Assistant Director, Wa State Office

Executive Level 1
- Perth, WA
- $120,636 - $133,328

**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 are 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.

It is our ambition to do things differently, to create the ‘department of great jobs’- where our people reflect our purpose.

**The Role**
Reporting to the Director, the Assistant Director is responsible for leading and managing a flexible delivery team involved in the delivery of the government’s employment and skills agenda, with a focus on appropriate place-based responses.

The role involves leading a team of staff to monitor and manage contract performance, represent the Department and engage with external stakeholders including employers, state government agencies, local councils, non?government organisations and contracted employment providers, to collaboratively advance the department's business activities.

The Assistant Director plays a vital role in intelligence gathering regarding the labour market, skills opportunities and future initiatives across Western Australian employment regions and utilising this intelligence will have the opportunity to influence policy development.

**Duties and Responsibilities**
Responsibilities of the EL1 level may include:

- Collaborating as a member of the state executive team to create a shared sense of purpose and direction within the division and branch.
- Managing Commonwealth services contracts judiciously. Providing an oversight role for all elements of contract management including relationship management, compliance, assurance, performance, quality and contract administration (either directly or through leadership of responsible staff).
- Working closely with a variety of internal and external stakeholders to contribute to effective local employment and skills service delivery, and program management initiatives and opportunities. This may include co-design of programs and initiatives.
- Develop a strong understanding of the Western Australia employment regions and provide briefings and advice to the Director and State Manager regarding challenges and opportunities within the regions. This may include travel to regional areas.
- Modelling behaviours that demonstrate leadership, resilience, energy, persistence and drive, as well as a “one-division” culture.

**Qualifications and Education**
- Current drivers’ license preferred
- Ability to obtain or maintain a Baseline Security Clearance
- An understanding (or the ability to acquire) of contemporary labour market challenges will be favourably regarded

**How to Apply**
Applicants are required to provide a 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**

**Don’t meet all the role requirements?**

**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.