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National Indigenous Australians Agency
Administration Support Officer, Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations (ORIC)
Job type: Full-time; Part-time, Ongoing; Non-ongoing
Location: Woden, ACT
Salary: $80,505 to $86,097
Classification: APS Level 4
Position number: NIAA/2025/084
Security clearance: Baseline
Applications close: Sunday, 6 July
Agency website: https://www.niaa.gov.au
The role: Key duties of the position include:
We’re looking for someone with high-level organisational skills and great attention to detail to support our team across all our functions, particularly managing our educational resources and assisting with our training activities. Experience with government procurement is essential, and skills in data entry and customer service will make you a strong candidate.
We are looking for someone who is a good communicator and record-keeper and demonstrates excellent written and oral communication skills. You should have experience in MS Office suite – Excel, Teams and SharePoint in particular – and be willing to learn new systems and processes.
Position contact: Janette Adam
Telephone: (02) 6150 6295.
Australian Electoral Commission
Governance Officer, Parliamentary, Governance and Assurance
Job type: Full-time, Ongoing; Non-ongoing
Location: Canberra, ACT
Salary: $85,456 to $93,663
Classification: APS Level 5
Position number: 2025-100 15399
Security clearance: As required
Applications close: Sunday, 6 July
Agency website: https://www.aec.gov.au
The role: Key duties of the position include:
As a Governance Officer, you will be providing critical secretariat support and services to a range of key committees within the AEC’s governance framework. Utilising your expertise in administrative and operational support, you will provide a critical coordination function that enables governance committees to make decisions in the pursuit of achieving agency outcomes.
You will have an opportunity to develop and maintain key internal and external stakeholder relationships, especially when coordinating key pieces of work across the agency and through the provision of advice on best-practice governance operations.
In this role, you will contribute to effective governance by maintaining committee forward work plans, preparation of meeting agendas, drafting meeting minutes, administration of action and decision registers, and contributing to correspondences, papers, briefings and reports.
If you enjoy building relationships and working as part of a high-performing team focused on providing and maintaining quality outputs and technical proficiency in governance arrangements, you will thrive on the opportunity to provide advice and contribute to outcomes. You will be responsible for contributing to the ongoing success of the team by conducting reviews, identifying issues and offering innovative solutions where opportunities for improvement are identified.
Position contact: Jo Taylor
Email: [email protected]
Torres Strait Regional Authority
Senior Natural Resources Management Officer – APS6
Job type: Full-time, Non-ongoing
Location: Thursday Island, QLD
Salary: $94,563 to $105,910
Classification: APS Level 6
Position number: T01894
Applications close: Sunday, 6 July
Agency website: https://www.tsra.gov.au
The role: TSRA is on the lookout for a passionate individual with a science background and experience empowering First Nations communities and staff in natural resources management.
The role offers a unique opportunity to join our award-winning Sea Team – part of our Environmental Program (Land and Sea Management Unit) dedicated to caring for land, sea and culture.
Help us support the sustainability of marine species – specifically turtles – in line with local aspirations.
Apply your technical expertise in turtle ecology and conservation in a culturally rich, community-driven context. Work closely with elders, Traditional Owners, rangers, scientists and government and non-government agencies to develop First
Nations-led turtle-monitoring and management practices across the region.
With positive experience working alongside First Nations staff and communities, your legacy will include mentoring plus upskilling staff and community partners by building long-term capacity in turtle conservation and management.
Contact: [email protected]
Telephone: (07) 4069 0700.
Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority
Assistant Director, Veterinary Medicines
Job type: Full-time; Part-time, Ongoing; Non-ongoing
Location: Armidale, NSW; Canberra, ACT
Salary: $126,984 to $144,236
Classification: Executive Level 1
Position number: 11359
Applications close: Sunday, 6 July
Agency website: https://apvma.gov.au
The role: The key functions and responsibilities of this position will include:
- Supporting the Veterinary Directors and providing leadership in mentoring staff and developing the capabilities of the veterinary team to meet its program objectives.
- Managing workloads and assessment timeframes, including managing the allocation of applications, project work and completion of tasks within legislated timeframes.
- Analysing and evaluating scientific and/or technical information and applying risk assessment and risk management principles to assess/approve applications to register or vary the registration of veterinary chemical products.
- Considering scientific advice, the legislative framework and agency guidelines to make recommendations to the decision-maker on the registration of veterinary medicines or act in the capacity of the decision-maker.
- Preparing high-quality written communications incorporating scientific, regulatory and technical considerations into briefs to decision-makers, ministerial correspondence and other corporate documents.
- Building and sustaining positive and collaborative relationships with veterinary team members and colleagues across the APVMA, registrants and other stakeholders involved in the veterinary sector.
