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Australian Children’s Education and Care Quality Authority
Senior Officer, Records Management
Job type: Full-time, Ongoing
Location: Sydney, NSW
Salary: $103,179 to $122,039
Classification: Executive Level 1
Position number: 475
Security clearance: Baseline
Applications close: Friday, 25 July
Agency website: https://www.acecqa.gov.au
Key duties: To be successful in this role, you will need:
- A strong understanding of records management principles, including information classification, retention schedules, access controls, metadata capture, and compliance requirements with the State Records Act NSW.
- Demonstrated experience in providing administrative support for TRIM or another EDRMS, including responding to user queries, conducting user training sessions, and creating user documentation and guides.
- Proficiency in conducting regular quality assurance checks and system audits to ensure data accuracy, integrity, and compliance with records management policies, standards, and regulatory requirements.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to communicate technical information effectively.
- The ability to maintain accuracy and attention to detail in managing system records, ensuring adherence to established records management policies and procedures.
- A proven ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams and all levels of staff, including IT, management and business areas, to resolve issues and ensure alignment with IT strategic objectives.
- Strong organisational and time-management skills, with the ability to prioritise tasks effectively, manage competing priorities, and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
While not essential, the following attributes will greatly assist you in the role:
- Public sector and government experience.
- Experience and/or knowledge of SharePoint, Salesforce, and TechnologyOne.
Position contact: Anna Lagana
Telephone: +61 2 8240 4522.
Australian Sports Commission
Senior Sports Dietitian
Job type: Full-time, Ongoing
Location: Canberra, ACT
Salary: $124,728 to $147,177
Classification: Executive Level 1
Position number: EXT/25-180
Security clearance: As required
Applications close: Friday, 25 July
Agency website: https://www.ausport.gov.au
The role: This position will deliver high-level nutrition support in a multidisciplinary team environment to designated long- and short-stay camps and campus-associated activity. The role has elements of work with residential programs based on the AIS campus and will also provide support to identified priority projects as part of a multidisciplinary team across AIS Performance and Operations.
Position contact: Ross
Email: [email protected]
Australian Institute of Marine Science
Remuneration Officer
Job type: Full-time, Ongoing
Location: Townsville, QLD
Salary: $76,454 to $86,147
Classification: APS Level 2, APS Level 3, APS Level 4
Position number: 21252
Applications close: Sunday, 27 July
Agency website: https://www.aims.gov.au
Key duties: We have an opportunity to join our dynamic and supportive People and Culture team as a Remuneration Officer on a part-time basis, three days a week/49 hours a fortnight. Working as part of a close-knit team, your primary focus will be to provide ongoing support to the Senior Remuneration Officer in ensuring AIMS’s payroll function is delivered in a timely manner each fortnight.
You will play an integral role in the employee experience by ensuring the accurate and timely processing of staff salaries and entitlements, as well as responding to payroll-related queries. You can expect to be:
- Processing payroll transactions for timesheets, leave applications, staff data changes, salary payments, new employee set-up, and employee cessations for the fortnightly payroll cycle.
- Undertaking accurate and ongoing interpretation on payroll inquiries and transactions.
- Maintaining electronic record-keeping for all remuneration transactions.
- Interpreting, applying and advising staff on general conditions of employment and associated policies.
- As required, undertaking the fortnightly payroll processing in the absence of the Senior Remuneration Officer, e.g., processing salary payments, and leave and superannuation entitlements.
Position contact: Jordana Ferrara
Telephone: (07) 4753 4444.
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
Protocol Officer, Protocol and International Visits Branch
Job type: Full-time, Ongoing; Non-ongoing
Location: Brisbane, QLD
Salary: $98,314 to $110,483
Classification: APS Level 6
Position number: PMC/2025/076
Security clearance: As required
Applications close: Sunday, 27 July
Agency website: https://www.pmc.gov.au
Key duties: The position will involve working in a variety of interesting and dynamic areas where you will work independently and as part of a team. Key attributes for this role include:
- Works as a collaborative team member with a strong work ethic, in a professional and discreet manner.
- Presents credible expertise, including awareness of cultural sensitivities.
