Executive Officer

2 weeks ago

Canberra, Australia Australian Government - Department of Education, Skills and Employment Full time

Executive Level 1
- Canberra, ACT
- [EL1: 112, 617 - $124,466]

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

We enable access to quality skills, training and employment services to support Australians find secure work in fair, productive and safe workplaces - supporting individuals and our nation to prosper.

**The Role**

This is ongoing role which involves supporting the First Assistant Secretary (Employment Policy and Analytics Division) in their day-to-day business, with a strategic focus on the key policy work being undertaken across the division.

The Employment Policy and Analytics Division aims to support economic growth by developing employment and active labour market policies that assist job seekers to find work and increase workforce participation. The division provides advice on the domestic and global labour markets, with an overall focus on lifting labour market efficiency, addressing capacity constraints, structural change and enhancing both social inclusion and employer engagement. The division advises on the economic dimension of the department’s work and assists with the use of research, data and evidence to underpin policy and delivery.

Reporting directly to the First Assistant Secretary, the Executive Officer plays a vital role in providing high quality advice and support to the division. A key feature of this role is building strong collaborative working relationships across the division, the Group, and the broader department, when working on strategic projects and initiatives.

**Duties and Responsibilities**
- Support the workflow through the First Assistant Secretary’s office, including responding to and triaging urgent, complex, or sensitive requests, anticipating and managing changing circumstances and ensuring priorities and deadlines are met.
- Coordinate, quality assurance and collate responses to a wide range of documents including New Policy Proposals, budget related documentation, briefs (including Senate Estimates), presentations, correspondence, and discussion papers.
- Identify risks and sensitivities and provide strategic and technical advice to the First Assistant Secretary and Senior Executive in the division using professional judgement.
- Develop and maintain effective working relationships with internal and external stakeholders.

**How to Apply**

Applicants are required to provide up to a two-page 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**

**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.

**Please refer to the Job Information Pack for more information about the role.**

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