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Federal Court of Australia
Cyber Security Operations Engineer
Job type: Full-time, Ongoing
Location: Adelaide, SA; Brisbane, QLD; Canberra, ACT; Melbourne, VIC; Perth, WA; Sydney, NSW
Salary: $90,199 to $101,022
Classification: APS Level 6
Position number: 0137-02-25
Security clearance: Negative Vetting 1
Applications close: Friday, 21 March
Agency website: https://www.fedcourt.gov.au
Duties: The role is expected to provide support and technical expertise on a range of cyber security capabilities and development work, including:
- Optimising the performance of current cyber security tools and processes.
- Supporting cyber security monitoring and management capabilities.
- Assisting with the planning and implementation of cyber security projects and other initiatives.
- Identifying current and emerging security issues, including trends, vulnerabilities and threats.
- Monitoring and triaging alerts generated by court systems.
- Investigating and resolving cyber security-related events and incidents.
- Monitoring the court’s cyber security protective capabilities to detect, prevent or respond to security issues or incidents.
- Under broad direction, making appropriate upgrades/changes to the court’s cyber security systems.
- Developing and maintaining technical documentation on the design, implementation and configuration of the court’s cyber security capabilities.
- Being involved with and able to develop, implement and communicate project and other plans as required.
Position contact: Callam Falconer
Telephone: (02) 6113 9358.
Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority
Director Engagement & Communications
Job type: Full-time; Part-time, Ongoing; Non-ongoing
Location: Armidale, NSW; Canberra, ACT
Salary: $149,030 to $172,450
Classification: Executive Level 2
Position number: 11177
Applications close: Sunday, 23 March
Agency website: https://apvma.gov.au
The role: Key duties include:
- Provide high-quality communication products including, but not limited to, media releases, news items, website content, the APVMA Gazette, talking points, and media responses.
- Provide secretariat support and implementation of the APVMA’s stakeholder engagement model, including delivery of formal discussion forums and working groups across agricultural and veterinary (agvet) chemical stakeholders.
- Develop and deliver strategic policies that facilitate effective communications through multiple products and channels with stakeholders.
Position contact: Kilifoti Eteuati
Telephone: (02) 6770 2470.
Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (DEWR)
Senior Government Lawyer
Job type: Full-time, Ongoing; Non-ongoing
Location: Adelaide, SA; Brisbane, QLD; Canberra, ACT; Darwin, NT; Hobart, TAS; Melbourne, VIC; Perth, WA; Sydney, NSW
Salary: $125,220 to $153,394
Position number: 25/0233
Security clearance: Baseline
Applications close: Sunday, 23 March
Agency website: https://dewr.nga.net.au/cp
The role: The Workplace Relations Legal Division is led by the Chief Counsel. The division is responsible for:
- Providing legal advice on a range of workplace relations and safety matters.
- Preparing instructions for the drafting of legislation and related material.
- Preparing Commonwealth submissions for court and tribunal hearings (often in conjunction with counsel and external solicitors).
- Undertaking legal and policy research and analysis of workplace relations issues, including monitoring legislative developments and decisions of courts and tribunals.
Position contact: Owen Virtue
Telephone: (03) 9954 2831.
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
Senior Botanist
Job type: Full-time, Ongoing; Non-ongoing
Location: Cairns, QLD; Darwin, NT
Salary: $91,944 to $104,393
Classification: APS Level 6
Position number: 2025/434
Security clearance: Baseline
Applications close: Sunday, 23 March
Agency website: https://www.agriculture.gov.au
The role: Key duties include:
- We are looking for an enthusiastic and skilled Senior Botanist with demonstrated field experience and botanical skills to join the Northern Australia Quarantine Strategy (NAQS) team in either Cairns or Darwin.
- The successful applicant will contribute to surveillance delivered by the NAQS plant health team in Queensland or the NT and WA. They will work closely with other federal, state/territory government staff, Biosecurity Engagement Officers and Indigenous rangers to deliver an integrated biosecurity surveillance program across northern Australia.
- There may be opportunities for offshore surveillance in near-neighbour countries.
Please note that this non-ongoing position is set for an initial period of 18 months, after which it may become ongoing/permanent. If the role becomes ongoing/permanent, it will be readvertised for competitive selection, with the successful applicant offered ongoing employment.