- Ensuring regulatory issues that arise during pre- and post-registration are resolved in an appropriate and timely manner after appropriate consultation within the APVMA and communication to registrants and stakeholders.
Position contact: Mariette van den Berg
Telephone: (02) 6770 2330.
National Portrait Gallery of Australia
Head of Registration
Job type: Full-time, Ongoing
Location: Parkes, ACT
Salary: $119,560 to $140,814
Classification: Executive Level 1
Position number: PN6735
Applications close: Sunday, 6 July
Agency website: https://www.portrait.gov.au
The position: The Head of Registration is essential to the culture of collaboration that underpins the gallery’s success. Reporting to the Director, Curatorial and Collection, the Head of Registration oversees the management of the NPG collection and registration requirements relating to the exhibition program.
Working as part of a small, multidisciplinary team, this role coordinates workflow, undertakes reporting duties, takes carriage of relevant policies and procedures, and manages a dynamic schedule of priorities across the Curatorial & Collection directorate and the gallery. They ensure that best-practice standards are maintained at all times in relation to the care, storage and movement of artworks and work collaboratively with colleagues across the gallery to facilitate a dynamic program.
The Head of Registration guides the registration team and requires highly developed leadership, communication, negotiation and project management skills combined with initiative and sound judgment. The candidate should be an adaptive problem-solver who is open to innovative ways of working.
Position contact: Isobel Parker Philip
Telephone: (02) 6102 7048.
Department of Defence
Information Registries Officer
Job type: Full-time, Ongoing
Location: Russell, ACT
Salary: $95,187 to $108,734
Classification: APS Level 6
Position number: AF/04686/25
Security clearance: Negative Vetting Level 1
Applications close: Sunday, 6 July
Agency website: https://www.defence.gov.au
The role: The Information Registries Officer is responsible for assisting the Deputy Director of Data Strategy & Policy – Air Force to mature and manage the air force’s governance functions for data management.
As part of the Data Strategy & Policy team, the Information Registries Officer manages the air force’s information registries to provide governance and management capabilities for its key information and data assets, by:
- Leading the management of the Air Force Information Asset Register.
- Leading the development and undertaking of data audits to ascertain data asset scope, quality, meta-data, access controls, and support requirements.
- Providing advice on the effective implementation of data management policies and procedures.
- Coordinating the management of inquiries and issues raised with the DSP-AF inbox, including triaging and allocating tasks, managing stakeholders, and timely resolution of data management matters.
- Assisting in the provision of training and advice on data management behaviours and practices, including ad hoc responses to queries and issues.
- Assisting in the management and coordination of IDG-AF’s communications efforts, including intranet pages, stakeholder forums, information management updates and other products.
- Developing (learning to develop) dashboards and data models in MS Excel and Power BI.
Position contact: Avinash Dash
Telephone: (02) 6265 0087.
Geoscience Australia
Hydrographic Data Products Lead
Job type: Full-time, Ongoing
Location: Symonston, ACT
Salary: $117,669 to $133,019
Classification: Executive Level 1
Position number: 168592
Security clearance: As required
Applications close: Sunday, 6 July
Agency website: https://www.ga.gov.au
Key duties: In this role, you will work with a considerable degree of independence to:
- Provide high-level hydrographic or bathymetric specialist expertise and expert judgment to lead the development of aggregated bathymetric datasets and associated work processes.
- Take a strategic approach to developing a program of work for the development and delivery of seabed data products, in particular identifying opportunities for process improvements through innovation and proactively managing risks.
- Provide leadership and direction to a team of marine geoscientists, ensuring the team remains responsive to organisational priorities.
- Engage and collaborate with key internal and external stakeholders to identify opportunities, achieve outcomes and facilitate cooperation in the delivery of data products.
- Contribute as a proactive and inclusive team member who supports the priorities and positive culture of the National Seabed Mapping section.
Position contact: Pip Bricher
Telephone: (02) 6249 5840.
Fair Work Ombudsman
Property and Business Services Officer
Job type: Full-time; Part-time, Non-ongoing
Location: Sydney, NSW
Salary: $83,317 to $90,372
Classification: APS Level 4
Position number: 25/051EA
Security clearance: Baseline
Applications close: Sunday, 6 July
Agency website: http://www.fairwork.gov.au
The role: Duties of the Property and Business Services Officer include but are not limited to:
- Manage local property faults with our Property Service Provider and work order management across various offices.
- Provide a solution-based focus on requests and issues raised by stakeholders.
- Develop and nurture internal and external stakeholder management and collaborative working relationships to ensure the efficient and effective management of the local and extended FWO offices.
- Assist with Emergency Management and local Security Duress alarm testing.
- Assist with the management of FWO fleet vehicles, including attending servicing appointments.
- Provide space management assistance.
- Involvement with the agencies Mail-handling policies and procedures.
- Prepare documents and undertake corporate project work and procurement activities under direction.
