Assistant Director

3 days ago

Brisbane, Australia Department of Employment and Workplace Relations Full time

Executive Level 1
- Brisbane, QLD; Canberra, ACT; Darwin, NT; Hobart, TAS; Melbourne, VIC; Perth, WA; Sydney, NSW.
- $115,996 - $128,200

**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.

**Please note, this opportunity is for Ongoing APS employees only.**

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

**The Role**
Workplace Exploitation Branch has several positions available for varying lengths of time. Reporting to the Director, the Assistant Director is responsible for supporting the development of a range of complex policy reform to combat worker exploitation, including through enhancing the Fair Work Act compliance and enforcement framework. This will include developing new policy proposals, developing and introducing legislation, and briefing to support the Government’s workplace relations agenda. You will also engage closely with key stakeholders such as the Fair Work Commission, the Fair Work Ombudsman, Attorney-General’s Department, Home Affairs, the federal courts, employer groups, unions, civil society and academia. The Branch brings a human rights and access to justice lens to bear on the challenges faced by the most vulnerable workers in the community, including how to prevent, detect and remediate exploitative conduct, and addressing the barriers to workers seeking help.

**Skills and Capabilities**

Desired skills include:

- Strong analytical skills and the ability to contribute to policy development
- Demonstrated policy experience, and the ability to understand complex problems and develop policy solutions
- Highly motivated with demonstrated strong leadership and management skills
- Ability to clearly explain complex concepts, ideas and arguments to a range of audiences
- Strong interpersonal skills, including good judgement and resilience, and
- An understanding of the workplace relations system, or an ability to quickly acquire this.

**The Opportunity**
This position is available to Ongoing APS employees as a temporary transfer at level or a temporary performance (Acting) opportunity for a period of 6 months.

**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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