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Australian Centre for Disease Control
Chief Medical Adviser
Job type: Full-time, Ongoing
Location: Woden, ACT
Salary: $308,578 to $359,203
Classification: Medical Officer Class 6
Position number: 26CDC-CMA-10089
Security clearance: As required
Applications close: Sunday, 10 May
Agency website: https://www.cdc.gov.au
The opportunity: Reporting directly to the Director-General, the Chief Medical Adviser is a pivotal member of the CDC’s senior leadership team. You will provide high-level clinical, scientific and strategic advice to government, shape national responses to emerging and complex public health risks, and help build the CDC’s long-term capability as an independent, trusted technical authority.
This is a highly visible role operating at the intersection of medicine, policy and public trust. The successful candidate will bring sound judgment, confidence with restraint, and the ability to lead through influence rather than profile.
Position contact: Alison Myatt
Telephone: 0412 630 817.
Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW)
Principal Legal Officer (Various Positions)
Job type: Full-time; Part-time, Ongoing
Locations: Adelaide, SA; Brisbane, QLD; Canberra, ACT; Melbourne, VIC; Perth, WA; Sydney, NSW
Salary: $167,644 to $182,636
Classification: Executive Level 2
Position number: 2026/18
Security clearance: Baseline
Applications close: Sunday, 10 May
Agency website: https://www.dcceew.gov.au
Key duties: In this role, you will:
- Be responsible for motivating, mentoring and leading a section to deliver on initiatives and goals while striving to create an inclusive, responsive and effective work environment.
- Use your technical expertise to provide complex and sensitive legal advice that identifies legal requirements and areas of legal risk.
- Identify whole-of-government and department issues and work towards delivering quality government outcomes.
- Provide strategic legal advice to the executive and the Minister.
- Mentor and guide junior lawyers, build the capacity of team members, manage performance and wellbeing, and identify development needs and opportunities.
- Engage with the senior executive and key clients to understand their business and provide solutions-focused advice.
- Participate in the divisional leadership group, provide input to management decisions and strategic planning, and contribute to the division’s vision.
- Undertake corporate duties, which may include reporting, responding to coords, and risk identification and mitigation processes.
- Represent the department or division as required at inter-agency, executive, or external meetings.
- Oversee and prepare a range of written material, including parliamentary and ministerial documents.
Contact: Legal Division Recruitment
Email: [email protected].
Australian Digital Health Agency
Senior Lawyer
Job type: Full-time, Ongoing; Non-ongoing
Locations: Brisbane, QLD; Canberra, ACT; Sydney, NSW
Salary: $124,583 to $142,089
Classification: Executive Level 1
Position number: 0080_04/26
Security clearance: Baseline
Applications close: Sunday, 10 May
Agency website: https://www.digitalhealth.gov.au
The role: The Legal Services and Privacy Branch provides trusted, high‑quality legal advice to the agency executive and staff across a broad range of complex matters. The branch comprises two closely aligned teams — Commercial Law and Corporate Law — and delivers practical, in‑house legal services across commercial law, information and privacy law, employment law, statutory interpretation and administrative law.
As a Senior Lawyer in the Commercial Law team, you will play a pivotal role in delivering clear, practical and client-focused legal advice on complex commercial matters. This position is an ongoing opportunity to join a collaborative and purpose-driven legal team supporting nationally significant outcomes. Drawing on your experience in government legal practice, you will navigate sophisticated legal issues, build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, and contribute to a fast-paced, supportive and inclusive professional environment.
In this role, you will provide accurate and pragmatic legal advice with limited supervision, including drafting and reviewing complex ICT and software agreements, advising on large‑scale procurements, intellectual property arrangements and confidentiality agreements. You will work closely with internal clients, other Australian Government agencies and external legal services providers, ensure compliance with the Legal Services Directions 2025, support principal lawyers across a broad range of legal matters, and manage external legal services provider engagements and budgets.
Contact: Talent Partner Team
Email: [email protected].
Civil Aviation Safety Authority Australia
Technical Administrator (EAP) — Affirmative Measures — Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander and/or Disability
Job type: Full-time, Ongoing
Locations: Adelaide, SA; Brisbane, QLD; Cairns, QLD; Canberra, ACT; Darwin, NT; Melbourne, VIC; Perth, WA; Sydney, NSW
Salary: $107,477 to $117,914
Classification: APS Level 6
Position number: 9330
Security clearance: Baseline
Applications close: Sunday, 10 May
Agency website: https://www.casa.gov.au
The role: Our ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate:
- Experience in using and providing support for commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) software.
