Technical/policy Officer

4 weeks ago

Canberra, Australia Department of Agriculture & Water Resources Full time

APS 5 - $78,548 - $86,168 per annum plus superannuation
- Traceability, Plant and Live Animal Exports Division
- Canberra, ACT
- Protect Australia's reputation as a supplier of premium quality produce that meet the highest phytosanitary standards
- Facilitating trade to help Australian agricultural exports in the global market
- Work in a dynamic environment and meet operational trade issues head-on

**Who we are**
The Traceability, Plant and Live Animal Exports Division works in partnership to support agricultural productivity, competitiveness, and market access for the export of live animals, animal reproductive material, plants, and plant products.

The Plant Export Operations Branch (PEOB) facilitates trade and market access through the development of technical operational phytosanitary export inspection and certification policies. The branch does this by developing and implementing policies and guidance materials that ensure Australian horticulture, grain and other plant-based exports meet Australia's export legislation, international obligations and importing country conditions. The branch has a key role in advancing Australia's market access priorities by actively engaging in overseas market access negotiations. The branch works with all participants in the export pathway to continuously improve the export framework and ensure expert advice and support is available to the horticulture and grain export industries. In addition, the branch administers the development and training of authorised officers to conduct inspections.

The Grain and Seed Exports Program's (GSEP) primary role is to add value to export grain and plant products and promote both market access and market advantage. This is achieved by providing independent export inspection and certification services to the grains, seeds, cotton, forest products, hay, stockfeed and related products industries, consistent with the importing country's quarantine needs and Australia's obligations under the International Plant Protection Convention. To underpin these functions the program is involved in the export certification of products ranging from bulk grain in ships or containers through to the certification of hay, timber, logs, wood chips, raw cotton, seeds for sowing and small seed lots for research. Other key roles involve the assessment and publishing of import conditions for the Manual of Importing Country Requirements (Micor) cases, and the assessment and updating of instructional materials for Authorised Officers to undertake phytosanitary sampling and assessment. GSEP supports the export of grain and plant products (excluding fresh produce) to meet importing country phytosanitary import requirements, Australia’s export legislation and international standards.

GSEP promotes market access, market improvement and market advantage to enhance Australia’s export capacity through:

- establishing and maintaining export systems that support valid and credible phytosanitary and other export certification
- providing independent export inspections and certification services
- providing services that are consistent with the importing country’s quarantine needs
- ensuring Australia’s obligations under the International Plant Protection Convention are upheld
- engaging and consulting internal stakeholders, and export grain and plant product industries.

**The Job**
Duties will include, but are not limited to:

- contributing to the review and development of plant export policy which involves researching and analysing technical information to contribute to policy development
- assisting the team to manage the grain and seed export’s telephone line and inbox for client, authorised officer and biosecurity operations staff support, ensuring prompt and accurate response in accordance with the relevant service charter
- interpret and report overseas importing country conditions and contribute to improvement of the manual of importing country requirements (Micor)
- responding to enquiries and undertaking maintenance of the Australian wood packaging certification scheme register and policy
- performing secretariat duties for the grain and plant product export industry consultative committee
- liaising and working with a range of stakeholders including clients, authorised officers, biosecurity operations staff, overseas agriculture counsellors and national plant protection organisations
- drafting official correspondence to foreign governments
- contributing to the goals of the team, branch and division by assisting with ad-hoc tasks and consulting with other teams on GSEPs work where necessary
- contributing to the development and review of instructional materials
- assisting the program with business improvement tasks and projects where required.
- general administrative tasks as required.

**What we are looking for**
- Knowledge and experience_
Knowledge of Australian agriculture, especially in the plant exports area, would be an advantage. Experi

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