Aps4 - Finance and Program Support Officer, Vehicle

**Contact Officer**:
**Closing Date**:
**11.59pm AEDT, Wednesday 11 December 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;
- development and maintenance of the Road Vehicle Standards Act 2018 (RVSA) and other legislative instruments and vehicle standards;
- delivering targeted road safety programs; and
- regulating the first provision of vehicles in the Australian market including vehicle certification, imports, enforcement and vehicle recalls.

The Vehicle Safety Policy and Partnerships (VSPP) Branch is responsible for supporting the regulatory framework introduced by the Road Vehicle Standards Act 2018 (RVSA) and its subsidiary legislation. The RVSA ensures that vehicles provided to the Australian market will meet the safety, theft and environmental impact standards as specified by the Australian Design Rules. The responsibilities of the branch include:

- supporting the sustainment of industry and department operations under the regulatory framework;
- ensuring the alignment of the department’s procedures, guidelines, and systems with the intent of the RVSA;
- leading the engagement with industry, jurisdictions and stakeholders to ensure vehicles in Australia meet standards on safety, theft and environmental impact; and
- ensuring the Australian Design Standards are updated to cover advances in technology and consumer expectations.

The RVSA transition team is responsible for the department’s IT system, ROVER (Road Vehicle Regulator), which integrates all activities and approvals under the RVSA legislation. It also provides ongoing technical support to both internal and external users of the system, conducting regular industry stakeholder meetings and identifying areas of improvement for the system.

**What will you do?**:
You will perform a range of finance and program support tasks to assist the team as it prepares to transition into BAU. You will help to:

- establish and embed processes, practices and tools to support transition;
- perform financial reconciliations, refunds and audits, and;
- support the team with data management, program tracking and reporting requirements.

**Who are we looking for?**:

- experience working with the financial management system SAP is highly desirable but not mandatory;
- an understanding of, or the capacity to quickly develop an understanding of the Australian Government procurement policy and financial management guidelines and reporting requirements;
- sound analytical skills for financial reporting and the ability to handle complex reconciliations;
- proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel;
- experience in records management, including use of Records Workspace, is highly desirable but not mandatory;
- strong attention to detail and the ability to handle program support processes;
- ability to manage multiple tasks and support team members in a fast-paced environment;
- excellent communication skills to liaise with internal and external stakeholders.

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

- Communicate effectively both written and verbal, delivering information in a variety of formats for a range of audiences.
- Collaborate across diverse teams, using your exceptional interpersonal and engagement skills to engage with Senior Executives and a wide variety of stakeholders, valuing different perspectives, contributions and backgrounds.
- Think strategically, evaluating complex information from a variety of sources to make connections and prepare sound advice by exercising good judgement.

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?**:
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