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Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
National Networks Coordinator
Job type: Full-time, Ongoing
Location: Adelaide, SA; Brisbane, QLD; Canberra, ACT; Darwin, NT; Melbourne, VIC; Perth, WA; Sydney, NSW
Salary: $95,438 to $108,360
Classification: APS Level 6
Position number: 2025/3122
Applications close: Friday, 3 October
Agency website: https://www.agriculture.gov.au
The role: Key duties of this position include, but are not limited to:
- Coordinating and supporting the activities of the National Plant Biosecurity Diagnostics Network (NPBDN) and the Plant Surveillance Network Australasia-Pacific (PSNAP).
- Supporting the planning and delivery of technical workshops and initiatives that build national capability in plant pest diagnostics and surveillance.
- Actively promoting the networks and fostering expansion of membership, including international and domestic connections.
- Developing and facilitating implementation of national capability plans for diagnostics and surveillance.
- Identifying opportunities to maximise benefit and value for money from national capability activities such as residential programs and training courses.
- Developing appropriate communication materials to support the objectives of the networks.
- Administering, maintaining, and improving the NPBDN and PSNAP websites and managing procurement arrangements associated with the websites.
- Developing and sustaining linkages to the national surveillance and diagnostic committees and working groups and regularly reporting to these groups (as cost-sharing partners).
Position contact: Annelies McGaw
Telephone: 0482 129 260.
Office of Parliamentary Counsel
Assistant Parliamentary Counsel Grade 3
Job type: Full-time, Ongoing; Non-ongoing
Location: Canberra, ACT
Salary: $141,423 to $170,260
Classification: Executive Level 2
Position number: Several
Security clearance: Baseline
Applications close: Sunday, 5 October
Agency website: https://www.opc.gov.au
Key duties:
- Assist the Senior Executive Service team leader and, under their general oversight, assume progressively higher levels of independent responsibility to carry out the following tasks:
- Providing legislative drafting services;
- Organising planning and logistics of legislative projects;
- Maintaining effective working relations with members of the drafting team, instructors, other OPC staff and other relevant parts of the government, parliament and public service.
- Develop legislative problem-solving, drafting, interpersonal, supervisory and project leadership skills, and judgment, through on-the-job training and via participation in formal training (courses, seminars, etc).
- Carry out or participate in such product development (e.g., plain English) or operations support (e.g., IT development, participation in office committees and reviews, Legislation Process Course presentations) as may be assigned, or such other duties relevant to the service provided by the OPC as may be assigned.
Position contact: Bronwyn Livermore
Telephone: (02) 6120 1422.
Australian Maritime Safety Authority
Senior Adviser, Project Delivery Aids to Navigation
Job type: Full-time, Ongoing
Location: Brisbane, QLD; Canberra, ACT; Coffs Harbour, NSW; Melbourne, VIC; Sydney, NSW
Salary: $149,860 to $173,729
Classification: Executive Level 2
Position number: 2060
Applications close: Sunday, 5 October
Agency website: https://www.amsa.gov.au
The role: The Senior Adviser, Project Delivery Aids to Navigation (AtoN) is responsible for delivering projects related to the installation, maintenance, and repair of AMSA’s aids to navigation (AtoN) structures and systems. Key duties include managing project resources, supporting AtoN operations, and monitoring and reporting on program progress.
You will be responsible for:
- Leading and managing the AtoN project delivery team, ensuring high-quality outputs, staff development, and welfare.
- Leading and managing a team of project managers to deliver AMSA’s AtoN project programs, ensuring AMSA’s financial, safety, compliance and schedule risks are effectively managed to ensure value for money and quality outcomes are achieved.
- Leading the development and implementation of a project management framework, and associated project management tools and documentation.
- Ensuring the development of consistent, clear and concise tender and contract documentation, including the evaluation and negotiation processes, and management of contract risks.
- Managing and delivering specific projects within the AtoN project programs.
- Overseeing the provision of comprehensive AtoN project and program financial planning and reporting.
- Ensuring compliance with procurement policies, environmental standards, and WHS legislation.
Position contact: David Jeffkins
Telephone: (02) 8918 1357.
Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the Arts
APS4 – Practice Administrator – Legal, Legislation Liaison and Privacy Division
Job type: Full-time, Ongoing
Location: Canberra, ACT; Melbourne, VIC; Sydney, NSW
Salary: $77,294 to $83,994
Classification: APS Level 4
Position number: 47064
Security clearance: Baseline
Applications close: Sunday, 5 October
Agency website: https://www.infrastructure.gov.au
Who are we looking for?: The successful candidate for this position will be able to demonstrate their capability against the APS 4 work-level standards and will be able to:
- Assist with a variety of work within the PM team and manage competing demands with direction from the supervisor.
- Manage workflow, especially during busy periods.
- Demonstrate clear communication, organisational skills and confidence when communicating with internal and external stakeholders.
- Collaborate as part of a team and contribute ideas for continual process improvements.
- Behave in accordance with the APS values.
- Exercise discretion and understand the sensitivity of the division’s work.
- Contribute to identifying and mitigating risks that may impact the team’s ability to deliver outcomes for the division.
Position contact: Ariane Kavadias
Telephone: (02) 6136 7284.
Department of Defence
Branch Manager – General Counsel – Defence
Job type: Full-time, Ongoing
Location: Campbell, ACT
Salary: $95,187 to $108,734
Classification: APS Level 6
Position number: ASG/07564/25
Security clearance: Negative Vetting Level 1
Applications close: Sunday, 5 October
Agency website: https://www.defence.gov.au
Key duties: Defence Legal is seeking an APS 6 Branch Manager to coordinate and manage the corporate and administrative activities of the General Counsel – Defence branch. As an APS 6 Branch Manager, you will assist the General Counsel – Defence Branch in managing the operations, business obligations, HR, financial and other knowledge management tasks of the branch. You will lead a small team to support multi-skilled legal professionals as part of a complex and dynamic joint integrated legal practice. You will have exceptional organisational and time management skills, and well-developed interpersonal skills.
Position contact: Rebecca Gu
Telephone: (02) 6192 7702.
Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW)
Senior Sustainability Officer
Job type: Full-time, Ongoing
Location: Canberra, ACT; Hobart, TAS; Melbourne, VIC
Salary: $95,438 to $108,360
Classification: APS Level 6
Position number: 2025/2284
Security clearance: Baseline
Applications close: Sunday, 5 October
Agency website: https://www.dcceew.gov.au
The role: Duties include:
- Work with key stakeholders to identify and lead innovative solutions to sustainability challenges associated with the department’s activities.
- Actively contribute to strategic planning and translation of strategy into operational areas of responsibility.
- Provide high-quality advice on sustainability topics to internal stakeholders.
- Oversee core sustainability performance reporting and build our capability to measure, monitor and report.
- Contribute to corporate sustainability and climate risk reporting.
- Exemplify APS Values and promote a positive team environment and workplace culture.
Position contact: Janet Shelley
Telephone: 0468 562 551.
Clean Energy Regulator
Senior Regulatory Officer – Nature Repair Market
Job type: Full-time, Ongoing; Non-ongoing
Location: Canberra, ACT
Salary: $98,905 to $112,596
Classification: APS Level 6
Position number: CER 081/25
Security clearance: Baseline
Applications close: Sunday, 5 October
Agency website: https://cleanenergyregulator.gov.au/careers
The role: Under limited direction, the duties of an APS Level 6 Senior Regulatory Officer will include, but will not be limited to:
- Assess and review applications (e.g., project registration and biodiversity certificates) to ensure compliance with Nature Repair Market legislation.
- Educate and support scheme participants to develop an understanding of how to participate in the scheme and compliance with legislative requirements.
- Develop and manage relationships with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders to promote the agency’s business objectives, manage change and resolve conflicts.
- Contribute positively to risk management, planning and decision-making processes.
- Develop operational policy, procedures, guidelines and technical improvements to support the consistent administration of the Nature Repair Market.
- Build staff capability by sharing knowledge and experience.
- Contribute to the development of guidance and training materials for internal and external use.
- Apply professional judgment to perform and communicate robust regulatory decisions, evaluating ambiguous and incomplete information, factoring in risks and being sensitive to context, and seeking advice and escalating when necessary.
Position contact: Amy O’Hehir
Telephone: (02) 6159 3775.
