Aps Level 5

**Job Reference Number **22-SDDIV-15521

**Classification **APS Level 5

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

**Division **Service Delivery Division

**Branch **VIC/TAS Branch

**Section **VIC/ TAS Aged Care and Health Program Section

**Location **Hobart & Launceston, TAS, Melbourne, VIC

**Status **Ongoing & Non-ongoing

**Employment type **Full-time

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

**Contact Officer Name**:Ian Roberts
**Phone**:03 6221 1503

**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 Service Delivery Division (SDD) incorporates staff in all State and Territory offices and is

responsible for local implementation of a range of Australian Government health and aged

care programs. SDD has a key role in supporting the delivery of programs and services, while

managing relationships and partnerships with key internal and external stakeholders. The

Division contributes to policy and program development, review and evaluation of health

and aged care programs.

From July 2021, the Division has been involved in implementing Australian Government

responses to the Aged Care Royal Commission. This includes implementing a stewardship

role to support the sector at the local level. Stewardship of the aged care system is about

understanding the whole system. Engaging with senior Australians and supporting aged care

providers to make the changes needed to ensure they provide the highest quality of aged

care, and drive improvements in local delivery of aged care services.

**Branch Responsibilities**

The State and Territory offices are responsible for local implementation of a range of

Australian Government health and aged care programs. Each State Office has a key role in

delivering programs and services, while managing relationships and partnerships with key

internal and external stakeholders. State and Territory offices have been leading the rollout

of local Department of Health and Aged Care regional teams to support governance of aged

care at the local level from 2021.

The Victorian and Tasmanian State offices work collaboratively with the other state and

territory offices as well as policy, program, regulatory and corporate areas of the

Department to deliver strong outcomes in the following areas:

- Implementation of reforms in aged care working in collaboration with the sector.
- Providing local leadership of the aged care sector, within the broader stewardship

role of the Department.
- Emergency and COVID -19 case management response.

**Key Responsibilities**

We are looking for high-performing individuals with experience and capabilities to deliver

outcomes in support of aged care reforms and regional stewardship measures.

that has multiple functions across a range of aged care and health programs.

Key responsibilities include:

- Contribute to the shared purpose and priorities of a team that has multiple functions

across a range of health and aged care program areas.
- Contribute to the local implementation of a range of Commonwealth funded health

and aged care programs.
- Develop and maintain relationships and liaise with key internal and external

stakeholders and undertake community engagement activities (including occasional

face-to-face meetings that may require intrastate travel).
- Support relevant staff to represent the Department at engagement activities.
- Respond to stakeholder enquiries resulting from engagement.
- Identify, report and mitigate issues of concern or heightened risk, escalate if

required and maintain risk management activities.
- Undertake other administrative and program management processes as required.***

**Key Capabilities**
- Support strategic direction - understand and support aged care and health reform

agendas.
- Support productive working relationships - build and maintain working relationships

with a range of internal and external stakeholders.
- Sound judgement and critical thinking skills - analyse information to identify

problems, including via data.
- Achieves results - commit to action by progressing work and managing priorities

often under tight timeframes, manage up and display resilience.
- Maintain a positive and flexible manner to change and uncertainty, encouraging

cooperation in coping with change.
- Personal drive and integrity - work with limited supervision and as part of a team.
- Communication skills - very good written an