Position contact: Dr Mason Campbell
Email: [email protected]
Comcare
Legal Adviser
Job type: Full-time; Part-time, Ongoing; Non-ongoing
Location: Melbourne, VIC
Salary: $96,325 to $113,624
Classification: APS Level 6
Position number: 01918
Security clearance: Baseline
Applications close: Sunday, 23 March
Agency website: https://www.comcare.gov.au
The role: Primary responsibilities:
- Manage a varied caseload of complex legal and strategic matters regarding work health and safety law according to required standards, and provide legal advice and support to investigations and prosecutions under the WHS Act, including:
- Delivery of high-quality, timely, client-focused legal and strategic advice and support
- Working collaboratively with client areas and other stakeholders to manage issues and risk for Comcare
- Ensuring work complies with internal and external policies, procedures and guidelines
- Contributing to delivery of training, guidance and process improvements to support the Legal Group and client areas to achieve business priorities.
- Develop and maintain internal and external relationships that manage risk for Comcare, fostering teamwork and collaboration across the organisation, problem solving and conflict resolution.
- Demonstrate strong verbal and written legal communication skills.
- Develop and support implementation of business improvements, strategies, frameworks, policies, procedures and guidance, draft reports and/or briefs, update Legal Group reporting documents, contribute to business planning, and formulate recommendations on legal and policy issues.
- Participate in corporate learning and development activities and continue to develop legal professional knowledge, skills and expertise.
- Promote workplace safety, equity and diversity and environment practices in the workplace.
Contact: [email protected]
Telephone: 1300 366 979.
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
Policy/Senior Administration Officer
Job type: Full-time, Ongoing
Location: Canberra, ACT
Salary: $91,944 to $104,393
Classification: APS Level 6
Position number: 2025/676
Applications close: Sunday, 23 March
Agency website: https://www.agriculture.gov.au
The job: Working across the branch, the duties of the role include, but are not limited to:
- Managing branch budgets and working closely with the leadership team to ensure that the budgets reflect the division and branch business plans and remain within the budget allocation.
- Identifying business areas that require assistance with annual planning, budget preparation, forecasts and regular progress reporting, ensuring appropriate support is provided.
- Supporting the development and application of high-level financial management acumen and capability by building positive and strong relationships with corporate office executive and senior management teams.
- Engaging with the corporate finance and human resource teams on divisional finance, procurement and human resource requirements.
- Working with senior leadership to align resources to operational delivery and management of strategic risks.
- Developing financial strategies and managing business improvement projects.
Position contact: Allison Jones
Telephone: 0433 643 857.
Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (DEWR)
Government Lawyer (APS 6)
Job type: Full-time, Ongoing; Non-ongoing
Location: Adelaide, SA; Brisbane, QLD; Canberra, ACT; Darwin, NT; Hobart, TAS; Melbourne, VIC; Perth, WA; Sydney, NSW
Salary: $101,833 to $111,979
Classification: APS Level 6
Position number: 25/0216
Security clearance: Baseline
Applications close: Sunday, 23 March
Agency website: https://dewr.nga.net.au/cp
The role: The Workplace Relations Legal Division is led by the Chief Counsel. The division is responsible for:
- Providing legal advice on a range of workplace relations and safety matters.
- Preparing instructions for the drafting of legislation and related material.
- Preparing Commonwealth submissions for court and tribunal hearings (often in conjunction with counsel and external solicitors).
- Undertaking legal and policy research and analysis of workplace relations issues, including monitoring legislative developments and decisions of courts and tribunals.
Position contact: Owen Virtue
Telephone: (03) 9954 2831.
National Indigenous Australians Agency
Senior Investigator, Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations (ORIC)
Job type: Full-time, Ongoing; Non-ongoing
Location: Brisbane, QLD
Salary: $126,342 to $143,993
Classification: Executive Level 1
Position number: NIAA/2025/024
Security clearance: Baseline
Applications close: Sunday, 23 March
Agency website: https://www.niaa.gov.au
The role: Our ideal candidate will be expected to have the following:
- Extensive experience investigating criminal and/or civil breaches of the law.
- Comprehensive work knowledge of legislation including, but not limited to, Commonwealth/state and territory legislation such as the Evidence Act, Crimes Act and Criminal Code.
- The ability to quickly develop their knowledge and understanding of the Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006
- Excellent writing skills and the ability to pay close attention to detail to prepare high-quality briefs of evidence and documents for both criminal and civil proceedings.
