El1 Assistant Director

20 hours ago

Canberra, Australia Department of Veterans' Affairs Full time

Salary Range: $118,220 -$129,820 + Attractive Superannuation

The Assistant Director Program, Policy and Strategic Communication leads a small service delivery team that provides information about and manages the establishment of official commemorations for eligible Australian veterans, and our nation’s war dead, including those commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC). They will lead staff to anticipate the requirements and meet the commemorative needs of veterans, their families and a diverse stakeholder group, and to manage the provision of commemorative markers across more than 2,330 cemeteries and commemorative sites within federal, state and territory managed legislation.

**Duties**

In accordance with the principles of workplace diversity, Work Health and Safety, participative work practices, APS values and APS Employment Principles and within the standards for positions at this level:

- Support the Director War Graves and the broader leadership team by enabling accountable business practices achieved through excellent and engaged leadership.
- Manage the interpretation and review of existing policies and design and implement new policies to achieve the outcomes of the program of official commemoration including the elements delivered by Australia as a member nation of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
- Support the Director War Graves to manage strategic communications and issue management for the OAWG. Experience with FOI preparation is critical.
- Research and interpret policy (and its development), provide oral and written briefings, papers and submissions to Minister, senior departmental officers and the Director War Graves, on matters relevant to the work of OAWG.
- Supervise, mentor and guide staff, and build capability within the team.
- Develop and maintain productive working relationships with other areas of the Department, Government and industry stakeholders.
- Demonstrate capability in line with the ILS at the EL1 level.
- Other duties as required.
- Travel (intrastate, interstate and international) may be required independently or as part of a team.

**Eligibility**
- Knowledge of state and territory legislation as it applied to the cemeteries and crematorium industry would be beneficial
- Applicants must be an Australian citizen to apply.

**Notes**

This recruitment process is being used to fill ongoing position.

A merit pool of suitable applicants may be created which may be used to fill future ongoing and non-ongoing vacancies should they become available over the next 18 months.

DVA is committed to improving the data skills and capability of our workforce to underpin our goal of becoming a leading data-driven organisation.

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