Human Resources

NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission 1

**EL1 HR Strategy Officer**

Job Reference Number 091_03/24

Position Title Human Resources (HR) Strategy Officer

Classification EL1

Status Ongoing

Salary Range $111,445 - $126,503 + 15.4% Superannuation

Contact Person Sally Georgas

Contact Number n/a

Number of Vacancies 1

Division Corporate

Branch Finance and People

Section People Strategy

Location

Adelaide SA, Brisbane QLD, Canberra ACT, Darwin NT,

Hobart TAS, Melbourne VIC, Penrith NSW, Parramatta

NSW, Perth WA

**About the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission**
The NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission (the NDIS Commission) is an independent

agency established on 1 July 2018 to improve the quality and safety of NDIS supports and

services. The Commission is the dedicated national regulator of NDIS service providers in

Australia and a non-corporate entity under the _Public Governance, Performance and _
- Accountability Act 2013_.

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**The NDIS Commission’s core legislative functions are to**:

- uphold the rights of, and promote the health, safety and wellbeing of, people with

disability receiving supports or services, including those received under the National

Disability Insurance Scheme
- develop a nationally consistent approach to managing quality and safeguards for people

with disability receiving supports or services, including those received under the

National Disability Insurance Scheme
- promote the provision of advice, information, education and training to NDIS providers

and people with disability
- secure compliance with relevant legislation through effective compliance and

enforcement arrangements, including through the monitoring and investigation

functions conferred on the Commissioner by legislation
- promote continuous improvement amongst NDIS providers and the delivery of

progressively higher standards of supports and services to people with disability
- develop and oversee the broad policy design for a nationally consistent framework

relating to the screening of workers involved in the provision of supports and services to

people with disability
- engage in, promote and coordinate the sharing of information to achieve the objects of

the relevant legislation, and
- provide NDIS market oversight, including:
i. by monitoring changes in the NDIS market which may indicate emerging

risk; and

ii. by monitoring and mitigating the risks of unplanned service withdrawal.

The NDIS Commission is a disability friendly organisation that offers interesting and

Commission.

**Corporate Division**

The Corporate Division is responsible for delivering all corporate service activities across the

Commission, and for advising on and supporting the strategic direction of the Commission.

The Corporate Division consists of the following functions:

- Property - Security - Finance
- Procurement - HR - ICT
- Internal Audit - Internal Fraud - Corporate Support
- Information Management

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**People Strategy Team**

The People Strategy team is the NDIS Commission’s strategic workforce advisor, supporting
the implementation of the NDIS Commission’s Workforce Plan 2022-27. Key responsibilities
of the team include:

- strategic workforce planning;
- talent and development and organisational capability;
- workplace relations at an enterprise level, including enterprise bargaining;
- Workplace Consultative Committee Secretariat;
- inclusion and diversity; and
- workforce wellbeing.

**Key duties of the role**

Reporting to the Director, People Strategy, the HR Strategy Officer is responsible for the
strategic planning and development of processes and guidelines to support all APS
employees, managers and senior leaders across the NDIS Commission. This role contributes
to the development, evaluation on a range of approaches and initiatives to support business
as usual and the Commission’s strategic goals.

The HR Strategy Officer is an integral team member, fostering effective communication,
information exchange and cooperative work arrangements across the NDIS Commission
while demonstrating a high standard of integrity and ethical behaviour.

The HR Strategy Officer will:

- be accountable to ensure they have knowledge of and compliance with legislative

frameworks, government decision-making and the NDIS Commission’s strategic
planning requirements;
- draft HR processes and guidelines for review and publication;
- contribute to the review, planning and implementation of HR policies and

procedures;
- liaise and communicate with key stakeholders and coordinate working groups,

committee meetings, and stakeholder consultations to support HR strategy
development and implementation;
- undertake research and collate information for reporting, monitoring and evaluation

purposes to contribute to the achievement of HR strategy outcomes; and
- prepare and review strategic advice to ensure alignment with strategic d