Latest job vacancies in the Public Sector

National Disability Insurance Agency

NDIA People Culture and Wellbeing Opportunities
Job type: Full-time, Ongoing; Non-ongoing
Various locations: ACT, NSW, NT, QLD, SA, TAS, VIC, WA
Classification: APS Level 6, Executive Level 1, Executive Level 2
Position number: Various
Security clearance: Baseline
Applications close: Saturday, 1 December, 2024
Agency website: https://www.ndis.gov.au
Key duties: The National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) is an independent statutory agency. We are responsible for implementing the world-leading National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), which is one of the biggest social reforms since Medicare. The NDIS is designed to enhance the quality of life and increase economic and social participation for people with disability and provide peace of mind for every Australian.

The People Culture and Wellbeing Division (PCW) focuses on best practice relating to human resources in a service delivery setting. Our work is crucial in supporting and building a high-performing and operationally excellent NDIA and enabling other areas of the NDIA to get things done. From capability, performance, and engagement, PCW is part of the full employee lifecycle.
Position contact: Refer to individual job advertisements.

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National Disability Insurance Agency

APS5 Program Officer – Identified
Job type: Full-time, Ongoing; Non-ongoing
Location: Brisbane, QLD; Darwin, NT; Deakin, ACT; Geelong, VIC; Perth, WA; Surry Hills, NSW
Salary: $83,453 to $89,839
Classification: APS Level 5
Position number: 2491_11/24_EXT
Applications close: Monday, 2 December, 2024
Agency website: https://www.ndis.gov.au
Key duties: As an identified role, the Program Officers in the First Nations group will need to explicitly demonstrate an understanding and commitment to cultural safety, particularly in addressing the unique challenges faced by First Nations peoples.

Program Officers are responsible for providing administrative and operational assistance to the project and/or policy teams, helping to ensure that activities are well coordinated and delivered on time. The Program Officer will work closely with other team members to ensure effective communication and collaboration across the group and agency more broadly.

Responsibilities of the role include but are not limited to:

• Providing administrative and operational support for key projects and policy initiatives to improve outcomes for First Nations peoples, ensuring alignment with the First Nations group’s objectives and broader agency goals.
• Supporting engagement activities, including meetings, consultations, and workshops with First Nations communities and other stakeholders, ensuring cultural safety is maintained for successful project and/or policy development and implementation.
• Assisting in the preparation and maintenance of project and/or policy documentation, including tracking project timelines, milestones, and deliverables.

Position contact: Matthew Berne
Telephone: 0456 692 698.

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National Disability Insurance Agency

APS6 Program Coordinator
Job type: Full-time, Ongoing; Non-ongoing
Location: Brisbane, QLD; Darwin, NT; Deakin, ACT; Geelong, VIC; Perth, WA; Surry Hills, NSW
Salary: $93,196 to $103,035
Classification: APS Level 6
Position number: 2493_11/24_EXT
Applications close: Monday, 2 December, 2024
Agency website: https://www.ndis.gov.au
Key duties: Please note – Affirmative Measures provisions are also open for this position. The affirmative measure positions are to improve employment opportunities for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in the Australian Public Service. To be part of the affirmative measures employment process applicants must be able to provide evidence at the offer stage.

Program Coordinators are responsible for coordinating multiple activities, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives, and facilitating effective communication between internal teams and external stakeholders. This role involves managing workflows, coordinating stakeholder engagement, undertaking research and ensuring the timely delivery of project milestones and/or policy development and implementation.

Responsibilities of the role include but are not limited to:

• Coordinating key projects and policy initiatives to improve outcomes for First Nations peoples, ensuring alignment with the First Nations Group’s objectives and broader Agency goals.
• Facilitating culturally safe environments for First Nations peoples and engaging effectively with both internal and external stakeholders.
• Coordinating engagement activities, building and maintaining relationships with First Nations communities, government agencies, and other stakeholders to manage successful project and/or policy development and implementation.
• Identifying opportunities for business improvement initiatives to enhance the quality and performance of outcomes for First Nations peoples.

