Import Support Officer

5 days ago


Canberra, Australia Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Full time

APS 4 - $72,002 - $78,386 per annum plus superannuation
- Biosecurity Animal Division
- Canberra, ACT

**Who we are**

**The Job**
The role involves the following responsibilities:

- Providing advice to importers, operational staff within the department, other stakeholders and government agencies on management of biosecurity risks.
- Supporting import permit, import condition and enquiry workflows by working in partnership with, and escalating matters to the import programs.
- Providing assistance and support to team leaders and supervisors in monitoring operations and service delivery.
- Optimising the Biosecurity Import Conditions database (BICON) functionality by championing its use, preparing changes to BICON, mentoring and training others in its use, responding to content or user enquires and referring system or content matters to the Service Desk or the BICON Content team respectively.

Please note that this recruitment process will be used to fill several ongoing vacancies. The merit pool established through this selection process, which is valid for a period of 18 months from the date the vacancy was advertised in the Public Service Gazette, may be used to fill future vacancies where the duties are of a similar nature.

**What we are looking for**
**Knowledge and experience**
Knowledge or previous experience in any of the following would be advantageous:

- Providing responsive customer services.
- Experience in fast-paced operational and regulatory environment.
- Experience assisting clients to understand complex policies and procedures.
- An understanding of the legal framework for importing goods to Australia and associated matters (such as the collection of fees-for-service).
- An understanding of Australia's biosecurity system and its importance.



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