Aps Level 5

**Job Reference Number **22-PCDIV-14137

**Classification **APS Level 5

**Job Title **Project and Policy Officers (Multiple Positions)

**Division **Primary Care Division

**Branch **Primary Health and Palliative Care Branch

**Section **Several

**Location **Woden, ACT

**Status **Ongoing & Non-ongoing

**Employment type **Full-time

**Salary Range **$79,002 - $85,437

**Security Clearance **Baseline (Protected, Highly Protected, Restricted, Confidential)***

**Contact Officer Name**:Rachel Williamson
**Phone**:02 6289 2536

**Eligibility**
- To be eligible for employment with the Department of Health and Aged Care

applicants must be an Australian citizen at the time an offer of employment is made
- An applicant’s suitability for employment with Health will also be assessed through a

variety of pre-employment check processes, such as:

- Satisfactory completion of an Australian Federal Police criminal history check,

and where relevant a Working with Children and Vulnerable People Check.
- Completion of a medical declaration and pre-employment medical (where

required).
- Providing evidence of qualifications.

**Division Responsibilities**

The Primary Care Division leads and delivers policy reform and programs to support

equitable access to quality, coordinated and culturally appropriate primary health care

services. Primary Care operates at the centre of the health system to improve the health

and wellbeing of all Australians across the life course.

**Branch Responsibilities**

The Primary Health and Palliative Care Branch has four sections which are responsible for

the delivery of innovative projects designed to meet the emerging needs of the primary care

sector. The Branch fosters a culture of inclusiveness, collaboration and high performance,

where individuals are encouraged at all levels to lead in their area of responsibility. The span

of work is diverse, covering maternity policy and reform, stillbirth and preterm birth

prevention activities, national leadership of palliative care, pilots to test new approaches to

areas such as domestic and family violence, wounds management and patient navigation, as

well as after-hours policy and the management of Healthdirect Australia. We work in

partnership with external stakeholders, across the department, with other agencies, and

with state and territory governments to achieve outcomes.

**Section Responsibilities**

**The Primary Care Governance and Implementation Section** has responsibility for national

maternity policy, including implementing a significant program of work to reduce

preventable stillbirths under the National Stillbirth Action and Implementation Plan and to

reduce the preterm birth rate nationally.

**The Primary Health Care Policy Section** is responsible for delivering policy and programs to

improve the health and wellbeing of all Australians across the life course. The Section

manages a range of innovative pilots which look to provide strong evidence bases for

delivery of policy recommendations to the Government within primary care.

**The After Hours and Healthdirect Section** is responsible for after-hours policy and the

Primary Health Network After Hours Program. The Section is also responsible for

Healthdirect Australia.

**Key Responsibilities**

Four APS 5 positions will be engaged across three Sections in the Primary Health and

Palliative Care Branch and will variously:

- Assist in developing advice in relation to stillbirth prevention, maternal policy and

guideline development, including undertaking research and analysis to support new

policy, program evaluation and performance reporting;
- Assist with the implementation and management of funding agreements to support

health system navigation for victims-survivors of family, domestic and sexual violence;
- Provide policy advice and guidance on Healthdirect services and provide secretariat

support for the Healthdirect Commonwealth Shareholder Committee representative;
- Contribute to program and policy implementation, including grant and contract

management activities (e.g. managing funding arrangements), program evaluation, and

reporting on project milestones;
- Provide secretariat and coordination duties, including organising meetings and drafting

agenda papers and briefs;
- Assist in the preparation of high-quality correspondence, including briefings, minutes

and reports ranging in complexity;
- Develop and maintain relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including

government stakeholders;
- Keep accurate and comprehensive records, including project documentation;
- Assist in undertaking and managing financial, grant and procurement processes (seeking

quotes, processing invoices, reconciling finances);
- Analyse, interpret and evaluate information/data from a broad range of sources; and
- Other duties in line with the APS 5 work level standard as directed.

**Key Capabilities**
- Sound judgement and organisational skills and