Position contact: Matthew Berne
Telephone: 0456 692 698

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National Disability Insurance Agency

APS5 Program Officer (Affirmative Measures – Disability)
Job type: Full-time, Ongoing; Non-Ongoing
Location: Brisbane, QLD; Canberra, ACT; Darwin, NT; Geelong, VIC; Perth, WA; Surry Hills, NSW
Salary: $83,453 to $89,839
Classification: APS Level 5
Position number: 2490_11/24_EXT
Applications close: Monday, 2 December, 2024
Agency website: https://www.ndis.gov.au
Key duties: Please note: Affirmative measures provisions are also open for this position. The affirmative measures positions are to improve employment opportunities for people with disability in the Australian Public Service. To be part of the affirmative measures employment process, applicants must be able to provide evidence of a diagnosis of the disability.

Program Officers are responsible for providing administrative and operational assistance to the project and/or policy teams, helping to ensure that activities are well coordinated and delivered on time. The Program Officer will work closely with other team members to ensure effective communication and collaboration across the group and agency more broadly.

Responsibilities of the role include but are not limited to:

• Providing administrative and operational support for key projects and policy initiatives to improve outcomes for First Nations peoples, ensuring alignment with the First Nations group’s objectives and broader agency goals.
• Supporting engagement activities, including meetings, consultations, and workshops with First Nations communities and other stakeholders, ensuring cultural safety is maintained for successful project and/or policy development and implementation.
• Assisting in the preparation and maintenance of project and/or policy documentation, including tracking project timelines, milestones, and deliverables.

Position contact: Matthew Berne
Telephone: 0456 692 698.

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National Disability Insurance Agency

APS5 Program Officer (Affirmative Measures – First Nations)
Job type: Full-time, Ongoing; Non-ongoing
Location: Brisbane, QLD; Deakin, ACT; Darwin, NT; Geelong, VIC; Perth, WA; Surry Hills, NSW
Salary: $83,453 to $89,839
Classification: APS Level 5
Position number: 2489_11/24_EXT
Applications close: Monday, 2 December, 2024
Agency website: https://www.ndis.gov.au
Key duties: Responsibilities of the role include but are not limited to:

• Providing administrative and operational support for key projects and policy initiatives to improve outcomes for First Nations peoples, ensuring alignment with the First Nations group’s objectives and broader agency goals.
• Supporting engagement activities, including meetings, consultations, and workshops with First Nations communities and other stakeholders, ensuring cultural safety is maintained for successful project and/or policy development and implementation.
• Assisting in the preparation and maintenance of project and/or policy documentation, including tracking project timelines, milestones, and deliverables.

Position contact: Matthew Berne
Telephone: 0456 692 698.

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National Disability Insurance Agency

APS6 NCC Planning and Forecasting Officer
Job type: Full-time, Ongoing; Non-ongoing
Location: Dandenong, VIC; Deakin, ACT; Midland, WA; Richmond, VIC; Robina, QLD
Salary: $93,196 to $103,035
Classification: APS Level 6
Position number: 2512_11/24_EXT
Applications close: Monday, 2 December, 2024
Agency website: https://www.ndis.gov.au
Key duties: The APS6 Planning and Forecasting Officer is a critical role in ensuring the NCC is operating efficiently and meeting service demand. You will be responsible for developing short-term, high-level and interval demand forecasts, staffing plans and capacities for the NCC. You will work as part of a team of forecasters and schedulers and lead stakeholder engagement across the branch and wider NDIA that validates forecasting assumptions. You will be working closely with our vendor to ensure optimal performance with an integrated workforce plan.

Responsibilities of the role include but are not limited to:

• Monitoring operational performance results proactively, using a systemic approach for changing and adjusting forecasts that inform resourcing requirements.
• Developing and maintaining medium and short-term capacity planning for staffing requirements across internal and external contact centres up to 1000 seats.
• Building workforce schedules that meet service demand forecasts.
• Building regular artefacts and reports, including short to long-range cost forecasts.