- Sound working knowledge of the PGPA Act 2013 and the Commonwealth Procurement Rules.
You will understand the issues affecting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and be able to communicate sensitively and effectively with those peoples and a wide variety of individuals in a range of contexts.
You must be a high performer who is motivated to work effectively individually and as part of a team.
You must be willing and available to travel to remote, rural and urban centres.
You must have a minimum of a Certificate IV and/or Diploma in Investigations. In addition, a degree in forensic accounting/accounting or law is desirable.
Position contact: Janette Adam
Telephone: (02) 6150 6295.
Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (DEWR)
Government Lawyers (APS 5)
Job type: Full-time, Ongoing; Non-ongoing
Location: Adelaide, SA; Brisbane, QLD; Canberra, ACT; Darwin, NT; Hobart, TAS; Melbourne, VIC; Perth, WA; Sydney, NSW
Classification: APS Level 5
Position number: 25/0218
Security clearance: Baseline
Applications close: Sunday, 23 March
Agency website: https://dewr.nga.net.au/cp
The role: The Workplace Relations Legal Division is led by the Chief Counsel. The division is responsible for:
- Providing legal advice on a range of workplace relations and safety matters.
- Preparing instructions for the drafting of legislation and related material.
- Preparing Commonwealth submissions for court and tribunal hearings (often in conjunction with counsel and external solicitors).
Position contact: Owen Virtue
Telephone: (03) 9954 2831.
Department of Defence
Principal Trial Safety Adviser
Job type: Full-time, Ongoing
Location: Edinburgh, SA
Salary: $120,303 to $135,701
Classification: Executive Level 1
Position number: DSTG/01622/25
Security clearance: Negative Vetting 1
Applications close: Sunday, 23 March
Agency website: https://www.defence.gov.au
The role: Defence Science and Technology Group (DSTG) is seeking an experienced Trials/Test and Evaluation professional with work health and safety knowledge and a passion for safety to fulfil the role of Principal Trials Safety Adviser within the Trials Authority team based at DSTG Edinburgh.
As the DSTG Principal Trial Safety Lead, you will have a unique hands-on role in supporting complex trials, which will include assisting with planning, helping to understand complex compliance/conformance obligations and assisting in the development of control strategies. As a technical lead, you will provide mentoring and support for appointed Trial Safety Officers. This will include oversight for suitable training and development of these functions into the future.
As the DSTG Principal Trial Safety Adviser, you will be the primary lead for all field trial safety-related guidance and support to research staff. This will include leading the development and streamlining of processes that enhance trials safety, ensuring processes are designed to support research trials activities and outcomes. This will include ensuring alignment with the Defence and DSTG Work Health and Safety Management Systems (WHSMS) requirements.
Position contact: Steve Connor
Telephone: (08) 7375 3288.
Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions
SES Temporary Employment Register
Job type: Full-time, Ongoing; Non-ongoing
Location: Adelaide, SA; Brisbane, QLD; Cairns, QLD; Canberra, ACT; Darwin, NT; Hobart, TAS; Melbourne, VIC; Perth, WA; Sydney, NSW; Townsville, QLD
Classification: Senior Executive Service Band 3
Position number: 25_05
Security clearance: As required
Applications close: Monday, 24 March
Agency website: https://www.cdpp.gov.au
The role: In addition to achieving the specific outcomes of their role, CDPP SES employees are expected to demonstrate behaviours as set out in the Secretaries’ Charter of Leadership Behaviours (DRIVE Behaviours) as part of their professional conduct.
- Dynamic: Has an inquiring mind and is willing to innovate and change; understands the system they operate within; practises new ways of deploying themselves within their system to achieve the best outcome; embraces and actively manages risk; enjoys work and has a positive attitude; doesn’t walk past problems – is part of the solution.
- Respectful: Treats people with decency and respect; embraces diversity and actively seeks views and perspectives that challenge their own; builds an inclusive culture that enables people to make their best contribution.
- Integrity: Is open, honest and accountable; takes responsibility for what happens around them; has the courage to call out unacceptable behaviour.
- Values others: Is an active listener; values others’ contributions, perspectives and wisdom; collaborates not competes to succeed as a team; understands people and their views and motivations in order to lead, influence and communicate well; builds relationships.
- Empowers people: Trusts, empowers and grows others; interprets and provides context; builds capability and networks; expects people to deliver and finds positive ways to hold them to account; accepts people won’t always get it right and supports them to bounce back.