- Accurately maintain and use information databases.
- Records management including archival processes.
- Prepare, monitor and analyse financial and corporate data, including processing corporate invoices.
- Ordering and maintaining corporate offices supplies.
Contact: Recruitment Team
Email: [email protected]
Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW)
Senior Antarctic Operations Supervisor (Watch Keeper)
Job type: Full-time, Ongoing
Location: Kingston, TAS
Salary: $95,438 to $108,360
Classification: APS Level 6
Position number: 2025/1556
Security clearance: Baseline
Applications close: Monday, 7 July
Agency website: https://www.dcceew.gov.au
The role: Key duties will include, but are not limited to:
- Gathering, assessing and disseminating information from diverse sources across all of the AAD, DCCEEW and other whole-of-government agencies.
- Supporting the Watch Supervisor in assembling and disseminating information between the OMC and deployed elements such as Antarctic and sub-Antarctic stations, ships, aviation elements, expeditions and deep field camps.
- Supporting the Watch Supervisor in the development of high-quality briefing material to the General Manager, AAD Operations Branch, departmental executive, ministerial offices, external programs and agencies, other key stakeholders and delivery partners. Such tasking may include gathering information for talking points, assisting with short-notice briefs or situation reports relating to Antarctic Operations.
- Contributing to the synchronisation and management of the Antarctic, sub-Antarctic and Southern Ocean operations and other activities, including working under the guidance of the Watch Supervisor to enable 24-hour coverage during certain periods (operations will dictate when these surge periods occur).
- Maintaining a complete and accurate list of notifiable incidents and critical information requirements to escalate issues and events to the Chief of Operations.
- Providing administrative support to the Watch Supervisor in the event of an incident, ensuring all incident management operations across the AAP are planned for, responded to and reported in a timely and well-coordinated manner in consultation with primary incident response stakeholders.
- Assisting the Watch Supervisor in coordinating response efforts for crises in the area of AAD operations or other international events.
- Acting periodically in the Watch Supervisor role to provide management and oversight of the effective delivery of key OMC functions and services.
- Working closely with the Watch Supervisors to effectively coordinate the handover of OMC staff to ensure that continuous situational awareness and continuity of operations are maintained.
- Monitoring reporting tools and materials, including AAD Common Operation Picture (COP), critical infrastructure, ICT systems, weather, and communication lines for other National Antarctic Partners’ and official AAD social media chatrooms and email systems.
Position contact: Simon Owen
Telephone: (03) 6218 2289.
Department of Industry, Science and Resources (DISR)
Principal Legal Counsel
Job type: Full-time, Ongoing
Various locations: ACT, NSW, NT, QLD, SA, TAS, VIC, WA
Salary: $153,302 to $164,019
Classification: Executive Level 2
Position number: 1103_06/25
Security clearance: Baseline
Applications close: Monday, 7 July
Agency website: https://www.industry.gov.au
The opportunity: Principal Legal Counsels work directly to a General Counsel and provide timely, accurate, practical and strategic legal advice to support the department in achieving its policy and program objectives on a broad range of nationally significant issues. Principal Legal Counsels take responsibility for managing key priority matters or client areas to ensure early identification of legal risk.
With roles available in both the Public Law and Dispute Resolution and Corporate and Information Law branches, we are seeking talented, experienced lawyers interested in working in any of the following areas:
- Administrative law, including decision-making, regulatory powers, delegations and authorisations.
- Legislative compliance and complex statutory interpretation.
- Commercial legal issues surrounding grants administration.
- Procurement, contract drafting and negotiation and contractual issues.
- Intellectual property, data access and confidentiality issues.
- Privacy and freedom of information matters, including in relation to privacy threshold and privacy impact assessments and privacy governance.
- Employment and workplace relations matters, public interest disclosure (PID) and integrity matters.
- Merits and judicial review of administrative decisions relating to trade remedies, mining and resource activities, grants and other industry support programs.
Position contact: Janean Richards
Email: [email protected]
Australian Strategic Policy Institute
Director, Research & Strategy
Job type: Full-time, Ongoing
Location: Canberra, ACT
Classification: Senior Executive Service Band 1, Senior Executive Service Band 2
Position number: ASPI
Security clearance: Baseline
Applications close: Monday, 7 July
Agency website: https://www.aspi.org,au
The role: ASPI is searching for an exceptional and dynamic senior leader to fill a crucial position that exists at all major think tanks globally – Director of Research (sometimes called Director of Studies). A think tank’s objective is to influence and impact domestic and international public policy making and this role is essential in overseeing ASPI’s analytical output. Currently, functions including contestability, analytical production and design, strategic communications and media and events sit within the small but high-performing team that reports to this role.
