Worker Retention Payment Team Lead

3 days ago

Canberra, ACT, Australia Australian Government Full time $125,220 - $138,394 per year
  • Executive Level 1
  • Canberra, ACT
  • $125,220 - $138,394

About the Department of Education

We contribute to Australia's economic prosperity and social wellbeing by creating opportunities and driving better outcomes through access to quality education and learning.

The Role

The Department of Education is seeking a motivated and experienced EL1 officer to lead the delivery of the Worker Retention Payment (WRP), a key initiative supporting wage increases for the Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) workforce.

As the WRP Team Lead, you will report to the Director and manage a small, high-performing team in a dynamic policy and operational data environment. You will be responsible for maintaining and enhancing the WRP calculator, ensuring it reflects current policy settings and supports accurate and timely payments.

Duties and Responsibilities

In this role, your responsibilities will include the following:

  • Overseeing the maintenance and enhancement of the WRP calculator, ensuring accuracy and responsiveness to policy changes.
  • Analysing monthly and annual financial data to identify trends, risks, and variances to budget, providing insights to inform program direction.
  • Preparing and reviewing payment calculations for the WRP, ensuring accuracy and compliance.
  • Developing and maintaining self-service reporting tools and bespoke data products to support program and policy decision-making.
  • Producing high-quality briefs, reports and minutes for senior executives and stakeholders.
  • Ensuring adherence to relevant program policies, legislation, Accountable Authority Instructions, delegations, and departmental policies.
  • Fostering a collaborative, inclusive team culture focused on capability development, knowledge sharing, and continuous improvement.
  • Building and sustaining effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders, as well as representing the department in external forums and working groups.

Qualifications and Education

Demonstrated ability in SAS and/or R data analysis software (mandatory).

How to Apply

To apply for this position, please submit your application in our online recruitment system. You will need to:

  • Provide a summary (no more than 500 words) that outlines your 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.
  • Upload your Resume
  • Provide contact details for 2 Referees.

The APS work level standards are structured to clearly differentiate between the work expected (i.e. responsibilities and duties) at each classification level. We encourage you to review these when writing your application.

Eligibility

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.

Security Clearance - our successful candidate is required to hold, or have the ability to obtain, and maintain a Baseline security clearance.

Please refer to the Job Information Pack for more information about the role.

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