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• Adelaide, SA; Brisbane, QLD; Canberra, ACT; Melbourne, VIC; Sydney, NSW; Perth, WA; Hobart, TAS
• $147,352 - $176,877
  
  

• Executive Level 2
• Adelaide, SA; Brisbane, QLD; Canberra, ACT; Melbourne, VIC; Sydney, NSW; Perth, WA; Hobart, TAS
• $147,352 - $176,877
  
  

About The Department Of Employment And Workplace Relations

We are committed to empowering futures, ensuring rights and enriching lives. We support people to have safe, secure and well-paid work with the skills for a sustainable future as we ourselves strive to be a model employer.

We provide the framework for fair and productive relationships between employers and employees. We also oversee skills development and training initiatives to support those entering the workforce or re-training to take advantage of emerging employment opportunities.

With us, your work directly contributes to shaping the employment landscape. Whether you are engaging in policy development, program implementation, or direct support services, your efforts will have a tangible impact on job seekers, employees and the economy by giving them a framework to build a future anchored and realised through employment.

It is our ambition to do things differently, to create the ‘department of great jobs’– where our people reflect our purpose.

The Role

Reporting to the Trades Recognition Australia (TRA) Assistant Secretary, the Director is responsible for leading a large geographically dispersed team, delivering the Job Ready Program (JRP) to prospective skilled migrants seeking permanent residency in Australia under the Skilled Migration Program.

The JRP is one of six skills assessment services provided by TRA, a skilled migration assessing authority authorised under the Migration Regulations 1994. TRA works closely with the Department of Home Affairs and Jobs and Skills Australia, to support planning to maximise skilled migration as a solution to address Australia’s workforce needs.

The JRP Director position offers an opportunity for an experienced applicant to lead a large section to achieve diverse deliverables. This includes the provision of skills assessments to over 12,000 applicants annually, quality assurance and compliance activities, ongoing stakeholder and contract management, and input to the longer-term redesign and reform on the skills assessment architecture.

Duties And Responsibilities

Responsibilities of the Executive Level 2 may include:

• Leading the ongoing delivery of the JRP, including maintaining program KPIs, managing program finances and complex service contracts.
• Building productive working relationships with internal stakeholders across the department and external stakeholders such as the Department of Home Affairs and the Jobs and Skills Commission to ensure TRA policy and service delivery is aligned with broader Government priorities and make recommendations to the executive for change where necessary.
• Demonstrate effective leadership and management, encouraging collaboration and information sharing to achieve results for the section and broader branch and group objectives. The Director identifies staff capability and develops staff, providing timely and constructive feedback and managing performance.
• Build and sustain internal and external networks, liaising with stakeholders on highly complex and/or sensitive issues, working to achieve mutually beneficial outcomes.
• Lead a healthy and safe working environment, modelling and promoting ethical behaviour and practices, professionalism, and integrity consistent with the APS Values and Code of Conduct.
  
  

How to Apply

Applicants are required to provide a summary (no more than 750 words) that outlines skills, knowledge, and experience and why you should be considered for this vacancy. You should take into consideration the position overview (including any detailed position specific requirements) when drafting your response. Where possible include specific relevant examples of your work.

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In the eRecruit (the department’s online recruitment system) you will also need to:

• upload a Curriculum Vitae
• provide contact details for 2 Referees.
  
  

Eligibility

Don’t meet all the role requirements?

At DEWR we are dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive workforce and seek to recruit staff with a wide range of backgrounds, skill levels, disciplines and working styles. If this role resonates with you and you are excited about making an impact, but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly, we encourage you to apply anyway.

Citizenship - to be eligible for employment with the Department, you must be an Australian Citizen or, in limited circumstances, in the process of obtaining it.

Security Clearance - our successful candidate is required to hold, or have the ability to obtain, and maintain a Baseline security clearance.

Please refer to the Job Information Pack for more information about the role.Seniority level

• Seniority levelDirector

Employment type

• Employment typeFull-time

Job function

• Job functionBusiness Development and Sales
• IndustriesGovernment Administration

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