Assistant Directors, Human Resources

3 days ago


Canberra, Australia Australian Government Full time

Ongoing / Non-Ongoing
- Salary: $119 142 to $144 964 plus 15.4% superannuation
- Canberra, ACT

**Employment Opportunity**
The Attorney-General's Department is seeking to create a merit pool to fill current and future Assistant Director vacancies within the Human Resources (HR) Branch.

The HR Branch provides expert and strategic advice in developing the departments human resource management policies and strategies. The branch is responsible for workforce capability and planning, learning and development, employee conditions, performance management, health and wellbeing, diversity strategies, remuneration policy, recruitment and employment programs, HR Assist, employee conduct and review of actions.

Our Assistant Directors support their relevant Directors in shaping and leading the department's broad ranging HR functions.

**How you can help us make a difference**

To be successful in the role, you will need:

- excellent communication skills, with the ability to build effective partnerships, engage stakeholders identify innovative solutions and drive implementation
- a proven ability to lead and motivate a diverse team to achieve outcomes, influence processes and build capability
- demonstrated leadership capability and people management skills with the ability to set clear direction, think strategically, and manage competing priorities
- excellent ability in translating and presenting technical information into plain English for a variety of audiences
- demonstrated experience engaging with and/or advising on complex industrial relation matters and employment policy

Merit Pools:
A merit list or pool may be created as part of this selection process and be used to fill similar vacancies anywhere in Canberra, ACT.

Flexible work arrangements will be considered and supported where possible. These include:

- Job Share
- Hybrid Work
- Remote Work
- Compressed Hours
- Bandwidth Modification



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