Aps4-6 Administration

APS Level 4; APS Level 5; APS Level 6
- Canberra, ACT; Melbourne, VIC; Perth, WA; Adelaide, SA; Hobart, TAS; Brisbane, QLD; Darwin, NT; Sydney, NSW
- $75,996 - $103,731

**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 Skills and Training Group is responsible for administering programs and policies on behalf of the Australian Government to help people develop the skills they need to gain employment and build their careers. We also work with stakeholders to build strong sustainable skills and training systems to allow Australians to skill and reskill in response to changing technology and workforce needs.

We are seeking motivated and high performing individuals to fill various data specialist roles at the APS4-6 levels in the following divisions in the Skills and Training Group:

- Apprenticeships and Foundation Skills Division
- Careers and International Skills Division
- Industry Engagement and Quality Division
- Strategic Policy and Projects Division
- VET Data, Loans and Compliance Division
- National Skills Agreement Taskforce

**Duties and Responsibilities**
The key duties of the APS4 position include:

- Drafting documents appropriate for a range of audiences, including briefings, minutes, correspondence and reports with high complexity and to a high standard and within agreed timeframes.
- Coordinate responses to requests for information.
- Provide secretariat support to committees or working groups as required.

In addition, the APS 5 role duties include:

- Communicating to a wide variety of stakeholders processes and providing advice to support the delivery of outcomes.

In addition, the APS6 role duties include:

- Supervising staff.
- Understanding the wider organisation goals and priorities and integrate into secretariat and other administrative processes.
- Liaise with Senior Executives to achieve mutually beneficial outcomes through the delivery of high-quality administrative tasks.

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

- upload a Curriculum Vitae
- provide contact details for 2 Referees.

**Eligibility**

**Citizenship** - to be eligible for employment with the Department, you must be an Australian Citizen or, in limited circumstances, in the process of obtaining it.

**Affirmative Measure - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Employment**
These positions are only open to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. This is consistent with Section 26 of the Australian Public Service Commissioner’s Directions 2016. The filling of this employment opportunity constitutes a special measure under subsection 8(1) of the
- Racial Discrimination Act 1975._

Confirmation of Heritage

A confirmation must stipulate that a person:

- is of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander descent; and
- identifies as an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander person; and
- is accepted as such by the community in which they live, or formerly lived.

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

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