Department of Defence
Social Worker
Job type: Full-time, Ongoing
Location: Darwin, NT
Salary: $95,187 to $108,734
Classification: APS Level 6
Position number: DPG/07344/25
Security clearance: Baseline
Applications close: Sunday, 5 October
Agency website: https://www.defence.gov.au
The role: Defence Social Workers deliver a broad range of support services and programs to Defence Command, members and families, and undertake critical assessments to assist Commanders in making decisions that impact Defence families and Defence capability. Duties include:
- Conduct quality assessments and write reports to assist in decision-making processes.
- Provide complex social work services in a generalist practice framework, including comprehensive assessments, bereavement support, brief intervention and referrals to enhance the social functioning of Australian Defence Force personnel and their families.
- Provide support to Defence families to manage the military lifestyle.
- Provide training to Defence members and Command, and psychosocial programs to Defence families.
- Assist Defence families engage with their communities and local services.
- Deliver DMFS’s suite of national programs – partner employment, education and critical incidents – to Defence families;
- Operate within the boundaries of organisational processes and policies, providing brief interventions, critical incident management, psychosocial assessments, social work reports, and work across the multidisciplinary team supporting community capacity-building.
Position contact: Dianne Elson
Telephone: 0414 019 082.
Department of Industry, Science and Resources (DISR)
Executive Assistant
Job type: Full-time, Ongoing; Non-ongoing
Various locations: VIC
Salary: $78,770 to $85,027
Classification: APS Level 4
Position number: 1565_08/25
Security clearance: Baseline
Applications close: Sunday, 5 October
Agency website: https://www.industry.gov.au
Our ideal candidate: To undertake this role, you will be required to demonstrate:
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to liaise effectively at all levels.
- Strong time management and organisation skills and the ability to effectively prioritise tasks.
- A proactive can-do disposition with a track record of demonstrating initiative.
- Strong Microsoft Office suite skills.
- The ability to apply a high level of confidentiality, judgment and initiative to all situations.
- High standards of professional and personal integrity.
- An ability to work calmly and effectively in a fast-paced and dynamic environment.
- Strong attention to detail.
Executive Assistant (EA) experience is not required if the ideal candidate can demonstrate transferable skills and has the right attitude, personality, and approach.
Position contact: Isolde Lueckenhausen
Email: [email protected].
Australian Federal Police
Crime Scene Investigator – Eastern Command
Job type: Full-time, Ongoing
Location: Sydney, NSW
Salary: $72,339 to $107,559
Classification: APS Level 3, APS Level 4, APS Level 5
Position number: 15070
Security clearance: Negative Vetting 1 (Secret)
Applications close: Monday, 6 October
Agency website: https://www.afp.gov.au/careers
The role: Key duties of the position include:
The team member provides expert forensic support involving the application of crime scene discipline expertise to investigations across AFP Outcomes 1 (National and International Policing), 2 (ACT Policing) and 3 (Specialist Protective Services and International Policing Missions).
The Eastern Command Crime Scenes team is located in Sydney, NSW, and primarily supports National and International Policing, which involves detecting, collecting, recording and interpreting evidence related to a range of offences, including drug importation, child protection, cybersecurity and counter-terrorism operations.
As a Crime Scene Investigator, you will need to be both flexible and mobile as well as able to deploy both nationally and internationally as required.
Forensic team members also play a pivotal role in developing people, managing change and influencing behaviours that lead to a supportive culture that respects the perspectives, talents and value of each individual. Consistent with the AFP values, the expectation is that you will deliver on the core responsibilities and meet any requirements of the position.
Position contact: Samantha Touma
Telephone: (02) 5126 3313.
Geoscience Australia
Geoscience Interoperability Architect
Job type: Full-time, Ongoing
Location: Symonston, ACT
Salary: $139,836 to $174,268
Classification: Executive Level 2
Position number: 19225
Security clearance: As required
Applications close: Monday, 6 October
Agency website: https://www.ga.gov.au
The role: Key duties of the position include:
The Geoscience Interoperability Architect will work closely with members of MEGIS and GGIC and engage and collaborate with state, territory and Australian government geoscience agency partners to identify key geoscience datasets for the integration of data across multiple agencies at a national scale.
This includes planning and design to develop, test, deploy, document, and knowledge-share a diverse range of technical capabilities for data integration and delivery using agreed national and international data and standards.
This role will be required to collaborate with geoscientists and technical staff across multiple agencies and support the development and delivery of agreed data standards and interoperable workflows. Additionally, the Architect will take on a leadership and mentoring role in designing and implementing data standard frameworks and solutions and, where required, support data uplift and transformation activities that will enhance data integration across multiple jurisdictions while ensuring scalability and maintainability within existing and new systems.