Contact: Recruitment Team
Telephone: (02) 6206 5666.
Australian Maritime Safety Authority
Search and Rescue Officer
Job type: Full-time, Ongoing
Location: Canberra, ACT
Classification: APS Level 6
Position number: 2424
Applications close: Monday, 24 March
Agency website: https://www.amsa.gov.au
The role: You will be responsible for:
- Triaging and assessing distress alerts to determine the urgency, location, and response required.
- Coordinating search-and-rescue (SAR) operations, working with aviation, maritime, and land-based response assets.
- Managing operational priorities in time-sensitive situations while maintaining situational awareness.
- Collaborating with internal and external stakeholders such as the Department of Defence, state/territory emergency services, CASA, ATSB, BoM, Airservices Australia, and Border Force.
- Documenting key decisions and operational responses to support continuous improvement and post-incident analysis.
Position contact: Joseph Zeller
Telephone: (02) 6279 5795.
Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW)
Senior Adviser, Information Security
Job type: Full-time; Part-time, Ongoing
Location: Adelaide, SA; Brisbane, QLD; Canberra, ACT; Darwin, NT; Hobart, TAS; Melbourne, VIC; Perth, WA; Sydney, NSW
Salary: $91,944 to $104,393
Classification: APS Level 6
Position number: 2025/523
Security clearance: Negative Vetting Level 1
Applications close: Wednesday, 26 March
Agency website: https://www.dcceew.gov.au
Key duties: The Information Security Team manages the department’s information security policy, advice and engagement program to ensure official information assets are appropriately protected. This is an enterprise-level capability that supports effective and practical information security.
The Information Security team:
- Delivers expertise, advice and guidance to support staff to effectively manage information security across the department (non-cyber security functions), integrated within the department’s broader protective security functions.
- Centrally coordinates security incident reporting and response capabilities.
- Contributes to broader protective security capability programs that deliver security training, communication and engagement programs to uplift security maturity, resilience and culture.
- Contributes to broader protective security program governance, risk management and reporting.
Position contact: Chris Cates
Telephone: 0478 279 362.
National Disability Insurance Agency
Territory Manager (Affirmative Measures – First Nations)
Job type: Full-time, Ongoing; Non-ongoing
Location: Darwin, NT
Classification: Senior Executive Service Band 1
Position number: TBC
Security clearance: Negative Vetting 1
Applications close: Thursday, 27 March
Agency website: https://www.ndis.gov.au
The role: The Territory Manager Northern Territory is responsible for:
- Setting and delivering a clear work program and operational priorities across urban and remote areas to ensure the NDIS supports Territorians with disability.
- Leading, enabling and motivating a dispersed, multidisciplinary team to fulfil their roles to a high standard – ensuring that team members are equipped with the necessary resources and support.
- Driving quality service delivery across the NT – with close attention to participant experience and staff productivity.
- Ensuring the integrity of work undertaken within the NT, with attention to doing the right work, the right way – in line with agency guidance and requirements.
- Building and maintaining strong, productive stakeholder networks including within the community, Commonwealth, territory and local governments, and the disability sector.
- Using sound judgment and making effective decisions that utilise agency resources to best effect.
- Contributing to whole-of-agency deliverables through active engagement across the NDIA.
Position contact: Andrew McEncroe
Telephone: 0416 018 860.
National Disability Insurance Agency
Branch Manager, National Remote Services (Identified)
Job type: Full-time, Ongoing; Non-ongoing
Location: Darwin, NT
Classification: Senior Executive Service Band 1
Position number: TBC
Applications close: Thursday, 27 March
Agency website: https://www.ndis.gov.au
The role: The Branch Manager National Remote Services is responsible for:
- Leading, enabling and motivating a team to fulfil their roles to a high standard – ensuring that team members are equipped with the necessary resources and support.
- Driving and enabling nationally consistent provision of the NDIA’s Remote Servicing model, including the monitoring, delivery and reporting on activities and outcomes.
- Coordinating and delivering local problem-solving activities and integrated cross-government initiatives to improve participant experience and access to services in remote and very remote (RVR) Australia.
- Maintaining relationships and managing contracts with RVR service partners and other government entities.
- Shaping RVR strategies and service delivery processes at a national level and providing advice and expertise on RVR servicing to support NDIA operations.
Position contact: Andrew McEncroe
Telephone: 0416 018 860.
