Aps Level 5

**Job Reference Number **22-PCPDIV-16141

**Classification **APS Level 5

**Job Title **APS Level 5 - Communication Officer

**Division **People Comm and Parliamentary Division

**Branch **New Ways of Working Branch

**Section **Program Strategy and Design Section

**Location **Woden, ACT

**Status **Ongoing & Non-ongoing

**Employment type **Full-time & Part-time

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

**Security Clearance **Baseline***

**Contact Officer Name**:Paula Paul

**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 People, Communication and Parliamentary Division (PCPD) plays an essential enabling

role in the department by:

- Strengthening workforce through planning, recruitment, and mobility, strengthening

leadership, and expanding learning and development, including improving talent

management
- Ensuring a capable, contemporary department that is consistent in how we deliver

effectively on the Australian Government's agenda and meet organisational needs
- Providing professional communication advice, strategies, and services to support the

department to deliver on the Government’s commitment to improve health of all

Australians.

**Branch Responsibilities**

The New Ways of Working (NWOW) Branch are a dedicated team within the Department of

Health and Aged Care Corporate Operations Group. Our role is to support the Department’s

transition to new ways of working - adopting more modern, digital, and collaborative

approaches that support individuals and teams to do their best work.

The NWOW Program includes:

- New modern, inclusive office spaces that promote flexibility, collaboration, and the

ability to choose how we work
- A greater variety of workspaces across our office environments
- A shift to unallocated workstations and an increase in meeting and collaboration

spaces
- Improved technology to support the work of our staff, and provide improved

mobility and flexibility in where and how we work
- Changes in our workplace culture and behaviours to support our staff to do their

best work

Providing the right mix of modern workspaces, digital tools and dedicated change

management support, NWOW is tailored to the actual needs of staff so teams can

effectively interact and do their best work.

The NWOW program is one of the top four Department priorities to support our

department to deliver on our organisational vision, values and goals. The NWOW Branch will

be delivering the NWOW program across all Department of Health and Aged Care offices.

**Section Responsibilities**

The Program Strategy and Design Section is responsible for developing, delivering and
evaluating strategic communication and engagement with staff to support the success of
the New Ways of Working program. This includes communication activities with all

Department of Health and Aged Care staff. The Section is also responsible for overall
program management and governance, and overall program design and evaluation.

**Key Responsibilities**

The Communication Officer will be responsible for the delivery and co-ordination of the

Program's communication products which will underpin the program being able to achieve

its intended benefits. They will work as part of a multidisciplinary team with a

communication manager, program manager and co-design and evaluation specialists.

Having a solutions-based approach and a positive attitude towards change are fundamental

to the role.***

The services provided by the NWOW Communication Officer include, but are not limited to:

- Providing support to raise the program’s profile across the department via a

communication campaign
- Providing support for staff messaging including drafting a variety of corporate

messages, presentations and communication products
- Authoring content for the online NWOW SharePoint Community Hub
- Working with NWOW team members and participants in an agile, flexible way,

aiming for continuous improvement and demonstrating collaboration
- Assisting with the communication aspects of the NWOW Stakeholder Engagement

and Communication Plan for one of the New Ways of Working sites as required
- Building and maintaining strong stakeholder relationships
- Evaluating the impact of communication products and initiatives to assess how best

to connect with NWOW participants so they understand how to move towards, and

embed, new ways of working
- Contributing to team perfor