Assistant Director

7 months ago


Canberra, Australia Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Full time

EL 1 - $115,663 - $124,403 per annum plus superannuation
- People, Property and Security Division
- Canberra, ACT
- _Seeking a high performing and highly motivated individual to join and lead our Establishments team._
- _Assist the team with managing the department’s organisation structure and employee positions, which provisions network access and enables us to support the business in making informed, evidence-based decisions._

**Who we are**
The Establishments and HR Reporting section comprises two sub-sections:
1. Establishments - this team is responsible for the management of the department's organisational structure and position management within the Human Resource Management Information System (HRMIS), shaping the way the department is structured and operates. The team provides critical services to support the onboarding of new employees to ensure they can access IT systems, network drives and have appropriate delegations to perform duties.

2. Workforce Reporting and Analytics - this team is responsible for ensuring the department is well placed to make good decision using reliable, robust data supported by meaningful workforce metrics, analytics, and insights.

**The Job**
The Assistant Director is responsible for:

- leading a team to provide timely technical human resources support within the department’s Human Resources Management Information System (HRMIS), Aurion, managing critical human resource functions
- supervising, mentoring, and building capability for a small team in a fast-paced, high-energy, high-demand area of HR
- establishing and maintaining strong relationships, working effectively with a broad range of internal stakeholders to achieve departmental people priorities and team goals
- developing strategic frameworks that support the HR function within the team and departmental wide, to assist our workforce through position and organisational management, whilst considering the impacts to broader stakeholders within the department
- engaging and working with Aurion consultants for enhancements to the HRMIS, including quality assurance testing of Aurion updates, and identifying opportunities to improve our service delivery to build more effective relationships with our stakeholders and improve the user experience of the HRMIS Systems.

**What we are looking for**
**Skills and capabilities**
The successful applicant will have:

- strong customer-service focus and stakeholder management skills.
- the ability to lead, mentor and develop a small team, including ability to manage and resolve conflict, and manage staff performance in a hybrid-working environment.

**Knowledge and experience**
To be successful in this role you will need:

- previous experience related to HR systems and Establishments management
- strong systems and technical skills and experience, preferably in Aurion, to support Establishments management
- an understanding of how the Establishments function supports the business in making informed, evidence-based decisions.


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