Assistant Director

EL 1 - $115,663 - $124,403 per annum plus superannuation
- Operations Division
- Canberra, ACT

**Who we are**

**About the department**
We are the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water. We lead Australia’s response to climate change and sustainable energy use, and help protect our environment, heritage, and water. We provide advice to the Australian Government around climate, energy, and the environment, and administer legislation. The department also enforce laws relating to the protection of the environment and biodiversity, wildlife, fuel quality and greenhouse gas storage.

We deliver policies and programs to:

- help address climate change and build a more innovative, future ready energy system
- protect our unique environment, biodiversity and heritage
- manage Australia’s water resources for industry and regional communities, and
- advance Australia’s interests in the Antarctic and Southern Ocean. We are innovative and collaborative. We look to the future.

**About the Branch**
The Capability and Employment (C&E) Branch sits within the department’s Operations Division and is responsible for strategic and operational focused human resources (HR) advice and support services, to support business areas in meeting their workforce needs. We believe that an inclusive and diverse workplace is pivotal to making our department the best place for people to work. We are committed to creating an environment where you have a sense of belonging and where you can bring your authentic whole self to work every day.

**About the Team**
The Recruitment and Employment Programs Section manages the department’s entry-level recruitment programs including graduate program and designs and provides best practice recruitment policy, advice and support to assist the department to meet its workforce needs.

**The Job**

**About the Role**
The Assistant Director - Recruitment, assists the Director to lead the department’s Recruitment Team and is responsible for providing expert advice and overseeing the department’s recruitment activities. The Assistant Director develops, monitors, advises and ensures compliance with recruitment and selection policies and legislation across the portfolio. The Assistant Director also directly supports and/or manages bulk recruitment rounds and oversees the administration of online recruitment systems.

The Assistant Director, Recruitment will:

- lead, coach, and mentor a busy team operating in a fast-paced work environment and delivering on competing priorities, including establishing expectations, scheduling and reviewing work, managing improvement initiatives and resources, giving effective feedback and mentoring and developing employees
- lead the provision of expert advice and guidance across the portfolio on all aspects of recruitment and selection practice and policy, and consult widely to ensure that advice provided is based on a good understanding of current and future work area needs
- drawing on expert, current knowledge in the field, initiate and implement policy, systems and process improvements across the recruitment function, and develop and implement evaluation methods to identify areas of success and opportunities for improvement
- ensure that all guidelines and templates used to support recruitment activity in are clear, available and up to date
- monitor selection activities across the portfolio to ensure compliance with policy and legislated requirements
- lead strategic reform projects to improve the operation and efficiency of the department’s recruitment systems, tools and practices
- oversee the administration of the online recruitment system, eRecruit, to ensure the provision of quality data and reporting in relation to recruitment activities
- develop and maintain effective working relationships with a range of stakeholders through the provision of sound advice and the development of strong networks
- prepare complex and/or sensitive correspondence, briefs and documentation
- develop and manage relationships with stakeholders across and outside the portfolio and represent the work area through participation on committees and in networks.

There are multiple Assistant Director - Recruitment positions (listed below) to which this recruitment process will be used to fill current vacancies, as well as future vacancies that may arise over the next 18 months.
- Assistant Director - **Recruitment Operations**:

- Assistant Director - **Strategic Recruitment**:

- Assistant Director - **Recruitment Systems and Reporting**

**What we are looking for**

As an Assistant Director, you will have:

- the ability to lead, mentor and develop others to build an effective, positive, and collaborative team
- effective analytical skills in gathering and investigating information at the broader departmental level to identify critical gaps and innovative solutions
- highly developed written and oral communication skills, including the ability to negoti