Position contact: Mark Harris
Telephone: 0403 290 854.

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Department of Defence

ICT Service Manager
Job type: Full-time, Ongoing
Location: Russell, ACT
Salary: $91,702 to $104,753
Classification: APS Level 6
Position number: ADFHQ/10096/24
Security clearance: Negative Vetting Level 1
Applications close: Monday, 2 December, 2024
Agency website: https://www.defence.gov.au
Key duties: Force Design Division is seeking skilled, enthusiastic, purpose-driven leaders to contribute to the Department of Defence’s key policy and national security functions to protect and further Australia’s national interests.

The primary role of the ICT Service Manager is to support the Portfolio Performance Measurement Directorate with the enhancement and sustainment of the CapabilityOne (C1) System. C1 is an Information Communication Technology (ICT) system that manages information related to the One Defence Capability System and the Defence Integrated Investment Program.

You will build relationships with stakeholders to resolve problems, drive improvements and enhance processes. You will assist to identify reporting and dashboard requirements for the system support team and hold user forums to communicate technology services and updates. You will manage C1 system training deliverables including review of marketing materials, strategies and plans.
Position contact: Susan Paul
Telephone: (02) 6132 7235.

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Torres Strait Regional Authority

Ranger – APS1
Job type: Full-time, Ongoing; Non-ongoing
Location: Torres Strait Islands, QLD
Salary: $52,164 to $55,333
Classification: APS Level 1
Position number: Various
Applications close: Tuesday, 3 December, 2024
Agency website: https://www.tsra.gov.au
Key duties: Rangers work throughout their islands’ land and sea Country and are required to carry out strenuous outdoor activities on a regular basis. This work is carried out on both inhabited and uninhabited islands and sea Country throughout the Torres Strait region.

It includes:

• Conducting physical work outdoors within the cultural and natural resource management on the island of your location and other communities with the Torres Strait. This includes cultural site maintenance, traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) recording, cultural awareness activities, management of introduced plants and animals, threatened species management, and land and sea patrols.
• Consulting, planning and seeking advice from Traditional Owners and Registered Native Title Bodies Corporate (RNTBCs) regarding work plan activities.
• Being computer literate to conduct administrative duties such as interpreting work plans, recording timesheets, leave applications, and development plans.
• Rangers are also required to utilise computer or online-based applications to collect and collate data and provide reports of work carried out on Country.
• Demonstrating capabilities to conduct maintenance on assets, equipment, and facilities.
• Contributing to the ranger team, working within the team.
• Invasive flora and fauna management.
• Undertaking tasks as directed by the Ranger Project Management.

Position contact: HR Team
Telephone: (07) 4069 0700.

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Department of Finance

Analyst, Priority Support
Job type: Full-time, Ongoing
Location: Canberra, ACT
Salary: $77,095 to $86,506
Classification: APS Level 5
Position number: 2024/289
Security clearance: As required
Applications close: Tuesday, 3 December, 2024
Agency website: https://www.finance.gov.au
Key duties:

• Deliver high-quality 1st and 2nd-level ICT and Audio Visual (AV) support to the department’s Priority staff. This includes handling incidents and service requests that require onsite assistance and occasional out-of-hours support.
• Proactively anticipate and address strategic planning needs for Priority Support ICT solutions while streamlining and automating business processes.
• Coordinate and collaborate with support teams to ensure reliability, technical compatibility and user satisfaction when managing complex ICT requests.
• Regularly report on Priority support call trends to the Assistant Director and Internal Services management on a weekly, monthly and ad hoc basis.
• Develop and maintain operational and configuration standards, work instructions, technical documentation and procedures for Priority Support clients, accounts and assets.
• Carry out additional Priority Support tasks as assigned and provide direction to other analysts within the Priority Support team.

Position contact: Jamie Burton
Telephone: (02) 6215 2206.

