Assistant Directors

Location: Canberra, ACT or Sydney, NSW

Application Closing Date**:Sunday 4 May 2025 at 11:30pm AEST**

**Classification**

Executive Level 1 ($126,342 - $143,993)

**Employment Type**

Ongoing & Non-ongoing (for a period of up to 12 months)

Where a non-ongoing specified term is offered, this would be for an initial period of up to 12 months, with possibility of extension up to a maximum period of two years.

A non-ongoing offer may result in conversion to an ongoing offer of employment, however this must occur within 18 months from the opening date of this advertisement.

**Flexible Work**

At PM&C we recognise the broad benefits of offering flexibility in how, when and where work is performed. We consider flexibility first from a starting position of ‘how can we make this work?’ and consider individual circumstances and operational requirements in making genuine attempts to establish mutually beneficial arrangements. Please reach out to the contact officer if you would like to explore what flexibility might look like for you, such as part time work, variable start and finish times or working from home.

**Who we are**

The Net Zero Economy Authority (the Authority) is established by the Net Zero Economy Act 2024 as a statutory agency. Its mission is to empower the regions, workers and communities most affected by Australia’s transition to a net zero emissions economy to anticipate and respond to the risks and opportunities of the transition. The authority is presently establishing itself as a separate entity, including off-boarding from the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (PM&C). The authority is expected to transition in 2025 to being a separate entity from PM&C, at which time, all employees will transfer under Machinery of Government (MoG) changes to the authority.

The Board and Parliamentary Section is part of the Policy and Coordination Branch. The Section is responsible for supporting the authority’s Board and providing Parliamentary and Cabinet functions to the authority.

The team is responsible for:

- end-to-end coordination of meetings of the authority’s Board including planning, logistics and the development of agendas, papers and meeting outcomes to ensure timely and high quality delivery of meetings - minimum 6 per year, and any Stakeholder panel meetings.
- developing protocols and guidance relating to the functions of the Board and Stakeholder Panel. This includes management of Chair engagements and responses.
- Parliamentary Document Management System (PDMS) - maintaining templates, processes including liaising with the Board and Ministerial officers, and general assistance across the authority; logging correspondence, allocating items for completion, ensuring timeframes for responses are met, and reporting.
- Parliamentary and Cabinet functions including, managing Senate Estimates briefing, Questions on Notice and Cabinet submission process through the relevant systems.

**What you will do**

We have a number of Assistant Director (specifically Secretariat and Parliamentary/Cabinet Officer) positions at the Executive Level 1 classifications. Assistant Directors will be expected to work under limited direction with accountability for outcomes that are relevant to their specific role, and may be required to manage a small number of team members. Assistant Directors will be encouraged to take a leadership role within the broader Division and across the authority, helping to support and motivate others, engage with the Executive, represent the authority and the Commonwealth and work independently with key stakeholders.

In addition to the general responsibilities and duties outlined in the Work Level Standards for the Executive Level 1 level, key responsibilities and priorities include (but are not limited to):

- overseeing and leading the organisation of the Board meetings of the authority
- managing the coordination and the preparation of meetings papers and briefs, including preparing meeting packs, managing budgets and meeting reporting requirements
- collating and following-up of information from meetings and tracking of high volume activity to ensure actions are tracked and deadlines and are met
- establishing and maintaining relationships through effective communication, collaboration, negotiation and issues management to engage members and work areas within the authority
- providing supervision and support for team members building team capacity, project feedback and encouraging career development
- demonstrating the ability to develop objectives for tasks and contribute to strategic planning and longer term initiatives
- leading the authority’s parliamentary function by coordinating Senate Estimates briefing material, Questions on Notice and Question Time Briefs,
- managing input to the Chair’s engagement opportunities and drafting responses on the Chair’s behalf
- ensuring the Chair is supported in his role both internally and externally including briefing and logist