El1 Executive Officer

5 days ago


Canberra, Australia Department of Veterans' Affairs Full time

Salary Range:$114,777 - $126,039 + Attractive Superannuation
- Contact Officer; Katherine O'Keefe on 02 6289 6557

The Executive Officer is able to demonstrate strong leadership and organisational change management abilities, sound judgement, flexibility to effectively operate in a variable, multi-task environment, high-quality written and verbal communication skills and a high degree of responsiveness to urgent requests.

The Executive Officer will work directly to the First Assistant Secretary to support the effective operation of the Division and is required to work closely with Secretary, Deputy Secretary, members of the Executive and Senior Leadership Group and departmental staff to generate, coordinate and prioritise competing tasks with limited timeframes. The Executive Officer requires an ability to think strategically, develop productive working relationships across the Divisions, the Department and with external stakeholders, have a client focussed approach, high attention to detail and an ability to operate in a fast-paced environment.

**Duties**
- Provide high level executive support to the First Assistant Secretary to ensure divisional deliverables an input are provided on time, to a high quality and with the required engagement and work area input.
- Coordinate the executive deliverables of the branch through engagement with Assistant Secretaries in the division and other business areas, including working closely and productively with other Executive Officers and Executive Assistants
- Preparation of briefing material to support the First Assistant Secretary and other members of the Executive as required, including talking points, presentations, briefing papers and ministerial correspondence.
- Manage the review and workflow of briefing material and other submissions through Microsoft Outlook and PDMS.
- Occupants may be required to hold and maintain an NV1 security clearance to access the departments secure network system (fortress and Cabnet) as well as handling other protected information.
- Coordinate the division’s input to key departmental deliverables including but not limited to budget, financial reporting, workforce management, annual report, corporate and business plans, internal audit, risk management and security management
- Undertaken secretariat or other record taking activities including the recording and tracking of action items for the division
- Undertake other work activities, and develop and implement work processes as required.

**Eligibility**
- Applicants must be an Australian citizen to apply.

**Notes**

A merit pool will be established that may be used to fill similar positions (ongoing and non-ongoing) within the next 18 months.

DVA is committed to improving the data skills and capability of our workforce to underpin our goal of becoming a leading data-driven organisation.

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