Position contact: Mark Webster
Telephone: (02) 6249 9599,
Federal Court of Australia
Legal Case Manager
Job type: Full-time, Ongoing
Location: Adelaide, SA
Salary: $84,228 to $91,809
Classification: APS Level 5
Position number: 0767-09-25
Security clearance: As required
Applications close: Monday, 6 October
Agency website: https://www.fedcourt.gov.au
Eligibility: Competencies and attributes. To undertake this role, the successful candidate must have:
- The ability to provide high-level administrative support effectively and efficiently.
- A sound understanding of the jurisdiction and practice and procedure of the court or the ability to acquire such knowledge quickly.
- The ability to work autonomously and collaboratively as a team member.
- The ability to manage multiple tasks and priorities effectively.
- The ability to build and sustain positive relationships with a network of key stakeholders, internally and externally.
- A high level of IT proficiency.
Position contact: Angelina Gordo
Email: [email protected].
Department of Parliamentary Services
Recreation and Tenancy Manager
Job type: Full-time, Ongoing
Location: Canberra, ACT
Salary: $97,841 to $109,967
Classification: APS Level 6
Position number: JR32986
Security clearance: Baseline
Applications close: Monday, 6 October
Agency website: https://jobs.dps.gov.au
Who we are looking for: The Recreation and Tenancy Manager supports the Director with the management and coordination of tenancy arrangements within Australian Parliament House. The successful candidate will assist in the development of strategies to ensure commercial services align with the needs of building occupants, are innovative and deliver service excellence.
The role requires a leader with effective stakeholder management and communication skills, and an understanding of delivering results and solving problems in a public sector environment. You will have a demonstrated understanding of government processes, policies and procedures, including Commonwealth procurement guidelines, financial delegation and financial acumen.
Position contact: Sarah Hamilton
Telephone: (02) 6277 5680.
Office of the Official Secretary to the Governor-General
Director, Honours and Awards
Job type: Full-time, Ongoing
Location: Yarralumla, ACT
Classification: Executive Level 2
Position number: 007
Security clearance: Negative Vetting 2
Applications close: Wednesday, 8 September
Agency website: https://www.gg.gov.au
The role: The Director, Honours and Awards is an exciting leadership opportunity focused on the delivery of the Australian Honours system and administration, congratulatory messages to Australians celebrating significant milestones, change management of contemporary systems and continual process improvements.
The Director is accountable for providing team leadership and undertakes all aspects of people and operational management within the branch. We are seeking someone with highly refined interpersonal skills who has demonstrated experience in exceptional stakeholder engagement.
To be successful, you are expected to have proven ability in leadership, research, analysis, conceptualisation, liaison, influencing and communication, and a capacity for clear and concise verbal expression in dealing with complex matters.
Position contact: Natasha McElwee, Executive Assistant to Jeff Barnes, Deputy Official Secretary
Telephone: 0408 828 862.
Austrade
General Manager, International, Europe, Middle East and Africa
Job type: Full-time, Ongoing; Non-ongoing
Location: International
Classification: Senior Executive Service Band 2
Position number: ASTint0925 (5385_09/25)
Security clearance: Negative Vetting Level 2
Applications close: Thursday, 9 October
Agency website: https://www.austrade.gov.au
Key duties: Leading experienced Australian and locally engaged teams, the General Manager, International, Europe, Middle East and Africa is a member of a global network that reports to the Austrade Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Trade and Investment, who is based in Australia. Working with counterparts in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, and Australian state and territory governments, the role is responsible for:
- Contributing to Australia’s global reputation by promoting Australian capability in the Europe, Middle East and Africa region using global objectives and priorities to guide local strategy.
- Leading sector-focused trade teams responsible for assisting Australian companies achieve commercial trade outcomes.
- Advancing Australia’s strengths as a highly attractive destination for investors and securing productive foreign investment into Australia.
- Representing Austrade and Australia in a range of high-level corporate and government settings in Australia and across the Europe, Middle East and Africa region.
- Working collaboratively, as a member of the senior management team, to deliver the Australian Government’s trade and investment priorities and contribute to Austrade’s broader strategic objectives.
Position contact: Deborah Komesaroff and Andrew Broadbent
Telephone: 1300 347 437.
