Program Officer Entry Level Programs

APS Level 5
- Canberra, ACT.
- $90,580 - $96,839

**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 Department of Employment and Workplace Relations/APS employees only.**

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

**The Role**
Reporting to the Assistant Director, the Program Officer supports the ongoing management of the department’s entry programs including (but not limited to) the Australian Government Graduate Development Program and the Australian Government Apprenticeship Program, a whole-of-government program administered by the department.
The Program Officer is responsible for supporting the program leads in delivering the entry programs, including:

- Coordinating the attraction, recruitment and selection, learning and development, and evaluation for the department’s entry programs.
- Administering the entry programs, including but not limited to:

- offers and onboarding
- relocation assistance
- facilitating induction
- overseeing program placements
- training facilitation
- event management (orientation, in-house training, networking events, completion ceremonies)
- budget management
- procurement and contract management
- Engaging with, and providing advice and support to, entry participants and their supervisors, including addressing or escalating concerns or issues as appropriate.
- Drafting correspondence, guidance materials and reports as required for recruitment and entry program activities.

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

- Human Resources experience
- Strong stakeholder engagement skills and experience
- Experience in program and/or contract management preferred
- Exceptional time management and organisational skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Proactive focus on positive client/participant experience and outcomes.
- High level of cultural competency and ability to engage sensitively with diverse groups across all work activities.
- The ability to work collaboratively with other APS agencies to achieve whole-of-Government objectives.
- The ability to positively contribute to team culture and direction.

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

**Eligibility**

**How to Apply**
Applicants are required to provide up to a one & a half page summary (no more than 750 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.

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