About this job
About the Role
Responsibilities include;
- Work with the Office of the Deputy Director-General to provide support and coordination of cross agency meetings and events, within set timeframes.
- Work with offices of Government Champions and networks to coordinate requests for briefings, compile reports on activities and provide advice to the Minister, Director-General, and Deputy Director-General.
- Support the Deputy Director-General First Nation Strategy & Partnerships and the First Nation Strategy & Partnerships executive management team by providing high-level strategic advice in relation to departmental and divisional matters.
- Work with the Office of the Deputy Director-General First Nation Strategy & Partnerships to prepare and review correspondence items including complex briefing notes, Ministerial submissions, reports and other correspondence in accordance with departmental standards and within set timeframes.
- Consult with key Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elders, prescribed body corporates key community stakeholder and departmental officers and brief the Deputy Director-General, both orally and in writing, as the occasion demands, on emergent and critical issues that may require sensitive management and immediate attention.
- Research, analyse and prepare briefs on complex reports and submissions in order to interpret and render advice on their technical aspects for the Deputy Director-General's consideration.
- Prepare and coordinate reports, recommendations, submissions, briefing notes, presentations, publications and correspondence on behalf of the Deputy Director-General.
- Coordinate the flow of correspondence through the division, including distribution, receipting and tracking, to ensure the requests are completed accurately and within set deadlines.
- Travel to remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities will be required. This may involve travel outside normal office hours and/or overnight accommodation.
Mandatory Requirements for and Identified Role:
It is a genuine occupational requirement for Identified roles that the position be filled by an Aboriginal person or a Torres Strait Islander person as set out in Section 7 of the Anti Discrimination Act 1991 for the purposes contained in Section 25 of that Act.
Verification of Aboriginality and/or Torres Strait Island heritage
For administrative purposes, in relation to an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander identified role, an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander person is a person who identifies as an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander person and is either:
- of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander descent;
- accepted as an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander person by the Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander community in which he or she lives.
By definition a person who is not an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander cannot be employed (on any basis) to perform the duties of an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander identified role.
Applicants to this position may have to provide confirmation of their Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander heritage. Requesting proof of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander heritage from applicants helps to make sure that this intention is honoured.
How to Apply
- Please attach a brief resume including contact details for 2 referees (referees should have an understanding of your relevant previous work history); and
- A 1-pg written statement in response to the attached role description.
We welcome all applicants to share any support needed to ensure our recruitment process is inclusive.
Applications remain current for 12 months from the closing date and may be considered for appointment to identical or similar vacancies within the Department.
Applications from recruitment agencies will not be accepted.
When working in regulated employment an employee must have a current Working with Children Clearance (blue card) issued by Blue Card Services.
Salary rate shown is reflective of full-time (1.0 FTE).
The Department of Education is a family inclusive workplace. Click here to find out more about our Inclusion and Diversity strategies.
lcome all applicants to share any support needed to ensure our recruitment process is inclusive.Applications remain current for 12 months from the closing date and may be considered for appointment to identical or similar vacancies within the Department.
Applications from recruitment agencies will not be accepted.
When working in regulated employment an employee must have a current Working with Children Clearance (blue card) issued by Blue Card Services.
Salary rate shown is reflective of full-time (1.0 FTE).
The Department of Education is a family inclusive workplace. Click here to find out more about our Inclusion and Diversity strategies.