cultivate relationships and successful partnerships and engagements with key internal

and external stakeholders.
- provide advice on a range of routine and complex HR related matters within your

responsibility including resolving escalated service related queries.
- manage the relationship with our external payroll provider.
- develop briefing papers, correspo



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