Capability Advisor, Aps Level 6, People Branch

**Job no**: 511981

**Employment type**: Non-Ongoing - Specified Term, Ongoing

**Location**: Canberra

**Categories**: APS Level 6, Human Resources (HR) and People

**About the department**:
The department plays a key role in the Australian Government's agenda to create jobs and build a stronger, more resilient and competitive economy. Our work builds on Australia's existing strengths, supports businesses to grow, and drives new opportunities for long-term productivity growth and prosperity. The success of the department helps Australia recover from the economic consequences of COVID-19 and adapt to its ongoing effects. Through our work, we support the government's economic recovery plan and help to deliver a better future for all Australians.

**About the team**:
The Capability and Workforce Planning team deliver a range of functions related to learning and development, performance management and workforce planning to ensure a high level of performance within the Department and preparedness to meet future demands and needs.

Members of the team are responsible for:

- strategically defining capability and performance frameworks
- developing, maintaining and advising on related policies
- identifying and coordinating the delivery of high quality, impactful opportunities for training
- measuring capability across the organisation and determining existing or new programs to address identified gaps

The team sets a high level of resourcefulness, knowledge, and professionalism in their overall goal of maximising performance and capability.

**What's in it for you?**

The Capability Advisor role works closely with various business areas which will help further strengthen your stakeholder engagement skills. Working in a high performing HR team also will provide you with exposure to work across several HR areas that will complement your skill set.

Working at DISR can also lead to an exciting journey and career in a highly complex and integrated environment as the department supports both established and growing industries including space, resources and science for the benefit of all Australians.

The key areas of knowledge, skill and ability for this position are:

- the ability to lead, mentor and develop others to build an effective, positive, and collaborative team
- effective problem solving and critical thinking skills to exercise sound judgment in consideration of immediate and long-term issues
- effective analytical skills in gathering and investigating information at the broader departmental level to identify critical gaps and potential solutions
- an ability to respond in a positive and flexible manner to change and uncertainty, demonstrating an openness to new information and viewpoints
- highly developed written and oral communication skills, providing information in a clear, concise, and articulate manner
- the ability to build and nurture relationships based on trust and credibility with internal and external stakeholders

**What you will do**:
The Capability Advisor will deliver high quality learning and development project(s) within DISR, including practical implementation of and reporting on capability building initiatives. The Capability Advisor acts as an enabler delivering on strategic capability requirements of a diverse department.

Key responsibilities include:

- managing the delivery of capability-building programs, including developing plans and documents for communications, promotion, learning resources, and program evaluations
- identifying opportunities for strategic capability development across the department, spanning the employment life cycle through longer term project initiatives and program delivery
- maintaining strong stakeholder engagement skills, including excellent interpersonal and communication (oral and written) skills, with an ability to prepare high quality written materials, and maintain, influence, and grow productive working relationships at all levels.
- collaborating with the workforce planning team to identify and respond to strategic capability gaps and succession planning initiatives via the joint development of effective interventions
- providing expertise in the analysis, design, development, implementation and evaluation of learning and development initiatives
- liaising with external training service providers, from procurement through to delivery, to ensure training offerings align with the needs of the department
- keeping up to date with APS-wide strategies regarding capability and talent to ensure the department consistently meet service-wide expectations
- mentoring and developing less experienced team members in the implementation of learning and development initiatives

**Eligibility**:
**Notes**:
Certificate IV in Training and Assessment (or equivalent) is highly desirable.

Experience in eLearning authoring tools is also highly desirable but not mandatory.

A merit pool may be established and used to fill future vacancies within 18 month