Aps Level 5

**Job Reference Number **22-PHDIV-14431

**Classification **APS Level 5

**Job Title **Departmental Officer

**Division **Population Health Division

**Branch **Preventive Health Policy Branch

**Section **Food Regulation and Governance Section

**Location **Woden, ACT

**Status **Ongoing

**Employment type **Full-time

**Salary Range **$79,002 - $85,437

**Security Clearance **Baseline (Protected, Highly Protected, Restricted, Confidential)***

**Contact Officer Name**:Emma Black
**Phone**:02 6289 1421

**Eligibility**
- To be eligible for employment with the Department of Health and Aged Care

applicants must be an Australian citizen at the time an offer of employment is made
- An applicant’s suitability for employment with Health will also be assessed through a

variety of pre-employment check processes, such as:

- Satisfactory completion of an Australian Federal Police criminal history check,

and where relevant a Working with Children and Vulnerable People Check.
- Completion of a medical declaration and pre-employment medical (where

required).
- Providing evidence of qualifications.

**Division Responsibilities**

Population Health Division's mission is to improve the health and well-being of all

Australians through evidence-based promotion of healthy lifestyles and good nutrition;
immunisation programs; tobacco control measures; prevention and treatment of blood

borne viruses and sexually transmissible infections; policies to support appropriate and

effective regulation of gene technology; and the implementation of strategies to reduce

illegal drug use, legal drug misuse and harmful levels of alcohol consumption.

**Branch Responsibilities**

Preventive Health Policy Branch leads the development and implementation of national

policies and program initiatives, including the National Preventive Health Strategy, to

promote healthy living and good nutrition, encourage Australians to adopt better eating

habits and active healthy lifestyles and to address the broader determinants of health and

health inequities. The Branch is responsible for providing advice, developing new policy and

building the evidence base on population health issues including in the key areas of

preventive health and nutrition.

**Section Responsibilities**

The Food Regulation and Governance Section is responsible for the governance and

committee support of the Australia New Zealand Food Regulation System. In addition, the

Section provides advice to the Australian Government on reforms to legislation as well as

national and international agreements which underpin food regulation in Australia.***

**Key Responsibilities**

Provide high-level secretariat services, including but not limited to:

- Taking and preparing minutes from high-level, complex multi-jurisdictional meetings.
- Provide specialist administrative advice, services and support.
- Contribute to the planning and implementation of administrative policies.
- Prepare briefs, manuals, correspondence, reports and guidelines.
- Build and sustain productive working relationships with internal and external clients,

service providers and stakeholders.
- Draft and QA website updates.***

**Key Capabilities**
- Sound judgement and organisational skills and proven ability to take responsibility

for work, prioritising tasks and producing quality outputs to meet tight deadlines.
- High-level writing skills, including proof reading and editing, with good attention to

detail.
- Ability to work in a team-based environment, as well as under limited direction and

the ability to be adaptable and responsive.
- Well-developed communication skills and an ability to develop and maintain

relationships with internal and external stakeholders in a complex environment.
- Ability to show initiative, be proactive, innovative and inclusive.***

**Desirable Experience**

Prior secretariat experience is preferred but not essential.

the real potential to develop, the required skills, knowledge, experience and qualifications

to perform the role. These requirements are based on the information provided to you as

part of the job advertisement, in line with the APS Work Level Standards.

Applicants are required to provide a statement of claims framed around the key duties and

key capabilities. **Your statement of claims should be no more than one page in total with a**

**font no smaller than size 10. Applications that do not meet these requirements may not**

**be considered.**

**Work Environment Description**

Responsibilities - As detailed in Section 28 of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 while at
work, a worker must:

- Take reasonable care for his or her own health and safety
- Take reasonable care that his or her acts or omissions do not adversely affect the

health and safety of other persons
- Comply, so far as the worker is reasonably able, with any reasonable instruction that

is given by the person conducting the business or undertaking to allow the person to
comply