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Australian Securities and Investments Commission
Enforcement Litigation Panel Manager/Litigation Counsel
Job type: Full-time, Ongoing
Location: Adelaide, SA; Brisbane, QLD; Canberra, ACT; Darwin, NT; Hobart, TAS; Melbourne, VIC; Perth, WA; Sydney, NSW
Classification: Executive Level 2
Position number: 1862139
Security clearance: Baseline
Applications close: Friday, 6 June
Agency website: https://asic.gov.au
The role: As the Enforcement Litigation Panel Manager, you will manage the Panel Firms by communicating ASIC’s litigation strategy, goals, and timeframes to the Panel Firms. You will acquire and maintain knowledge of each firm’s experience and skills to make informed recommendations. Additionally, you will monitor and work with the Panel Firms to improve litigation spend and value delivered, ensuring strong relationships by addressing any significant service delivery issues.
As Litigation Counsel, you will provide strategic leadership and advice in regulatory civil matters involving external legal firms and offer guidance to ASIC’s investigation teams on the conduct of investigations. You will also participate in the professional development of other lawyers and contribute to building ASIC’s knowledge base.
It is a great opportunity to establish strong relationships with Enforcement teams, the Civil Litigation team, the Legal Operations team, and the Procurement team. You will explore service innovation with Panel Firms and promote value-added services. Engaging with peers in other Commonwealth agencies and relevant organisations, you will share best practices in managing external legal resources. You will be supporting the Legal Operations team to prepare papers and reports for the Legal Services leadership, the executive, and the commission regarding the utilisation of external legal resource.
Position contact: Neha Narula
Telephone: (02) 9911 5321.
Australian Sports Commission
Data Governance Custodian
Job type: Full-time, Ongoing
Location: Canberra, ACT; Melbourne, VIC
Salary: $120,162 to $141,789
Classification: Executive Level 1
Position number: EXT/25-128
Security clearance: As required
Applications close: Friday, 6 June
Agency website: https://www.ausport.gov.au
The role: We are seeking a Data Governance Custodian to lead data governance initiatives and support ASC strategic projects. They will manage the implementation of ASC data policies and projects to grow compliance and support evidence-informed decision-making.
In consultation and collaboration with the Director Sport Intelligence & Analytics, the Data Governance Custodian will lead data governance activities to achieve team and business outcomes.
Position contact: David Fulcher, Director Sports Intelligence & Analytics
Email: [email protected]
Northern Land Council
Environmental Markets Coordinator
Job type: Full-time, Ongoing
Location: Darwin, NT
Salary: $110,763
Position number: N83
Applications close: Saturday, 7 June
Agency website: https://www.nlc.org.au
The role: As our new Environmental Markets Coordinator, you’ll be at the forefront of shaping and delivering the Northern Land Council’s (NLC) Environmental Market Program — starting with the Indigenous Land and Sea Corporation (ILSC)-funded Savanna Fire Management (SFM) initiative. You’ll work directly with Traditional Owners, Aboriginal corporations, and Indigenous landholders across the Northern Territory to develop sustainable, culturally informed carbon projects and other environmental market enterprises.
Your work will help generate meaningful income for Aboriginal communities while protecting Country and culture for future generations.
Position contact: Bridie Velik Lord
Telephone: 0418 521 735.
Austrade
Trade and Investment Commissioner, Bangkok
Job type: Full-time, Ongoing; Non-ongoing
Location: International
Salary: $117,157 to $131,786
Classification: Executive Level 1
Position number: 5382_05/25
Security clearance: Negative Vetting Level 2
Applications close: Sunday, 8 June
Agency website: https://www.austrade.gov.au
The role: Key duties of the position include:
- Working in a dynamic operating environment as part of an Australian and local team, the Executive Level 1 (EL1) Trade and Investment Commissioner’s (TIC) role is to help exporters, investors and buyers to capitalise on emerging opportunities, navigate changes in the local trading environment and mitigate risk.
- Working with and leading an experienced locally engaged team, the EL1 TICs will contribute to.
- Australia’s global reputation by promoting Australian capability in South-East Asia using global objectives and priorities to guide local strategy.
- Assisting Australian companies to achieve commercial trade outcomes and/or securing productive foreign investment into Australia;
- Advancing Australia’s strengths as a highly attractive destination for investors.
