General Manager, Office of The Student Identifier Registrar

SES Band 1
- Adelaide, SA

**About the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations**
We are committed to empowering futures, ensuring rights and enriching lives. We support people to have safe, secure and well-paid work with the skills for a sustainable future as we ourselves strive to be a model employer.

We provide the framework for fair and productive relationships between employers and employees. We also oversee skills development and training initiatives to support those entering the workforce or re-training to take advantage of emerging employment opportunities.

With us your work directly contributes to shaping the employment landscape. Whether you're engaging in policy development, program implementation, or direct support services, your efforts will have a tangible impact on job seekers, employees and the economy by giving them a framework to build a future anchored and realised through employment.

**Please note, this opportunity is for Ongoing Department of Employment and Workplace Relations/APS employees only.**

**Please discuss the possibility of release with your manager before applying.**

**The Role**
Reporting to the First Assistant Secretary (FAS), Policy, Pathways and Inclusion Division (PPID), the General Manager, Office of the Student Identifiers Registrar (OSIR), is a newly established role that will be responsible for managing the staff that assist the Student Identifiers Registrar (Registrar). These staff are employed under the Public Service Act 1999 (PS Act) and are provided by the Secretary of the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (DEWR) per section 45 of the Student Identifiers Act 2014. The GM, OSIR, will be responsible for supporting day-to-day operations of staff so they can assist the Registrar to fulfil the Registrar’s statutory functions but also to support staff to fulfil their own obligations under the PS Act and the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013.

**Skills and Capabilities**
We are seeking an individual with the following skills and capabilities:

- Leadership and change management skills, including ability to create a shared vision and empower people to deliver in times of transition and uncertainty.
- Highly developed understanding of Australian Government processes, policies and governance (including governing legislation).
- Strong communication and stakeholder engagement experience.
- Flexibility and resilience.
- Have a commitment to service delivery, continuous improvement, quality standards and cost-effectiveness.

**The Opportunity**
This position is available to Ongoing Department of Employment and Workplace Relations and/or APS employees as a temporary transfer at level and/or a temporary performance (Acting) opportunity for a period of 12 months.

**Eligibility**

**How to Apply**
Applicants are required to provide up to a One & a Half Page summary (no more than 750 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.

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