Bicon Content Author

APS 5 - $78,548 - $86,168 per annum plus superannuation
- Biosecurity Plant and Science Services Division
- Adelaide (SA), Brisbane (QLD), Canberra (ACT), Darwin (NT), Melbourne (VIC), Perth (WA) or Sydney (NSW)
- _Work in a motivated and high functioning team with a wide range of skill sets and backgrounds._
- _Use your logical problem solving and people engagement skills._
- _City-based locations with flexible work options._

**Who we are**
The Plant Systems and Strategies Branch (PSaS) leads, supports, enables and coordinates key functions across the division to enhance risk analysis, stakeholder engagement, support a centralised model for the publication of import conditions, and to progress technical market access negotiations and capacity building with trading partners. The branch is building capacity to enhance our people, processes and systems to develop and improve capabilities and embed program and project management, and change management. The branch also plays a role in supporting the development and implementation of IT systems that enable the division to better manage information, work flows and decision making on plant biosecurity and market access.

The Content Change Team maintains and improves the Biosecurity Import Conditions database (BICON) to allow external clients to understand and comply with their biosecurity obligations and internal clients to effectively mitigate biosecurity risk. The team works collaboratively with internal clients to author, operationalise and publish their BICON content requirements. Adhering to BICON system rules, the team utilises decision tree structures to publish clear import requirements and onshore management procedures to ensure biosecurity risk is effectively managed.

**The Jobs**
Working within a team environment, the key duties of the successful applicants will include:

- working with business content (import conditions) and import programs to understand and construct decision tree structures in the BICON system, in accordance with system rules and authoring conventions
- implementing changes to import and permit conditions in alignment with service standards while complying with system rules and authoring conventions
- providing technical advice through various formats on the most appropriate means of authoring content in BICON to achieve import program and stakeholder objectives
- performing administrative tasks including system reporting, data analysis and basic scoping tasks for the BICON content change work program
- contributing to projects to progress continuous content improvement initiatives and deliver content outcomes
- contributing to the development and maintenance of authoring conventions and training materials
- clearly documenting and reporting system issues
- developing and maintaining effective working relationships with internal and external stakeholders
- using workflow management tools to maintain detailed records of changes to import conditions and key decisions
- preparing for, participating in and chairing meetings as required.

**Please note** that this recruitment process will initially be used to fill a number of vacancies in the Content Change Team and that these roles may be able to be performed from any of the locations listed on the job description. The merit pool established through this selection process, which is valid for a period of eighteen months from the date the vacancy was advertised in the Public Service Gazette, may also be used to fill future ongoing vacancies in the branch where the duties are of a similar nature.

**What we are looking for**
**Knowledge and experience**
- Knowledge of and/or experience working with biosecurity import conditions and control measures would be an advantage although is not essential.
- Experience working with IT content management systems or a demonstrated ability to quickly obtain the required level of proficiency.