- The ability to cooperate with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders.
- Attention to detail and the ability to manage tasks and projects with tight timeframes.
- Digital/IT capabilities and an understanding of or experience in SQL-type queries, and creating and amending system workflows.
- Experience in system configuration and security groups.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to quickly identify and document the cause of an issue.
- The ability to make decisions using good judgment, expertise and knowledge under limited guidance.
- The ability to function across multiple projects with overlapping timelines.
Position contact: Christopher Vlahos
Telephone: (02) 8651 3024.
Administrative Review Tribunal
Office Manager
Job type: Part-time, Ongoing; Non-ongoing
Location: Hobart, TAS
Salary: $99,734 to $111,701
Classification: APS Level 6
Position number: 43416
Security clearance: Negative Vetting Level 2
Applications close: Sunday, 10 May
Agency website: https://www.art.gov.au
The opportunity: The Office Manager is a unique and varied role with responsibility for coordinating accommodation management tasks, delivering operational protective security risk management and service delivery, and ensuring that each office location adheres to tribunal policies and procedures to support operational and strategic outcomes. You will also balance facilities, stakeholder engagement and some basic operational finance tasks.
Working closely with a small, collegial national Office Manager cohort, you will have day‑to‑day responsibility for the Hobart office. The team culture is practical, supportive and collaborative, with a strong focus on trust, accountability and getting things done.
This role requires a high degree of autonomy, professionalism and integrity, with the ability to thrive in a busy, challenging environment.
Contact: Talent Management team
Telephone: (02) 9276 5443.
Services Australia
Aurora Neuroinclusion Program — Affirmative Measures (Disability — autism spectrum disorder/condition or attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder)
Job type: Full-time, Ongoing; Non-ongoing
Location: Canberra, ACT
Salary: $71,170 to $96,829
Classifications: APS Level 3, APS Level 5
Position number: Aurora Neuroinclusion Program
Security clearance: As required
Applications close: Sunday, 10 May
Agency website: https://www.servicesaustralia.gov.au
The opportunity: Services Australia will be using the Aurora Neuroinclusion Program to attract, assess and place work-ready candidates with autism spectrum disorder/condition or attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) into specialised roles across the agency.
Aurora recognises the unique skills and talents neurodivergent people can bring to work. It seeks to improve career outcomes and provides professional development and work experience by offering a gateway to the Australian Public Service.
Contact: Employ for Ability
Email: [email protected].
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)
Indigenous Research Project Officer (Identified Role — Indigenous)
Job type: Full-time, Non-ongoing
Location: Black Mountain, ACT
Salary: $100,103 to $113,251
Classification: APS Level 5
Position number: TBC
Security clearance: As required
Applications close: Sunday, 10 May
Agency website: http://www.csiro.au
The role:Key duties of the position include:
- Coordinating the day-to-day delivery of the Indigenous Science and CSIRO’s National Research Collections and Digital Infrastructure project, including refining project planning, tracking milestones and delivering reporting to achieve project outcomes.
- Providing high-level project support to the project leader and project sponsor, ensuring effective scheduling, documentation and communication across the project team and broader CSIRO teams.
- Coordinating activities of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Reference Group and CSIRO Project Advisory Group, including meeting logistics, agenda preparation, note-taking, action tracking, and follow-up communication.
- Supporting trusted, strengths-based relationships with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, cultural knowledge holders and organisations by assisting with respectful engagement processes and helping translate community-identified research priorities into project planning and actions.
Position contact: Dr Ilona Stobutzki
Telephone: +61 (0) 499 975 381.
Bureau of Meteorology
Community Services Group Operations Lead
Job type: Full-time; Part-time, Ongoing
Locations: Brisbane, QLD; Melbourne, VIC
Salary: $140,675 to $157,243
Classification: Executive Level 2
Position number: 60015910
Applications close: Monday, 11 May
Agency website: https://www.bom.gov.au
The opportunity: The Community Services Group Operations Lead (COL) is a pivotal role located in Melbourne and Brisbane in the bureau’s Community Services Group (CSG). This role sits within the National Production Services (NPS) Program, whose function delivers a 24/7 capability that integrates a team across Melbourne and Brisbane locations. Six COLs focus on delivery of this national offering, in pursuit of operational excellence.