- Shows commitment to delivery and flexibility under challenging circumstances.
- Produces documentation displaying attention to detail.
- Viewed as an APS peer counsellor and supporter.
- Identifies and works to solve issues that impact objectives.
- Prioritises and responds to stakeholder needs.
- Seeks constructive feedback.
- Undertakes learning and work activities that develop strong leadership skills and strategic thinking.
This role includes extended and varied work times. A willingness to work outside core hours, and travel interstate and overseas as required, is essential. Where additional hours are completed outside of PM&C’s ordinary hours of work, employees will be compensated through the department’s flex time or overtime provisions.
Position contact: Fiona Thomas
Telephone: (02) 6271 5538.
Australian Law Reform Commission
Executive Assistant & Operations Officer
Job type: Full-time; Part-time, Non-ongoing
Location: Melbourne, VIC
Salary: $98,381 to $114,049
Classification: APS Level 6
Position number: 0222/25_ALRC-EXT
Applications close: Sunday, 27 July
Agency website: https://www.alrc.gov.au
Key duties: The Executive Assistant reports to the Director of Finance and Operations and provides a range of high-level executive and office support services to the President, Executive Director and the Finance and Operations team at the Australian Law Reform Commission. This includes managing executive diaries, stakeholder engagement, travel arrangements, event coordination, office logistics, human resources duties, and day-to-day operational needs. The role demands excellent organisational and stakeholder management skills, and the ability to manage competing priorities while maintaining a high standard of professionalism and confidentiality.
Position contact: Mandeep Bahia
Email: [email protected]
Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA)
Assistant Director, Digital Publishing
Job type: Full-time, Ongoing; Non-ongoing
Location: Adelaide, SA; Brisbane, QLD; Canberra, ACT; Hobart, TAS; Melbourne, VIC; Perth, WA; Sydney, NSW
Salary: $117,774 to $129,220
Classification: Executive Level 1
Position number: To be confirmed
Security clearance: Baseline
Applications close: Sunday, 27 July
Agency website: https://www.asqa.gov.au
Key duties: We are seeking an Assistant Director, Digital Publishing, who will lead the development and implementation of ASQA’s website and intranet content management framework of governance, policies and procedures, and support content authors to communicate in the voice of the regulator. This optimises and adds value to how ASQA’s information and communications are written, visually presented and made available to both internal and external stakeholders.
Position contact: Timothy Pigot
Email: [email protected]
National Anti-Corruption Commission
Assistant Director, Data Solutions
Job type: Full-time; Part-time, Ongoing
Location: Canberra, ACT
Salary: $118,549 to $144,065
Classification: Executive Level 1
Position number: 073_07/25
Security clearance: Negative Vetting 1
Applications close: Sunday, 27 July
Agency website: https://nacc.gov.au
Key duties: Working under broad direction of the Director, Data and Information Governance, the Assistant Director, Data Solutions leads the design, analysis and delivery of reliable and quality data products and services.
Working as part of a multidisciplinary team, the role will manage cloud-based data platforms, deliver data services and drive data capabilities to inform decision-making. The role will also work closely with ICT, Operations and other business areas within the NACC to identify business needs and translate them into data solutions.
Position contact: Olivia
Telephone: 0458 165 024.
AirServices Australia
Senior Payroll Officer
Job type: Full-time, Ongoing
Location: Canberra, ACT
Salary: $99,412 to $109,312
Classification: APS Level 5
Position number: 502102
Security clearance: As required
Applications close: Sunday, 27 July
Agency website: https://www.airservicesaustralia.com
Key duties: As a Senior Payroll Officer on the Payroll Operations team, you will be responsible for undertaking Tier 2 and 3 payroll-processing tasks as identified in the Payroll Service Catalogue. Working as part of a larger team, and reporting to the Payroll Services Lead, tasks will range from routine transactional data entry to complex tasks that require analytical investigation and technical work with data and databases.
The Senior Payroll Officer provides mentoring and support to Payroll Officers, while reviewing and testing SAP HR (Payroll) system changes driven by enterprise agreements, legislation, policy updates, and process improvements.
