31951

Closes: 26 September 2025

Classification: Senior Officer Grade A
Salary: $169,551 plus superannuation
Position No: 31951
Directorate: Chief Minister, Treasury and Economic Development
Advertised (Gazettal date): 12 September 2025
Contact Officer: Bridgid Edwards on Bridgid.Edwards@act.gov.au or (02) 6207 6198

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Details: If you want a challenging and broad-ranging role that is at the coalface of shaping high performance and healthy workplaces, this could be the job for you.

The role leads a team supporting the Directorate’s workforce of approximately 1,500 staff on employment matters. This includes providing advice and support to executives and supervisors about their people management responsibilities such as performance, behaviour, attendance, flexible work, injury management, recruitment and other employment practices and policies.

To be a strong contender for this role you will be comfortable having difficult conversations, have excellent ability to multi-task/prioritised and personal resilience, be a strategic thinker with sound stakeholder management and communication skills, and an ability to take a risk-based, pragmatic approach.

Additionally, you will design and deliver a range of projects, programs and initiatives that contribute to organisational and whole of government HR priorities. You will be supported to work flexibly, with the expectation that you work in the office up to two days a week, on days of your choice having regard for operational requirements and will be surrounded by a great team.

We are committed to creating an inclusive environment where people with diverse thoughts, lived experience, and perspectives can thrive and contribute their unique talents to the ACTPS and ACT community. We encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, people with culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, veterans, younger and older workers, and people with diverse genders, sexes and sexualities to apply.

Eligibility/Other requirements:

• At least five-years experience in a senior officer role of a similar nature or complexity.

Notes: An order of merit may be established from this selection process and may be used to fill future identical vacancies over the next 12 months.

How to apply: Please submit no more than a two-page written response addressing the Selection Criteria outlined in the Position Description, along with a current curriculum vitae and contact details for two referees.

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