- Representing Austrade and Australia in a range of high-level corporate and government settings in the market and across the region.
The TIC will be part of the regional management team and will contribute to Austrade’s broader leadership cohort.
Position contact: Amelia Walsh
Email: [email protected]
Department of Industry, Science and Resources (DISR)
Assistant Director, Space Programs
Job type: Full-time, Ongoing
Various locations: ACT, NSW, NT, QLD, SA, TAS VIC, WA
Salary: $122,235 to $129,811
Classification: Executive Level 1
Position number: 0730_04/25
Security clearance: Baseline
Applications close: Sunday, 8 June
Agency website: https://www.industry.gov.au
The opportunity: This role will be an opportunity to:
- Deliver Australian space capability programs such as the Moon to Mars initiative.
- Lead the associated strategic focus, scoping and concept development in space technologies, exploration, robotics and automation to support the government’s critical technology priorities enabled by space.
As the Assistant Director, Space Programs, you will work across government, industry and academia to ensure Australia continues to benefit from space capability development. You will have an opportunity to work alongside individuals with government, industry and space expertise, including technical, policy, international engagement, regulatory and communications specialisations.
Position contact: Arvind Ramana
Email: [email protected]
Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW)
Director of Meteorology and Chief Executive Officer, Bureau of Meteorology (Statutory Appointment)
Job type: Full-time, Non-ongoing
Location: Brisbane, QLD; Canberra, ACT; Melbourne, VIC
Classification: Statutory Appointment
Position number: Ref No 1164
Security clearance: Negative Vetting Level 2
Applications close: Sunday, 8 June
Agency website: https://www.dcceew.gov.au
The role: As Director of Meteorology and Chief Executive Officer of the Bureau of Meteorology, reporting to the Minister for the Environment and Water, you will head an internationally significant and innovative service delivery and science-based organisation. You will lead the bureau to meet the evolving needs of the Australian community for trusted, reliable and responsive weather, water, climate, ocean and space weather services.
To succeed in this role, you will have proven outstanding strategic leadership, management and operational service delivery skills in a complex, technology-intensive, geographically distributed, science-based organisation. You will be a change leader with the professional experience to effectively apply complex science and technology to deliver outcomes for the bureau’s diverse set of customers, partners and stakeholders. Your judgment and communication skills will enable you to engage effectively with local communities and a wide range of national and international stakeholders from government, science, industry, non-government organisations and academia.
If you are committed to delivering impact and value for the Australian community through the application of services enabled by world-leading science and technology, we invite you to apply for this role. Join our team and contribute to one of the world’s most respected meteorological agencies. Remuneration for this role is set by the Remuneration Tribunal, under the determination for full-time office-holders.
Position contact: Amanda O’Rourke
Email: [email protected]
Department of Defence
Mental Health Promotions Coordinator
Job type: Full-time; Part-time, Ongoing
Location: East Fremantle, WA
Salary: $95,187 to $108,734
Classification: APS Level 6
Position number: DPG/03902/25
Security clearance: Baseline
Applications close: Sunday, 8 June
Agency website: https://www.defence.gov.au
The role: The role of a Mental Health Promotions Coordinator within the Directorate of Military Mental Health and Psychology will allow you to be innovative, creative and flexible, and challenge you to think outside the box in the way you deliver Mental Health Promotion strategies, activities and training to a unique audience.
You will get to work with a geographically dispersed team to promote and communicate training, resources and events to the Australian Defence Force (ADF) community using a variety of channels.
The role requires overnight travel, providing administrative support as part of training governance requirements, minor technical support to online training, occasional work on weekends and outside of core business hours (with accrual of flex time), and a large amount of time away from your desk delivering training and engaging with ADF members.
Position contact: Madi Palacios
Telephone: 0459 365 619.
Department of Defence
Assistant Director Health Surveillance
Job type: Full-time; Part-time, Ongoing
Location: Campbell, ACT
Salary: $120,303 to $135,701
Classification: Executive Level 1
Position number: DPG/03948/25
Security clearance: Negative Vetting Level 1
Applications close: Sunday, 8 June
Agency website: https://www.defence.gov.au
The role: The Assistant Director Health Surveillance will report to the Director Force Health Protection within the Health Protection and Policy (HPP) Branch. The role will oversee the functions of the Health Surveillance cell, by providing guidance into the development and implementation of the Health Surveillance system. It will include overseeing the collection of data and analysing health trends to identify potential health risks compromising the health and safety of the Australian Defence Force (ADF).