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Australian Research Council

Assistant Director – Communications
Job type: Full-time, Ongoing; Non-ongoing
Location: Canberra Airport, ACT
Salary: $115,030 to $123,873
Classification: Executive Level 1
Position number: 1317
Security clearance: Baseline
Applications close: Tuesday, 3 December, 2024
Agency website: https://www.arc.gov.au
Duties and tasks:

• Develop, deliver and manage timely, high-quality external communication products, including speech writing, feature writing, research highlights and case studies.
• Produce and manage high-quality content across multiple channels, including website, social media, traditional media, and other strategic communications.
• Media management, including drafting media releases, responses to media inquiries, and media and social media monitoring and evaluation.
• Identify and implement effective responses to communication opportunities and challenges.
• Support junior staff, providing timely and constructive feedback and managing performance.

Position contact: Mark Kramarzewski
Telephone: (02) 6287 6627.

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Geoscience Australia

Solution Architect
Job type: Full-time, Non-ongoing
Location: Symonston, ACT
Salary: $113,361 to $128,149
Classification: Executive Level 1
Position number: 19092
Applications close: Tuesday, 3 December, 2024
Agency website: https://www.ga.gov.au
Key duties: As a Solution Architect, you will:

• Proactively contribute to project planning activities, including detailed project plans, change and communications plans, cost estimation, budget planning, progress reports and project meetings.
• Work closely with internal stakeholders to understand their requirements to design and deliver ICT solutions for YGO that are robust, compliant, fit for purpose and align with broader organisational strategic objectives.
• Work in a complex ICT environment with a diverse set of systems, stakeholders, providers and requirements to deliver innovative solutions and solve problems to support scientific and business outcomes.
• Utilise your skills and experience to contribute to the planning, development and delivery of ICT strategic objectives, technology roadmaps, and technology standards, practices and principles related to the use of ICT technologies at YGO.
• Provide targeted technical advice to software engineers, business areas and executive stakeholders via formal and informal documentation and interactive engagement.
• Determine the extent to which existing solutions perform “as required” within the current environment to ensure that future solutions meet anticipated demand and provide continued improvements.
• Build positive, collaborative, and enduring working relationships with internal stakeholders, project managers, external suppliers and service providers to achieve the best outcomes for the organisation. Through this, collaborate to ensure solutions are delivered in a timely, cost-effective and qualitative manner to minimise operational and project risk and ensure costs are contained.

Position contact: Lisa Hall
Telephone: (02) 6249 9009.

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Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency

Senior Lawyer
Job type: Full-time, Ongoing
Location: Adelaide, SA; Brisbane, QLD; Canberra, ACT; Darwin, NT; Hobart, TAS; Melbourne, VIC; Perth, WA; Sydney, NSW
Salary: $116,167 to $128,393
Classification: Executive Level 1
Position number: TBC
Security clearance: Baseline
Applications close: Tuesday, 3 December, 2024
Agency website: https://www.teqsa.gov.au
Key duties:

• Providing legal advice on administrative law and statutory interpretation to support TEQSA’s regulatory and quality assurance functions (including in relation to litigation that arises out of these functions).
• Providing legal advice in relation to suspected academic cheating services, including in relation to litigation or administrative action involving such services.
• Providing information law advice (including privacy, Freedom of Information and records management) on issues arising from TEQSA’s work.
• Providing legal advice on employment law, contracting and procurement or intellectual property issues.
• Drafting and managing legislative instruments, delegations, external correspondence and guidance material relevant to TEQSA’s regulatory and enabling functions.
• Playing a central leadership role in the Legal Services Team, including by supervising and building the skills set of more junior staff.
• Fostering collaborative working relationships with internal and external stakeholders and liaising with them on a range of matters, assisting with their needs and expectations. Under general direction, they will analyse, interpret, and apply legislation, policies, practices, and precedents to solve complex problems, escalating as appropriate.
• Other duties as required.

Position contact: Nicholas Riordan
Telephone: (03) 8306 2503.