Position contact: Cortnie Taylor
Telephone: 0483 387 747.
National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) Quality and Safeguards Commission
Senior Integrity Officer
Job type: Full-time, Ongoing
Location: Adelaide, SA; Brisbane, QLD; Canberra, ACT; Darwin, NT; Hobart, TAS; Melbourne, VIC; Parramatta, NSW; Penrith, NSW; Perth, WA
Salary: $96,588 to $108,532
Classification: APS Level 6
Position number: 126_07/25
Security clearance: Baseline
Applications close: Sunday, 27 July
Agency website: https://www.ndiscommission.gov.au
The role: Key duties include:
- Manage complaints from providers, participants and members of the public about NDIS Commission employees and its processes.
- Manage highly sensitive or confidential material, including a caseload of complaints.
- Assist with the investigations into public interest disclosures and workplace investigations.
- Collaborate with NDIS Commission staff.
- Liaise with other government agencies, share information and produce investigation reports, including recommendations.
- Engage across the full range of the NDIS Commission’s functions, identifying and fostering opportunities to deploy cross-functional strategies to address integrity-related issues.
- Prepare complex and/or sensitive correspondence and corporate documentation, including reports, briefings, and recommendations.
- Contribute to and participate in education campaigns to inform and educate commission employees.
- Assist the director and assistant directors of the Internal Integrity Unit with other duties as required.
Position contact: Tam Bunce
Telephone: (08) 8153 8888.
Department of Home Affairs
Policy Officer – Multiple Branches
Job type: Full-time, Ongoing
Various locations: ACT, NSW, NT, QLD, SA, TAS, VIC, WA
Salary: $115,443 to $134,865
Classification: Executive Level 1
Position number: JR 138615
Security clearance: Baseline
Applications close: Sunday, 27 July
Agency website: https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au
Duties and responsibilities: As a member of Strategy & Policy Division, you may be responsible for:
- Driving work that delivers tangible outcomes for Australia, coordinating and undertaking complex or sensitive policy issues that have operational and strategic results for government and industry.
- Reviewing and developing policy, engaging with other government stakeholders, and working on legislative reforms that support whole-of-government trade initiatives, including providing evidence-based policy advice.
- Under broad direction, assisting to design, develop, implement and embed enterprise policies and procedures for the ABF relating to strategy and policy, capability planning, investment, evaluation and performance reporting.
- Contributing to the delivery of the ABF reform agenda in consultation with industry stakeholders and external partner agencies across government.
- Producing written materials including Cabinet submissions, new policy proposals, and ministerial and senior executive briefings.
- Managing program and projects, including facilitating input from a range of stakeholders, managing timeframes and delivering against project requirements and objectives.
Position contact: Joshua Hutton
Email: [email protected].
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
ITSM Service Delivery
Job type: Full-time, Ongoing
Location: Canberra, ACT
Salary: $95,438 to $108,360
Classification: APS Level 6
Position number: 2025/2145
Applications close: Monday, 28 July
Agency website: https://www.agriculture.gov.au
The job: Key duties for this position include but are not limited to:
- Provide assurance of Service Desk procedures. Manage and respond to IT queries and escalations.
- Attend weekly Service Desk Operations meetings.
- Assist with the maintenance of ITSM knowledge and IT services intranet content.
- Collaborate across the broader IT environment and other business areas to uplift IT processes.
- Assist with the development of policy and procedure documentation.
- Support the department’s management of the ITSM platform.
Position contact: Nicole Prior
Telephone: 0438 928 908.
Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia
Deputy Judicial Services Team Leader
Job type: Full-time, Non-ongoing
Location: Melbourne, VIC
Salary: $84,228 to $91,809
Classification: APS Level 5
Position number: 0612-07-252
Security clearance: As required
Applications close: Monday, 28 July
Agency website: https://www.fcfcoa.gov.au
Key duties: The position of Deputy Judicial Services Team Leader requires a self-starter who thinks both strategically to solve problems facing the courts and seeks ongoing performance improvement. The position’s responsibilities include:
- Leading and supporting teams of associates, deputy associates and court officers to ensure high-quality support to the judicial officers of the courts and high-quality services to clients, legal practitioners, registrars and family consultants.
