Assistant Director, Tasmania State Office

[Executive Level 1]
- Hobart, Tasmania
- [EL1: $112,617 - $124,466]

**About the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations**

We enable access to quality skills, training and employment services to support Australians find secure work in fair, productive and safe workplaces - supporting individuals and our nation to prosper.

**The Role**

The EL1 Assistant Director Employment Programs is responsible for leading a team to support delivery of DEWR programs in Tasmania. The team has responsibility for contract management and stakeholder engagement activities across a number of skills and employment programs. You and your team will monitor program and provider performance, manage contracts, resolve issues, and drive place-based projects to achieve outcomes for individuals and business.

**Duties and responsibilities**
- Work with contracted providers in Tasmania to deliver quality employment and related services in line with program and contract expectations and guidelines.
- Collate, interpret, and synthesise information from a range of sources to provide accurate and relevant insights into and advice on the operation of employment programs and provider performance against program and contract requirements.
- Provide regular feedback to program owners and senior staff within the department on local intelligence, and program outcomes within the context of the Tasmanian labour market.
- Manage communication and cultivate productive relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including employment services providers, local, state and commonwealth public officers, employers, and other relevant parties.

**Skills and Capabilities**

Workforce Australia Provider Support Division Tasmania is seeking resourceful, proactive and motivated leaders who can demonstrate:

- The ability to cultivate positive, collaborative working relationships with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders.
- People and change management skills, including the ability to develop team capabilities to meet current and future business needs.
- Proven analytical skills supporting an ability to provide accurate, evidence-based advice to shape strategic thinking.
- Highly developed written and verbal communication skills, including representational skills and the ability to provide clear and accurate advice to internal and external stakeholders.
- Initiative, flexibility, and commitment and capacity to solve problems and achieve results including in a changing environment.
- Understanding of labour market issues in Tasmania, or the ability to acquire this.

**The Opportunity**

This position is available to Ongoing Department of Education; Department of Employment and Workplace Relations and APS employees as a temporary transfer at level opportunity for a period of 10 months with a possibility of extension.

**Qualifications and Education**
- Previous experience with Australian Government program or contract management **(desirable).**

**Eligibility**

**How to Apply**

Applicants are required to provide up to a one-page summary (no more than 500 words) that outlines skills, knowledge, and experience and why you should be considered for this vacancy. You should take into consideration the position overview (including any detailed position specific requirements) when drafting your response. Where possible include specific relevant examples of your work.

The APS work level standards accommodate the diversity of roles across the APS and are structured to clearly differentiate between the work expected (i.e. responsibilities and duties) at each classification level.

In eRecruit (the department’s online recruitment system) you will also need to:

- **upload a Curriculum Vitae.**:

- **provide contact details for 2 Referees.**

**Please refer to the Job Information Pack for more information about the role.**

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