Assistant Director

4 weeks ago

Sydney, Australia Department of Employment and Workplace Relations Full time

Executive Level 1
- Canberra ACT, Sydney NSW, Bendigo NSW, Newcastle NSW, Orange NSW, Melbourne VIC, Brisbane QLD, Adelaide SA, Perth WA, Hobart TAS, Darwin NT
- $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.

**About Jobs and Skills Australia**
The role of Jobs and Skills Australia (JSA) is to engage, advise and assist the Australian Government and other stakeholders in decision-making on current, emerging, and future skills and workforce needs. Our vision is for the full skills potential of our nation to be realised, resulting in improved workforce participation, productivity, wages, and equity.

We have a diverse, inclusive, and professional team of specialists with skills in policy, data, stakeholder engagement, digital solutions, economics, and research, to reach and work with stakeholders.
Our work is enriched through tripartite engagement and collaboration with unions, business, employers, state and territory governments, and education and training providers from across Australia to provide critical advice to improve skills development, employment opportunities and economic growth.

JSA is an independent secondary statutory body situated in the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (DEWR), and the Acting Commissioner is accountable to the Minister for Skills and Training. Our enabling legislation is the Jobs and Skills Australia Act 2022.

**Please note, this opportunity is for Ongoing APS employees only.**

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

**The Role**
Reporting to the Director, Skills Taxonomies, this role provides an exciting opportunity for an Assistant Director to be a part of a high performing team to deliver the National Skills Taxonomy.

The National Skills Taxonomy will build on the work of the Australian Skills Classification to collaboratively develop a common language for skills within the Australian workforce. By outlining the agreed skills used within occupations, taxonomy data will better support policy makers to address Australia’s skills needs.

In this role, you will be embedded in the Skills Taxonomies team of JSA, playing a critical role in executing a genuine first principles codesign process to develop a national skills taxonomy. You will be highly organised and able to strategically support JSA to respond to stakeholder requirement. You will also have well developed interpersonal and communication skills and experience in responding to enquiries, establishing and managing stakeholder relationships.

This role will be offered for an initial 6 months with a possibility of extension and may be used to fill current and future vacancies across JSA.

The EL1 is responsible for:

- Developing effective strategic partnerships with a broad range of stakeholders including Jobs and Skills Councils as well as employers, unions, and education peaks.
- Providing strategic advice and specialist expertise across a broad range of activities including one on one engagement, focus groups, working groups, workshops, and digital engagement.
- Providing strategic direction and leveraging experience to deliver positive stakeholder engagements, leading and supporting consultations and engagements relating to a potential National Skills Taxonomy.
- Developing communications and other written products including reports, discussion guides, narratives, presentations, and other engagement aids.

**Skills and Capabilities**
We are seeking an individual with the following skills and capabilities:

- Well-developed stakeholder engagement skills with the capability to create and maintain strong, productive, and collaborative relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
- Strong experience in planning and executing consultation activities.
- The ability to respond flexibly to changing priorities in a dynamic work environment and deliver high quality results.
- Strong interpersonal skills including the ability to lead others and work productively as a member of a team.
- Excellent communication skills including the ability to tailor communications and products to elicit productive responses and discussions from a range of audiences.
- The ability to work independently on tasks, exercise judgement and understand the impact of the wider environment on their own work, team objectives and other sections.

Essential:

- At least 3 years’ experience in stakeholder engagement and communications.

Desired:

- Experience facilitating consultation activities would be considered advantageous to the role.

**The Opportunity**
This position is available to Ongoing APS employees as a temporary transfer at level and/or a temporary performance (Acting) opportunity for a period of 3 months.

**Qualifications and Education*

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