The role will include assessing and reviewing current data sources within the ADF and liaising with other teams to leverage existing data collection, extraction and analysis capabilities. The Assistant Director will be responsible for ensuring timely reporting to key stakeholders within ADF and relevant external public health authorities.
The role requires work to be done closely with the four other cells of the directorate to support their functions. It will support the training and development of the ADF public health workforce. The role will include external stakeholder liaison to gain insights into other health surveillance systems. This will include liaison with ADF partner nations to understand concepts of their health surveillance systems.
Position contact: Geetha Isaac-Toua
Telephone: (02) 6132 7015.
Department of Defence
Researcher Chemical, Biological, Radiological & Nuclear (CBRN)
Job type: Full-time; Part-time, Ongoing
Location: Enoggera, QLD
Salary: $86,887 to $93,066
Classification: APS Level 5
Position number: DPG/03926/25
Security clearance: Negative Vetting Level 1
Applications close: Sunday, 8 June
Agency website: https://www.defence.gov.au
The role: The Researcher CBRN will provide scientific, technical and operational support to the Australian Defence Force Malaria and Infectious Disease Institute’s (ADFMIDI) mission to achieve force health protection and minimise non-battle casualties.
This role will involve activities that underpin research into vector surveillance and control methodologies to ensure vector-borne disease protection in the ADF. Vector surveillance projects involve collecting and screening mosquitoes for pathogens of public health significance and supporting diagnostic capabilities for a range of vector-borne diseases.
Additionally, this position will involve insectary management and mosquito rearing, the conduct of efficacy assays to ensure that vector control methods are suitable for the military environment, and providing capacity-building and educational support to technicians within the ADF.
The Researcher CBRN will be required to apply laboratory techniques to support field surveillance work, including mosquito identification using morphology and molecular-based techniques.
The position will work within the Vector Surveillance and Control department within ADFMIDI and will be based at Gallipoli Barracks, Enoggera.
Position contact: Lisa Rigby
Telephone: (07) 3512 0228.
National Disability Insurance Agency
APS6 Strategy Officer
Job type: Full-time, Ongoing; Non-ongoing
Location: Adelaide, SA; Geelong, VIC; Richmond, VIC; Surry Hills, NSW
Salary: $96,737 to $106,950
Classification: APS Level 6
Position number: 1510_05/25_EXT
Applications close: Sunday, 8 June
Agency website: https://www.ndis.gov.au
The role: The APS6 Strategy Officer is required to provide detailed technical and operational support and advice. The position will have a considerable level of contact with internal and external stakeholders and will be required to communicate with and provide advice on a range of matters to senior executive to resolve moderately complex to complex inquiries.
The role requires superior problem-solving skills with the ability to resolve moderately complex to complex inquiries with sound decision-making and strategic advice, based on policies and legislation.
Responsibilities of the role include but are not limited to:
- Gathering and developing structured insights and recommendations that address complex problems within strategic projects;
- Developing fact-based quantitative and qualitative analysis including modelling in Microsoft Excel;
- Drafting components of materials for senior internal and external stakeholders, including the minister, board and executive leadership team, communicating perspectives, recommendations and implications for the agency;
- Presenting recommendations and facilitating discussions with a range of agency stakeholders and leadership;
- Drafting content for embedding change, including policy papers, guidance materials and action plans.
Position contact: Katherine Phillips
Telephone: (03) 5273 0481.
Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC)
Specialist, Industry Engagement
Job type: Full-time; Part-time, Ongoing
Location: Barton, ACT; Brisbane, QLD; Docklands, VIC; Haymarket, NSW
Salary: $101,303 to $115,406
Classification: APS Level 6
Position number: Various
Security clearance: Negative Vetting 1
Applications close: Sunday, 8 June
Agency website: https://www.austrac.gov.au
The role: The Specialist, under limited supervision, is responsible for:
- Leading and coordinating engagement with industry associations and other key stakeholders to ensure the proposed AML/CTF reforms are implemented in a smooth, effective and cooperative manner;
- Developing and maintaining strong and trusted relationships with key stakeholders, including liaising and advising senior AUSTRAC and industry leadership;
- Coordinating and running industry engagement initiatives such as industry forums, work groups and engagements for industry sectors utilising the co-design framework and industry engagement strategy;
- Enhancing AUSTRAC’s understanding of its current and future industry sectors, and ensuring AUSTRAC makes effective use of this knowledge through strategic communication and engagement;
- Liaising extensively with key internal AUSTRAC stakeholders to deliver and support engagement and consultation requirements, including in relation to AML/CTF rules, guidance, education, communications, technology and ML/TF risks.