The NPS function is responsible for the management, policy and coordination of the bureau’s national forecast and warning services. This includes leading enhanced service integration and delivery and the production of forecasts, warnings and related products.
The COL will report to the National Production Managers, who are based in Melbourne and Brisbane. This role will lead a team of meteorologists in National Production to produce national forecasts, warnings and guidance, situational awareness and operational response products and services (this involves shift work aligned to the 24/7 mission).
In this role, you will help evolve the bureau’s NPS capability. You will provide leadership and direction to a large team working towards a national operations approach.
The successful candidates will lead the bureau’s operational service delivery in continual collaboration with highly skilled, multidisciplinary teams from Environmental Prediction and Decision Support Services nationally. This includes collaboration with national operations teams that serve the bureau’s focus sectors, including agriculture, aviation and maritime land transport, energy and resources, national security and water.
Position contact: Grace Legge
Email: [email protected].
Australian Government Solicitor
Senior Lawyer
Job type: Full-time, Ongoing; Non-ongoing
Locations: Adelaide, SA; Brisbane, QLD; Canberra, ACT; Melbourne, VIC; Perth, WA; Sydney, NSW
Classifications: Executive Level 1, Executive Level 2
Position number: TBC
Security clearance: Negative Vetting 2 or, if required, the Top Secret Positive Vetting level
Applications close: Monday, 11 May
Agency website: https://www.ags.gov.au
The role: Opportunities exist for Senior Lawyers to join our Dispute Resolution practice group in the Security & Enforcement team. We are looking for lawyers interested in complex and sensitive public law litigation. In these roles, part of your practice will be to work closely with security, intelligence and law enforcement agencies on national security and law enforcement-related matters.
Position contact: Jill Mackay
Telephone: (02) 9581 7568.
Department of Home Affairs
2027 Graduate Development Program
Job type: Full-time, Non-ongoing
Various locations: ACT, NSW, NT, QLD, SA, TAS, VIC, WA
Salary: $79,476 to $86,246
Classification: APS Level 4
Position number: JR 141290
Security clearance: Negative Vetting Level 1
Applications close: Tuesday, 12 May
Agency website: https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au
The role: Across the program, you’ll rotate through a range of teams and work areas, gaining exposure to the breadth of Home Affairs and the many ways we contribute to Australia.
During your rotation, you may:
- Support the delivery of government priorities through operational, policy, program or project work.
- Assist with research, analysis and information gathering to inform decisions.
- Prepare briefings, reports and other material for a range of audiences.
- Engage with stakeholders and collaborate with colleagues across teams and functions.
- Contribute to continuous improvement and day-to-day business activities within your team.
You’ll be trusted with real work from day one, supported by your team and mentors as you learn. Each rotation is designed to build capacity, confidence and clarity, helping you discover where you thrive and what kind of career you want to build.
Contact: Entry Programs Team
Email: [email protected].
Department of Home Affairs
2027 Graduate Development Program — AM Disability
Job type: Full-time, Non-ongoing
Various locations: ACT, NSW, NT, QLD, SA, TAS, VIC, WA
Salary: $79,476 to $86,246
Classification: APS Level 4
Position number: JR 141342
Security clearance: Negative Vetting Level 1
Applications close: Tuesday, 12 May
Agency website: https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au
Our ideal candidate: We’re looking for graduates who are keen to learn, adaptable and ready to contribute to a dynamic environment. You don’t need to have it all figured out.
You’re our ideal candidate if you are someone who:
- Is interested in contributing to decisions that impact people, communities and Australia as a whole.
- Brings fresh ideas, asks questions and isn’t afraid to challenge the status quo respectfully.
- Can work independently and as part of a diverse and inclusive team.
- Communicates clearly and values collaboration.
- Is open to feedback and keen to build new skills through hands-on experience.
We welcome applications from graduates across a wide range of academic disciplines. We value diverse perspectives and lived experiences. If you’re motivated by purpose, excited by learning on the job and ready to grow into a career with impact, you’ll feel right at home in the 2027 GDP.
Contact: Entry Programs Team
Email: [email protected].
Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW)
Ranger
Job type: Full-time, Non-ongoing
Location: Kakadu, NT
Salary: $54,516 to $77,125
Classifications: APS Level 1, APS Level 2, APS Level 3
Position number: 2026/826
Applications close: Wednesday, 13 May
Agency website: https://www.dcceew.gov.au
The role: Key responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Monitoring and protecting native plants and animals.
- Participating in feral animal and weed control.
- Carrying out fire management-controlled burns and wildfire response.
- Working with traditional owners to protect sacred and cultural sites.
- Using cultural knowledge to support joint management and visitor awareness.
- Maintaining walking track signs and visitor facilities.
- Responding to emergencies such as lost visitors and vehicle accidents.
- Ensuring visitors follow the park EPBC Act and Regulations, and reporting and investigating any breaches.
- Maintaining park equipment and reporting any damage.
- Working as part of a remote team.
Position contact: Tanya Tape
Telephone: 0420 482 023.
Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW)
Ranger — Affirmative Measure Indigenous Employment
Job type: Full-time, Non-ongoing
Location: Kakadu, NT
Salary: $54,516 to $77,125
Classifications: APS Level 1, APS Level 2, APS Level 3
Position number: 2026/464
Applications close: Wednesday, 13 May
Agency website: https://www.dcceew.gov.au
Who we are looking for: We are seeking candidates who can demonstrate:
- The ability to work in a remote area as part of a small team and respond to emergencies.
- Experience in visitor management and compliance.
- A firefighting qualification (certificate) or relevant experience in fire management.
- Weed identification and eradication experience.
- The ability to maintain and clean Kakadu National Park vehicles, assets and equipment.
- The ability to carry out remote and overnight patrols.
- The ability to demonstrate a general understanding of the legislation, regulations and policies required by Parks Australia, and the issues, needs and aspirations of the park’s traditional owners.
Position contact: Tanya Tape
Telephone: 0420 482 023.
Organ and Tissue Authority
Chief Executive Officer
Job type: Full-time, Non-ongoing
Location: Canberra, ACT
Classification: Statutory Appointment
Position number: 20019960
Security clearance: Baseline
Applications close: Thursday, 14 May
Agency website: https://www.health.gov.au/contacts/australian-organ-and-tissue-authority-ota
The role: As CEO of the Organ and Tissue Authority, you will be responsible for providing strategic leadership and direction to the organisation, ensuring the effective implementation of national policies that support increased organ and tissue donation and transplantation.
Your role will encompass oversight of operational performance, engagement with key stakeholders across the government, health and community sectors, as well as the development and execution of public awareness campaigns. You will also be accountable for ensuring compliance with relevant legislation, managing resources efficiently, and representing the authority at high-level forums to advocate for best practice and innovation in organ and tissue donation throughout Australia.
Contact: Executive Intelligence Group
Telephone: (02) 6232 2200.
Federal Court of Australia
Chief Information Officer
Job type: Full-time, Ongoing
Locations: Canberra, ACT; Melbourne, VIC; Sydney, NSW
Salary: $230,347 to $298,337
Classification: Senior Executive Service Band 1
Position number: 0270-04-26
Security clearance: As required
Applications close: Friday, 15 May
Agency website: https://www.fedcourt.gov.au
The role: Key responsibilities:
- Establish and maintain key strategic internal and external stakeholder relationships as the IT, digital and cybersecurity function evolves.
- Undertake strategic and operational business planning activities to provide clear guidance and direction to the IT, digital and cybersecurity teams.
- Provide strategic and operational technical advice and support to the courts/tribunals staff and senior management on IT policy, processes, systems and issues.
- Strategically plan, implement, manage, review and evaluate key programs to deliver a modern, fit-for-purpose IT, digital and cybersecurity function, in line with the courts’/tribunals’ strategic objectives.
- Take overall responsibility for the courts’/tribunals’ IT, digital and cybersecurity functions, ensuring their compliance with relevant legislation, regulations, statutory obligations and accounting standards.
- Lead and guide the development of budgets and management of projects, finances, contracts, procurement and expenditure within the section.
- Develop, coach and mentor staff to build a high-performing team committed to shared goals.
- Lead and exemplify a healthy and safe working environment, modelling and promoting ethical behaviour and practices consistent with the APS Code of Conduct and APS Values.
Position contact: Helen Patronis
Telephone: 0438 620 434.
