Policy, Legislation and Compliance Officer

APS Level 5
- Adelaide, SA
- $87,264 - $93,294

**About the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations**

We are committed to empowering futures, ensuring rights and enriching lives. We support people to have safe, secure and well-paid work with the skills for a sustainable future as we ourselves strive to be a model employer.

We provide the framework for fair and productive relationships between employers and employees. We also oversee skills development and training initiatives to support those entering the workforce or re-training to take advantage of emerging employment opportunities.

With us, your work directly contributes to shaping the employment landscape. Whether you are engaging in policy development, program implementation, or direct support services, your efforts will have a tangible impact on job seekers, employees and the economy by giving them a framework to build a future anchored and realised through employment.

It is our ambition to do things differently, to create the ‘department of great jobs’- where our people reflect our purpose.

**The Role**

Reporting to the Senior Advisor - Policy & Legislation, the Policy, Legislation and Compliance Officer will be expected to work within the legislation, policy and compliance portfolios in the Policy, Data and Compliance team which is responsible for:

- Changes to the Student Identifiers Act and related policies
- Privacy and data breach management
- Compliance & enforcement
- Data analysis and reporting to inform business priorities
- Business assurance activities to identify risk and opportunities for improvement

**Duties and Responsibilities**

Responsibilities of the Policy, Legislation and Compliance Officer may include:

- Contribute to policy analysis and development in relation to the USI and changes to related legislation and regulation
- Lead and monitor implementation of the Registrar’s Privacy and Risk Management Plans and provide guidance and support to protect the privacy of USI account holders and appropriate access arrangements
- Investigate alleged data breaches, and where required, refer matters to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner for further investigation
- Review external requests and make recommendations to disclose USI information (including personal information) about individuals to an approved agency to assist with their investigation into unlawful activities as well as law enforcement and regulatory purposes.
- Commit to meeting collective deliverables, and where required, work across section functions, including providing support for development of briefs, reports and committee papers, communication activities and stakeholder engagement
- Provide assistance and support to the contact centre through the creation and maintenance of policy and procedural documents, as well as the facilitation of training
- Provide advice to relevant stakeholders on moderately complex policy matters
- Undertake business assurance activities and recommend business improvements
- Support the team and take direction to action ad-hoc tasks in line with business priorities.

**How to Apply**
Applicants are required to provide a summary (no more than **1000**words) that outlines skills, knowledge, and experience and why you should be considered for this vacancy. You should take into consideration the position overview (including any detailed position specific requirements) when drafting your response. Where possible include specific relevant examples of your work.

The APS work level standards accommodate the diversity of roles across the APS and are structured to clearly differentiate between the work expected (i.e. responsibilities and duties) at each classification level.

In the eRecruit (the department’s online recruitment system) you will also need to:

- upload a Curriculum Vitae
- provide contact details for 2 Referees.

**Eligibility**

**Don’t meet all the role requirements?**

**Citizenship** - to be eligible for employment with the Department, you must be an Australian Citizen or, in limited circumstances, in the process of obtaining it.