Aps5 - Project Officer, Office For The Arts

**Contact Officer**:
**Closing Date**:
**11.59pm AEDT, Wednesday 15 January 2025**

**Our Department Values**:
Our values set the direction for what it means to work in our department. They inform the standard and expectations of behaviours, skills and capabilities and the attributes we currently have, will continually work to achieve and develop, and that we use to acknowledge and attract, retain and recruit into our department.

**The opportunity we have available**:
The section also provides governance support to two National Collecting Institutions - the National Library of Australia (NLA) and the National Film and Sound Archive (NFSA). As part of this, the section also contributes to the oversight and assessment of Community Heritage Grants which are administered by the NLA.

**What will you do?**

You will be required to perform duties in accordance with the APS Values and Code of Conduct. The workload is dynamic and interesting and will involve:

- Providing secretariat support to the National Cultural Heritage Committee, including drafting minutes and papers, assisting with committee and expert examiner remuneration, recruitment, travel and reporting.
- Undertaking research and responding to internal and external information requests, including gathering and analysing data, collating information, preparing reports, managing SmartyGrants processes and preparing ministerial briefs and other correspondence
- Performing other tasks as required, including administrative support in relation to the protection of foreign cultural material, assisting with governance support of National Cultural Institutions, and/or supporting the implementation and delivery of policies and programs announced in Revive.

**Who are we looking for?**

Communications - well-developed written and oral communication skills, analytical and research skills, and the ability to draft informative, accurate, timely briefs, reports and correspondence for a range of audiences
Stakeholders - experience in internal and external stakeholder management, managing relationships across a range of stakeholders

Flexibility - a flexible approach to problem solving, working with a level of independence under limited supervision
Teams and customers - exhibit behaviours that contribute to teamwork and focus on customer service (including with the general public).

Experience administering grants programs and working with regulatory frameworks is not essential but would be an advantage.

**RecruitAbility minimum requirements**:
Minimum requirements for this role include:

- Communicate effectively both written and verbal, delivering information in a variety of formats for a range of audiences.
- Collaborate across diverse teams, using your exceptional interpersonal and engagement skills to engage with Senior Executives and a wide variety of stakeholders, valuing different perspectives, contributions and backgrounds.
- Think strategically, evaluating complex information from a variety of sources to make connections and prepare sound advice by exercising good judgement.

RecruitAbility is a scheme which aims to attract and develop applicants with disability and also facilitate cultural changes in selection panels and agency recruitment.
Job applicants with disability who met the requirements are advanced to the next stage of the selection process:

- Opt into the scheme
- Declare they have a disability, and
- Meet the minimum requirements of a vacancy advertised in the scheme

More information can be found at RecruitAbility scheme: A guide for applicants | Australian Public Service Commission

What else can we offer?

Influence the Australian Government's delivery of arts policy:

- Gain an in-depth insight into the Australian Government's high-profile new arts and cultural policy agenda
- Contribute to work that champions diversity, access and inclusion in the Australian arts environment
- Build your understanding of how the Department interacts with other departments, agencies and key stakeholders
- Enhance your communication skills by developing clear and persuasive content across a range of Australian Public Service materials and mediums

Working in the Department you will also have:

- Networking opportunities across the department and wider APS
- Capability development opportunities focused on your individual career goals
- Mentoring and access to the department's Professional Coaching Scheme
- Flexible working arrangements where appropriate, including part time hours, home based work, job sharing and remote working (by negotiation).

**Eligibility requirements**

**How to apply***:
Applications for this opportunity close at **11.59pm AEDT, Wednesday 15 January 2025.**

**Timeline and assessment**:
A selection panel will be established to assess your suitability against the advertised role.
If a merit pool is established it will be valid for 18 months from date it first appeared in the APS Gazette.
- Applications open**:6 January 2025**:

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