Aps5 - Technical Assessment Officer, Vehicle Safety

**Contact Officer**:
**Closing Date**:
**11.59pm AEDT, Friday 8 November 2024**

**Our Department Values**

Our values set the direction for what it means to work in our department. They inform the standard and expectations of behaviours, skills and capabilities and the attributes we currently have, will continually work to achieve and develop, and that we use to acknowledge and attract, retain and recruit into our department.

**The opportunity we have available**

The Road & Vehicle Safety Division aims to improve road safety and reduce road trauma for all Australians. The division has four main functions: setting the policy direction for road safety through the National Road Safety Strategy 2021-30 and National Road Safety Action Plan 2023-25; delivering targeted road safety programs; developing and maintaining the Road Vehicle Standards Act 2018 (RVSA) and other legislative instruments and vehicle standards; and regulating the first provision of vehicles in the Australian market including vehicle certification, imports, enforcement and vehicle recalls.

The Vehicle Safety Operations Branch administers the RVSA and the Road Vehicle Standards Rules 2019 (together the RVS legislation), which sets vehicle standards for all new vehicles entering the Australian market and regulates the supply of used vehicles to the market, establishes a Register of Approved Vehicles (RAV) and establishes a framework for recalling unsafe road vehicles and approved road vehicle components.

**What will you do?**

Key duties include:

- Application assessment under the RVS legislation by leveraging technical expertise and knowledge of legislative framework requirements
- Development of vehicle safety policy, procedures and standards
- Providing technical input and advice to other sections within the branch
- Contributing to risk-based assurance or review activities, such as audits
- Analysis and assessment of information from assurance or review activities and drafting recommendations for decision makers
- Liaison with industry and government agencies, including state and territory regulators, other Australian Government agencies and ANCAP
- Developing written reports, publications, briefings, correspondence.

**Who are we looking for?**:
To be successful in this role, you will need to demonstrate your ability to:

- identify your experience in the automotive, or similar engineering-based industries
- use evidence to develop policies and strategies
- work with regulation or administrative law
- excellent written and oral communication skills
- engage with stakeholders
- identify highly-developed interpersonal skills, and your ability to work both in and across teams fostering a culture of teamwork, integrity and respect
- manage time and use planning skills to enable you to work on multiple tasks and resilience to work under time-pressure to meet deadlines.

This recruitment process may be used to establish a merit pool to fill future vacancies throughout the department.

**RecruitAbility minimum requirements**:
Minimum requirements for this role include:

- Proven leadership skills and the ability to effectively coordinate work ensuring high quality and timely outcomes.
- Excellent written and interpersonal communication skills, including strong attention to detail.
- Ability to provide timely and concise advice to inform and support executive decision making.
- Ability to establish and maintain key strategic relationships with a broad range of stakeholders

RecruitAbility is a scheme which aims to attract and develop applicants with disability and also facilitate cultural changes in selection panels and agency recruitment.

Job applicants with disability who met the requirements are advanced to the next stage of the selection process:

- Opt into the scheme
- Declare they have a disability, and
- Meet the minimum requirements of a vacancy advertised in the scheme

More information can be found at RecruitAbility scheme: A guide for applicants | Australian Public Service Commission (apsc.gov.au).

**What else can we offer?**

**Eligibility requirements**:
**How to apply**:
Applications for this opportunity close at **11.59pm AEDT, Friday 8 November 2024.**

**Timeline and assessment**

A selection panel will be established to assess your suitability against the advertised role.
If a merit pool is established it will be valid for 18 months from date it first appeared in the APS Gazette.

Applications open**:18 October 2024**
Applications close**:8 November 2024**
Application shortlisting**:11-14 November 2024**
Further assessments**:20-22 November 2024**
Selection report finalised**:29 November 2024**
Offers and announcements**:2 December 2024**

The above is indicative only, please reach out to the contact person if you have any questions on the recruitment process or timeframes.