Aps Level 6

**Job Reference Number **22-HERDIV-14458

**Classification **APS Level 6

**Job Title **Policy Officer

**Division **Health Economics and Research Division

**Branch **Health and Medical Research Office Branch

**Section **Patients and Infrastructure Section

**Location **Woden, ACT

**Status **Ongoing

**Employment type **Full-time

**Salary Range **$88,439 - $99,772

**Contact Officer Name**:Ruth Webster
**Phone**:0412 002 129

**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 Health and Economics Research Division (HERD) is responsible for ensuring the health

evaluation, innovation, and use of data to develop and implement integrated, evidence
- based health policies.

A key priority for the Division is the implementation of the Medical Research and Future

Fund 10 year investment plan and Biomedical Translation Fund. The Division continues to

develop the Department's strategic economic outlook across Australia's health system and

providing specialised modelling, reliable forward estimates and costings for all major

Commonwealth health and aged care programs. The Division is also responsible for

strengthening the Department's evidence based approach and enhancing our ability to

understand and analyse data collected of the complex and data rich system we oversee.

**Branch Responsibilities**

The Health and Medical Research Office (HMRO) has policy responsibility for

Commonwealth health and medical research initiatives to improve patient care, improve

the efficiency and effectiveness of the health system, and boost economic growth. This

includes the implementation and operation of the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF),

the Biomedical Translation Fund and input into whole-of-Government initiatives to

stimulate science and innovation and resulting research translation and commercialisation

to improve health and drive economic growth.

The Branch monitors developments, discoveries and new technologies emerging from

health and medical research and collaborates across government portfolios, including with

the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC), Department of Industry,

Science, Energy and Resources, AusIndusty, Department of Education, and stakeholders to

promote knowledge exchange and translation and evidence-based policy development.

**Section Responsibilities
The Patients and Infrastructure Section:

- has policy responsibility for a number of MRFF funding initiatives including Clinical

Trials Activity, National Critical Research Infrastructure, Research Data

Infrastructure, Primary Health Care Research, Rapid Applied Research Translation

(RART), Global Health
- works closely with key internal and external stakeholders to develop and guide the

implementation of new grant opportunities under the above initiatives;
- monitors progress of and manages risk associated with existing grants under the

above initiatives;
- contributes to cross-branch policy development to support the MRFF; and
- contributes to continuous improvement of MRFF funding strategies.

**Key Responsibilities
- assisting in grant design, implementation and post-award management of Medical

Research Future Fund grants;
- assisting in the development and presentation of policy/program advice to the

executive and Minister(s);
- managing relationships with internal and external clients and stakeholders,

promoting and supporting strategic alliances, including through connecting and

collaborating across the department and broader APS;
- undertaking the preparation of both complex and routine correspondence;
- assisting in consultations with, and providing expert advice to, internal and external

clients on policy and program issues;
- supporting committee governance activities, including oversight of follow up actions;
- attending meetings, negotiations, and other forums to discuss program/policy

issues;
- demonstrating leadership within the team contributing to team performance,

productivity and accountability for outcomes;
- reporting to the supervisor/team leader and contributing to team corporate

management, planning, implementation and reporting processes; including

contributing to Branch/Division operations and the development of people

capability.

**Key Capabilities
- Demonstrated ability to deliver high quality outputs in a fast-moving work

environment, with rapidly changing priorities
- Analytical, problem solving, and w