Executive Level 1

**Job Reference Number **22-FMDIV-14937

**Classification **Executive Level 1

**Job Title **Assistant Director (Several Positions)

**Division **Financial Management Division

**Branch **Corporate and Financial Services Branch

**Section **Several

**Location **Woden, ACT Hobart, TAS Perth, WA Brisbane, QLD

**Status **Ongoing & Non-ongoing

**Employment type **Full-time

**Salary Range **$108,680 - $123,951

**Desirable Qualifications **While not mandatory, the following qualifications are desirable
for various roles: Project Management, Agile, Business Analysis,
Accounting, Human Resources, Commerce, Finance

**Contact Officer Name**:Peter Stibbard
**Phone**:02 6289 7617

**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 and Aged Care 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**

Part of the Corporate Operations Group, Financial Management Division provides support to

Health and Aged Care through a range of financial and budget management services and

advice, property and asset management, and other corporate services, including shared

services for Health and Aged Care portfolio agencies.

**Branch Responsibilities**

Corporate and Financial Services Branch has operational responsibility for providing cost
- effective corporate services, including payroll, travel and expense management, the call and

information centre, procurement services and advice, and business improvement projects.

Many of these services are provided to Portfolio Agencies in conjunction with other

departments and private sector suppliers.

**Section Responsibilities**

**Financial Services Section**:
The Section provides services to the Department and Portfolio Agencies, including expense

management (travel and credit cards), accounts payable and accounts receivable.

**Procurement Advisory Services Section**:
The Section establishes and maintains the Department’s procurement framework,

undertaking governance and support to ensure procurement activities undertaken across

the Department comply.

**Contact Centre Section**:
The Contact Centre section partners with program, policy, and corporate business areas to

answer community, health provider and employee enquiries about Health and Aged Care

policy, programs, and services through the Contact Centre. Every year more than 400,000

voice of Health and Aged Care to the community.

**Shared Services Relationships Section**:
Health and Aged Care’s Shared Services Relationships Team supports the delivery of the

department’s shared services to portfolio agencies. Through client engagement, the team

provides advice and support to these portfolio agencies. The team coordinates billing to the

portfolio agencies and, also undertakes performance reporting for the department and the

portfolio agencies. The team supports the shared service’s assurance framework, which in

turn supports the portfolio agencies meet their applicable obligations.

**Payroll Services** **Section**:
The Section provides quality end-to-end payroll services to the Department and Portfolio

Agencies.

**GovERP Preparation** **Section**:
The Section is driving and delivering the Health and Aged Care Portfolio’s strategic

requirements for the Government’s shared services agenda, including the adoption of

GovERP, which represents significant change and risk across dimensions of people,

organisation, process, information and technology***

**Key Responsibilities**

General capabilities across Corporate and Financial Services Branch Sections

As members of the Branch senior leadership group, Assistant Directors must demonstrate

capability to:

- deliver timely and accurate corporate services for the relevant Section
- identify key stakeholders and develop strategies for managing and supporting them

through change
- have or build knowledge of relevant legislative, financial and administrative

frameworks that impact the services delivered
- identify and implement processes to improve/automate capabilities that can be

replicated across the branch, including financial reporting.
- identify risks and appropriate management strategies, and monitor controls to

ensure risks are mitigated
- develop and implement team strategic direction
- convey technical/financial information in a clear concise manner to a range of

stakeholders
- build and maintain effective stakeholder relationships with clients accessing the

Section’s services, including portfolio agencies in line with