- Coordinating courts’ operations, including scheduling of events and providing reports on case management indicators.
- Managing change in a challenging and fast-moving environment.
- Developing and maintaining positive, productive and collaborative relationships with the judiciary, the legal profession and community groups.
- Ensuring the policies and standards of the courts are promoted and maintained.
Position contact: Kellie Hose
Telephone: 0436 601 946.
Bureau of Meteorology
Property Coordinator
Job type: Full-time; Part-time, Ongoing; Non-ongoing
Location: Adelaide, SA; Brisbane, QLD; Melbourne, VIC; Sydney, NSW
Salary: $75,022 to $81,775
Classification: APS Level 4
Position number: 60015792, 60004048, 60009225, 60008015
Applications close: Monday, 28 July
Agency website: http://www.bom.gov.au
Key duties: The responsibilities of the role include but are not limited to:
- Complying with all bureau work, health and safety policies and procedures, and taking reasonable care for your own health and safety and that of employees, contractors and visitors who may be affected by your conduct.
- Coordinate property maintenance activities within budget constraints.
- Review all unplanned maintenance issues as they arise to determine the most appropriate corrective action. Investigate and report on services and asset failures and other incidents.
- Ensure that site records, facility drawings and plans are kept up to date with all facility and services maintenance alterations.
- Administer essential services maintenance reports and related actions.
- Monitor contractor performance against key indicators and provide regular reports on contractor performance.
- Coordinate activities with the bureau’s Property Services Provider, ensuring compliance, value for money and timely delivery.
- Provide assistance to the Property Services Leasing team on leasing activities within Victoria.
- Undertake other additional and/or alternative duties as required that are relevant to the role.
Position contact: Adam Carey
Email: [email protected]
Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission (ACIC)
Portfolio Performance Reporting Lead, EPMO
Job type: Full-time, Ongoing; Non-ongoing
Location: Canberra, ACT
Salary: $117,662 to $141,853
Classification: Executive Level 1
Position number: 6102_07/25_CGC
Security clearance: Negative Vetting 1
Applications close: Monday, 28 July
Agency website: https://www.acic.gov.au
The role: The Portfolio Performance Reporting lead role, within the Enterprise Portfolio Management Office (EPMO), is a pivotal function in the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission (ACIC). The role will support the uplift in portfolio reporting, and assurance, by driving the reporting cadence for the portfolio of initiatives, analysing portfolio data to identify trends, risks and opportunities across the project landscape; and will also manage continuous improvements to the ACICs Portfolio, Program and Project Management (P3M) digital solution – ServiceNow’s Strategic Portfolio Management (SPM) platform.
As the Portfolio Performance Reporting lead, you will be responsible for delivering on internal and external reporting requirements, driving the ACIC’s reporting cadence for the portfolio of initiatives.
The role also includes implementing continuous improvements of the digital P3M solution to support the strategic management of the investment portfolio, and support the uplift in portfolio maturity, enterprise capability and long-term delivery outcomes.
The suitable candidate will also be required to provide subject matter expert (SME) advice in implementing changes required to achieve EPMO goals and objectives across the work area and contribute to the development of the enterprise view of project management.
Position contact: Sarah
Telephone: 0477 898 376.
Bureau of Meteorology
Information Management Officer
Job type: Full-time; Part-time, Ongoing
Location: Melbourne, VIC
Salary: $94,563 to $105,910
Classification: APS Level 6
Position number: 60013532
Applications close: Tuesday, 29 July
Agency website: http://www.bom.gov.au
The role: The Information Management Officer will support the uplift of enterprise information management capabilities and assist the Digital Information and Data Archiving Team Lead and the wider Data Governance team with:
- Data and information management planning and initiatives.
- Advice, guidance, issues management and other support for bureau staff.
- Development and implementation of procedures, processes, guidelines and tools.
- Access to and preservation of the bureau’s physical archives.
- Other related data and information governance tasks and projects as required.
Position contact: Sophie Shilling, Digital Information & Data Archiving Lead
Telephone: (03) 9669 4319.
