Aps Level 4

**Job Reference Number **22-FMDIV-14959

**Classification **APS Level 4

**Job Title **Payroll Officer (Several Positions)

**Division **Portfolio Investment Division

**Branch **Corporate and Financial Services Branch

**Section **Payroll Section

**Location **Canberra, ACT Sydney, NSW Brisbane, QLD

**Status **Ongoing & Non-ongoing

**Employment type **Full-time

**Salary Range **$73,706 - $77,879

**Contact Officer Name**:Alex Brown

**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**

As part of the Chief Operating Officer (COO) Group, Portfolio Investment Division (PID)

provides support to Health through a range of financial and budget management services

and advice, property and asset management, and other corporate services, including shared

services for the health portfolio.

**Branch Responsibilities**

The Corporate and Financial Services Branch has operational responsibility for providing

cost-effective corporate services including payroll, invoice processing, the call and

information centre, key corporate contract management and portfolio wide committee and

board appointments advice. Many of these services are provided to clients across the health

portfolio in conjunction with other departments and private sector suppliers.

**Section Responsibilities**

The Payroll Section provides the Department and portfolio agencies with timely and

accurate payroll, travel and financial processing services. The team works closely with both

the People and Finance Branches to ensure that services are delivered in accordance with

relevant policies and guidelines.***

**Key Responsibilities**

The occupant of this position undertakes work associated with the administration and

interpretation of conditions of service matters and entitlements for a range of employees

including processing of pay and entitlements variations.

The occupant is responsible for the following:

- Process payroll variations using SAP for clients from multiple agencies.***
- Provide advice and respond to employee enquiries relating to entitlements and

conditions of service.
- Identify and assist in the development of improved procedures in the work area.
- Assist with User Acceptance Testing relating to user enhancements and updates.***

**Key Capabilities**

guidelines relating to APS employment across multiple agencies.
- Demonstrated ability to work as part of a team in the delivery of quality payroll

services.
- Demonstrated organisational ability, including the ability to work as part of a team,

prioritise work and manage time effectively to meet deadlines.
- Well-developed communication and liaison skills.
- Critical thinking and the ability to think rationally and thoughtfully under pressure
- Well-developed problem-solving skills and the ability to adapt to change.
- Well-developed Customer service skills.
- Personal qualities of tact, discretion, and sound judgement; and
- A sound working knowledge of SAP and Microsoft Office is desirable.

**Minimum Requirements**

RecruitAbility is a scheme which aims to attract and develop applicants with disability and

also facilitate cultural changes in selection panels and agency recruitment. All vacancies for

the Department of Health and Aged Care are advertised under the RecruitAbility Scheme.

Job applicants with disability who:

- opt into the scheme
- declare they have disability, and
- meet the minimum requirements of a vacancy advertised under the scheme

are advanced to a further stage in the selection process.
More information on RecruitAbility can be found here: RecruitAbility scheme: A guide for
applicants

**Minimum requirements for this role include**:
guidelines relating to APS employment.
- Demonstrated ability to work as part of a team in the delivery of quality payroll

services.
- Demonstrated organisational ability, including the ability to prioritise work and

manage time effectively to meet deadlines.
- Personal qualities of tact, discretion, and sound judgement; and
- Well-developed communication and liaison skills.

the real potential to develop, the required skills, knowledge, experience and qualifications

to perform the role. These requirements are based on the information provided to you as

part of the job advertisement, in line with the APS Work Level Standards.

Applicants are required to provide a statement of claims framed around the key duties and

key capabilities. **Your s