Position contact: Stephanie De Santis
Email: [email protected]
Australian Public Service Commission
2026 Data and Digital Cadet Program — APS Academy Campuses
Job type: Full-time; Part-time, Ongoing
Location: Newcastle, NSW; Townsville, QLD
Salary: $59,000 to $70,000
Classification: APS Level 2, Cadet APS
Position number: NA
Applications close: Monday, 9 June
Agency website: https://www.apsc.gov.au
The role: Government organisations have a variety of data and digital roles that help support their core function and business. Data and digital cadets can work in exciting areas including:
- AI/machine learning
- Content design
- Cloud computing
- Cyber security
- Data analytics
- Data engineering
- Data architecture
- Data science
- Delivery management
- Interaction design
- Product management
- Software engineering
- Service design
- Statistics
- User research
- Web development.
Contact: Supported Pathways Recruitment
Email: [email protected]
National Archives of Australia
Assistant Director Network Operations
Job type: Full-time, Ongoing; Non-ongoing
Location: Mitchell, ACT
Salary: $119,189 to $128,279
Classification: Executive Level 1
Position number: 300092
Security clearance: Negative Vetting Level 1
Applications close: Monday, 9 June
Agency website: https://www.naa.gov.au/about-us/employment
The role: The position of Assistant Director network operation is a hands-on technical role and under broad direction, the main duties may include:
- Maintain and manage enterprise network infrastructure including LAN, MAN, WAN, SD-WAN, Wireless network;
- Manage Datacentre routing and switching;
- Research, review and evaluate projects to provide a robust, reliable, fit-for-purpose and well-maintained network in accordance with the National Archives priorities and the government’s Information Security framework;
- Lead and manage a small technical group to build capability in a team environment through coaching others, providing performance feedback, conflict resolution and encouraging career development;
- Attain and maintain an extensive understanding of the role and responsibilities of network operation management across current and emerging technology trends;
- Ensure that all service requests, tasks, incidents and changes are managed in a timely manner using the service management tool;
- Collaborate with IT Security to enhance cyber security in National Archives of Australia;
- Perform proactive scans of the network for indicators of suspicious or malicious activity;
- Promote and apply the APS and National Archives values and contemporary people management principles and practices in diversity, workplace health and safety and participative management;
- Implement, promote and apply the National Archives’ vision, mission and commitments as expressed in Strategy 2025-2030: Evolving National Archives and Our Values.
Position contact: Dev Dash
Telephone: (02) 6212 3629.
Department of the Treasury
EL1 Technical Policy Leads
Job type: Full-time; Part-time, Ongoing; Non-ongoing
Location: Canberra, ACT; Melbourne, VIC; Perth, WA; Sydney, NSW
Salary: $132,786 to $152,319
Classification: Executive Level 1
Position number: 10-2025
Security clearance: As required
Applications close: Tuesday, 10 June
Agency website: https://www.treasury.gov.au
The role: This is an exciting opportunity to work in the Data Standards Body (DSB) and across government to deliver high-quality regulatory standards.
The DSB supports the Data Standards chair, who is responsible for setting the Data Standards necessary for the effective operation of Australia’s Digital ID System and the Consumer Data Right (CDR) regulatory frameworks. The DSB is part of Treasury’s Digital, Competition and Payments Division in Markets Group.
As a technical policy lead, you will contribute directly to the development of standards that support Australia’s Digital ID system and CDR. This includes working closely with policy teams within the Treasury and Finance departments, assessing and prioritising the changes to the data standards, and leading consultation with government and industry participants.
The technical policy lead is therefore required to have, or quickly develop, a strong technical understanding of the role and function of data and security standards, and the management of proposed changes. You will also be able to work with a range of government and industry stakeholders to support the Data Standards chair to deliver on policy objectives.
Position contact: Nathan Sargent
Telephone: (02) 6263 3166.
