Assistant Director

14 hours ago

Townsville, Queensland, Australia Department of Agriculture, Fisheries & Forestry Full time $80,000 - $120,000 per year

The Jobs

The role of an Assistant Director is to provide leadership to support the achievement of regulatory outcomes in line with the department's business plan and BOD strategic direction. The successful applicants will need to influence change, while contributing to business planning and decision-making processes. Depending upon the role, duties may include all or some of the following:

  • Engaging and collaborating with internal and external stakeholders to identify opportunities, achieve outcomes and facilitate cooperation.
  • Effectively managing competing priorities including delivering on complex project outcomes.
  • Developing, reviewing and managing well-researched policy and providing complex policy advice.
  • Preparing reports, briefing papers, executive updates, decision minutes, Ministerial correspondence and discussion papers
  • Monitoring the effectiveness of controls and policy settings including data analysis and the interpretation of results.
  • Leading working groups to collaborate on projects and policy settings.
  • Providing secretariat support where required.
  • Undertaking program enabling tasks such as monitoring and providing input into budgets, expenditure tracking, invoice payments and contract management.
  • Leading teams delivering regulatory services within geographically dispersed locations.
  • Building the capability of teams through coaching, performance feedback, conflict resolution and career development.
  • Promoting the APS Values and APS Employment Principles as well as compliance with the APS Code of Conduct.

Please note that this recruitment process will initially be used to fill two ongoing vacancies in the division. One vacancy is in Traveller Operations and Policy Branch and this role may be able to be performed from any of the locations listed on the Job Description. The second vacancy is in Goods & Conveyance Policy Branch and may be able to be performed from Canberra, Melbourne, Adelaide, Sydney, Brisbane or Perth. The merit pool established through this selection process, which is valid for a period of eighteen months from the date the vacancy was advertised in the Public Service Gazette, may be used to fill future ongoing and non-ongoing vacancies in the division where the duties are of a similar nature.

What we are looking for

Knowledge and experience

The successful applicants will have:

  • experience in evidence-based policy development, project management or data analysis and interpretation
  • experience in leading, managing and supporting staff to work collaboratively in a challenging, complex and fast paced environment
  • strong knowledge of regulatory decision-making frameworks and the application of legislation
  • proven experience in a regulatory environment, collaborating with government bodies and engaging with external stakeholders
  • experience in implementing change and managing ambiguity in the workplace
  • experience in the effective coaching and mentoring of staff
  • strong writing skills with experience producing briefings, minutes, ministerial responses, policy and technical documents for senior executives.

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