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National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) Quality and Safeguards Commission

Senior Administrative Officer
Job type: Full-time, Ongoing
Location: Melbourne, VIC
Salary: $93,023 to $104,558
Classification: APS Level 6
Position number: 279_11/24
Applications close: Tuesday, 3 December, 2024
Agency website: https://www.ndiscommission.gov.au
The job: Duties may include, but are not limited to:

• Providing a broad range of general administrative and support services, including event logistics, to facilitate the effective operation of the Office of the Commissioner.
• Preparing briefs and papers for the Commissioner, in line with quality and organisational requirements.
• Responding to correspondence and phone inquiries, escalating and redirecting issues as required.
• Confidentially handling sensitive material and information on behalf of the Commissioner.
• Completing routine financial transactions, purchasing services and travel processes.
• Maintaining trackers, records and databases to ensure that all information is accurate, stored correctly and accessible.
• Working closely with the Executive Support team to establish and improve systems and procedures to manage workflow within the Office of the Commissioner.

Position contact: Patricia Munton
Telephone: 0417 757 534.

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Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency

Assistant Director, IT Security
Job type: Full-time, Ongoing
Location: Adelaide, SA; Brisbane, QLD; Canberra, ACT; Darwin, NT; Hobart, TAS; Melbourne, VIC; Perth, WA; Sydney, NSW
Salary: $116,167 to $128,393
Classification: Executive Level 1
Position number: 18900
Security clearance: Negative Vetting Level 1
Applications close: Tuesday, 3 December, 2024
Agency website: https://www.teqsa.gov.au
Key duties:

• Providing practical and technically sound advice on cyber security plans, strategies and controls, to support the ongoing improvement of TEQSA’s approach to cyber security.
• Assessing cyber security risks in TEQSA’s systems, programs and applications, and working with the IT and Business Solutions Team (and where relevant, TEQSA suppliers and other TEQSA staff) to develop and implement effective controls to address these risks.
• Monitoring systems and alerts for cyber security risks, threats, incidents and vulnerabilities, and leading responses to address these where they arise.
• Preparing advice and reports on security vulnerabilities, incidents, plans, and controls, including reports for the Australian Cyber Security Centre, the Department of Home Affairs, and TEQSA’s Security Committee, Chief Security Officer, Executive Leadership Team, and Accountable Authority.
• Positively influencing TEQSA’s security culture, including developing and publishing security awareness material, providing relevant input on other agency policies and procedures, and developing and delivering security awareness training.
• Building and sustaining productive and influential relationships with internal and external stakeholders, to facilitate cooperation, and ensure high-quality support and services are delivered, and future needs addressed.

Position contact: Nashmin Yousefpour
Telephone: (03) 8306 2595.

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Attorney-General’s Department

Australian Federal Police
Register of Interest – Technical Officers – Cyber
Job type: Full-Time, Ongoing
Location: Canberra, ACT
Salary: $80,821 – $95,010
Classification: APS Level 4
Position number: 13621
Security clearance: Negative Vetting 1 (Secret)
Applications close: Monday, 9 December, 2024
Agency website: https://careers.afp.gov.au
Duties: Applications are sought from suitably qualified applicants wishing to be considered for the role of Technical Officer – Cyber.

AFP Cyber Command’s primary responsibility is to investigate computer-related crimes under the Commonwealth Criminal Code Act 1995 against the Commonwealth Government, critical infrastructure and systems of national significance. Our mission is to make Australia a hostile environment for cybercrime.

We employ technical officers to provide highly technical and sound advice on computer exploitation events, and overt and covert intelligence collections, and lead development of new collection and analysis techniques.

We have five key focus areas for combatting cybercrime:

• Growing people and capabilities
• High-impact Commonwealth cyber crime investigations
• National coordination
• Disruption
• Cybercrime prevention and support.

By joining Cyber Command, you will work alongside software developers, technical analysts, intelligence analysts and police (sworn) investigators dedicated to the identification, prevention and disruption of cybercriminals. You will use cutting-edge technology, work within a collaborative team environment and help develop innovative strategies and technologies as well as support operational activity.
Position contact: Daniel Chesworth
Telephone: (02) 5126 4054.