Assistant Director/registry Lead

4 weeks ago

Canberra, Australia Department of Finance Full time

Commercial Group / Procurement & Insurance Division / Procurement and Discretionary Payments Branch
- Executive Level 1 ($117,538 - $142,337) | Ongoing | Full-time & Part-time
- Canberra, ACT

**ABOUT THE BRANCH & SECTION**

The Procurement and Discretionary Payments Branch includes the Discretionary Payments Section that administers act of grace payments and waivers of Commonwealth debts under the PGPA Act on behalf of the Finance Minister. The Branch includes five other sections:

- Two Procurement and Grants Information Systems sections
- Procurement and Trade Policy
- Claims Support
- Information Capability Enhancement Section

The Discretionary Payments Section manages the Finance Ministers powers to make act of grace payments or waive debts owed to the Commonwealth. The section works with agencies and individuals to collect information in relation to requests and prepare decisions. The team is also responsible for policy on the Scheme for Compensation Caused by Defective Administration and administers a small grants program.

**ABOUT THE**
**OPPORTUNITY**

The Department of Finance is seeking to fill the role of Registry Lead for the Discretionary Payments Section.
- Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 (PGPA Act)_, including providing information to individuals and agencies, actioning requests as they are received, liaising with agencies to seek advice on requests and allocating requests to case officers for consideration. The section receives over 600 request per year under the PGPA Act.

Key tasks of the registry lead role include:

- Leading a small team of officers.
- Provide guidance on complex requests.
- Ensure requests received are actioned in a timely manner and the section database is kept up to date.
- Liaising with Commonwealth agencies in relation to act of grace and waiver of debt matters.
- Working with the director to monitor progress of requests and report on the overall workload of the section.
- Working with other Assistant Directors to allocate cases to team members for actioning.
- Prepare draft decision letters for delegates.
- Provide constructive feedback on drafting provided by junior officers.
- Make decisions on matters within delegations.

Other duties may include drafting ministerial briefing and correspondence and providing advice to agencies under the Compensation for Detriment Caused by Defective Administration scheme.

**DETAILED VACANCY INFORMATION**

For detailed information about this role, including the job specific capabilities, please refer to the downloadable vacancy pack, which can be accessed by clicking the hyperlink at the bottom of this page.

**ELIGIBILITY ADVICE & CANDIDATE NOTES**
- Under section 22(8) of the _Public Service Act 1999_, employees must be Australian citizens to be employed in the Australian Public Service (APS) unless the Agency Head has agreed otherwise, in writing.
- Successful applicants will be required to undergo the process to obtain and maintain, or continue to hold the required security clearance level for the role as indicated in the downloadable job pack. All Finance staff are required to have a minimum baseline security clearance prior to commencement.

**CONTACT INFORMATION**
- For specific questions relating to this job vacancy, please refer to the details on the contact officer located in the downloadable job pack.

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