Assistant Director

Executive Level 1
- Canberra, ACT
- $120,636 - $133,328

**About the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations**
We are committed to empowering futures, ensuring rights and enriching lives. We support people to have safe, secure and well-paid work with the skills for a sustainable future as we ourselves strive to be a model employer.

We provide the framework for fair and productive relationships between employers and employees. We also oversee skills development and training initiatives to support those entering the workforce or re-training to take advantage of emerging employment opportunities.

With us your work directly contributes to shaping the employment landscape. Whether you're engaging in policy development, program implementation, or direct support services, your efforts will have a tangible impact on job seekers, employees and the economy by giving them a framework to build a future anchored and realised through employment.

**Please note, this opportunity is for Ongoing APS employees only.**

**Please discuss the possibility of release with your manager before applying.**

**The Role**
Apprenticeship Services Policy and Reform lead policy development for Commonwealth Programs for Australian Apprentices including incentives and support services. The team is also responsible for the Australian Apprenticeship Support Loans Amendment Bill 2024 (the Bill), which will amend the Australian Apprenticeship Support Loans Act 2014.

The Bill is currently under development and will provide primary legislation for the Australian Apprenticeships Incentives System (Incentive System). The legislative amendments support administration of the Incentive System by facilitating automated payments, authority for spending, strengthened compliance and enabling data sharing arrangements between the Commonwealth and state and territory bodies.

Reporting to the Co-Directors, the Assistant Director is responsible for leading the progression of the Bill, including reviewing existing provisions and drafting instructions, developing new drafting instructions in relation to Automated Decision Making provisions, and leading further consultation with other Government agencies as well as internal and external stakeholders.

**Skills and Capabilities**
We are seeking one individual with the following skills and capabilities:

- Experience developing legal drafting instructions for legislative amendments and instruments
- Experience developing the suite of documents required for Bill introduction including Explanatory memorandum, Legislation Approval Process brief, Second Reading Speech etc.
- Ability to clearly explain legal concepts, provisions and advice to a range of audiences verbally and in writing.
- Ability to work autonomously and project manage tasks through to completion, while also working collaboratively with other areas when required.
- Strong interpersonal skills, including good judgement.
- The ability to manage competing priorities and deliver work with excellent attention to detail.

**The Opportunity**
This position is available to Ongoing APS employees as a temporary transfer at level and/or a temporary performance (Acting) opportunity for a period of 12 months.

**Qualifications and Education**
Only include essential qualifications, otherwise delete this section.**

**Eligibility**

**How to Apply**
Applicants are required to provide up to a one-page summary (no more than 500 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 eRecruit (the department’s online recruitment system) you will also need to:

- upload a Curriculum Vitae
- provide contact details for 2 Referees.