This role, and the team more broadly, must drive new ideas and ways of doing things, embed quality control and contestability within all of ASPI’s analytical output, help to encourage innovative tradecraft practices and ensure ASPI’s output (from research to events to podcasts) is strategically communicated to target audiences.
At ASPI, the Director of Research role also leads on ‘’Strategy’’, which means the role is also responsible for supporting the strategic vision of the Executive Director and shaping and supporting ASPI’s key strategic initiatives. Such initiatives include the Sydney Dialogue, Raisina Down Under and supporting the development and build of ASPI’s globally influential data-driven projects, examples of which include the Critical Technology Tracker, Chinese Defence Universities Tracker and other sites.
Like all senior roles at ASPI, the Director of Research and Strategy engages in fundraising and that includes working with other seniors to drive change and innovation in business models, creating value out of ASPI’s intellectual property and enhancing global partnerships.
The role provides a unique opportunity for a strategic and creative leader to help drive ASPI’s strategic direction, support the continued development of ASPI’s data-driven and policy-relevant research, and help ASPI continue to build and leverage global networks across governments, industry and civil society.
This is an exceptional opportunity for a talented senior leader to contribute to the work of one of the Indo-Pacific’s top policy think tanks.
Position contact: Branka Hage
Telephone: (02) 6270 5110.
Services Australia
Procurement and/or Contract Management Officer
Job type: Full-time, Ongoing; Non-ongoing
Location: Canberra, ACT
Salary: $85,559 to $92,324
Classification: APS Level 5
Position number: EXT-APSL-2025-562
Applications close: Monday, 7 July
Agency website: https://www.servicesaustralia.gov.au
The role: Key duties of the position include:
- Providing advice and support to stakeholders to undertake a range of medium-level-complexity and risk-based procurement activities.
- Providing advice and support on the application of relevant legislative and administrative arrangements to inform efficient, effective, economical and ethical decision-making in the agency.
- Undertaking procurement activities and/or contract administration functions, including preparation of simple contracts, official orders, variations and related correspondence on behalf of stakeholders.
- Maintaining stakeholder relationships to achieve work area goals, anticipating and responding.
- Effectively communicating procurement and contract management policy and guidance to stakeholders.
Position contact: Kim Laybutt
Telephone: 0436 614 598.
Australian Institute of Family Studies
Program Lead – Longitudinal Study of Australian Children
Job type: Full-time, Ongoing; Non-ongoing
Location: Southbank, VIC
Salary: $137,125 to $160,757
Classification: Executive Level 2
Position number: 25-17
Security clearance: Baseline
Applications close: Monday, 7 July
Agency website: https://aifs.gov.au
The role: Program Lead, LSAC will be responsible for:
- Managing major research projects, programs and contracts, including setting clear direction, monitoring progress, managing risks, responding to changes and delivering high-quality results.
- Building and managing stakeholder relationships by providing information, research expertise and specialist advice to key stakeholders, including funding bodies, policy-makers (in government and service provision agencies), fieldwork providers and other contractors.
- Leading and managing a team of researchers, survey methodologists, and data specialists responsible for delivering research projects, overseeing the rollout of the survey, and data processing including managing performance, guiding development and providing feedback.
- Leading or contributing to the development of research proposals, including collaborating with other AIFS groups, external organisations, and providing subject matter expertise for cross-team responses.
- Managing relevant budgets and other resources in line with AIFS’ obligations and procedures.
- Undertaking research to contribute to the achievement of organisational goals.
- Communicating research findings and representing the institute at conferences, webinars, workshops, teleconferences, meetings and other events.
- Contributing to the senior leadership and strategic direction of AIFS.
- Collaborating with the AIFS Privacy Team to incorporate privacy practices into any work undertaken.
Contact: Human Resources
Telephone: (03) 9214 7888.
Department of Finance
Operations Supervisor
Job type: Full-time, Ongoing
Location: Canberra, ACT; Melbourne, VIC
Salary: $98,022 to $119,634
Classification: APS Level 6
Position number: 2025/100
Security clearance: As required
Applications close: Wednesday, 9 July
Agency website: https://www.finance.gov.au
The role: The Operations Supervisor will be responsible for planning, supervising and coordinating the daily operations of the Australian Government’s centralised procurement and grant information systems (AusTender, GrantConnect and the Commonwealth Contracting Suite).
You will be responsible for ensuring accurate and timely advice is given to various stakeholders, including government entities, suppliers and individuals seeking to do business with government.
In this position you will manage a small team of help desk operators to achieve key performance targets, including overseeing requests and incidents while prioritising and coordinating urgent or critical issues. Your responsibilities extend to delivering system enhancements, including developing and documenting new system requirements, test management and release planning. You will have the opportunity to promote new ways of working, and continuous learning, shaping the future state of procurement and grant information systems.
Position contact: Lina Pizarro
Telephone: (02) 6215 1551.
