69436

Closes: 16 September 2025

Classification: Senior Officer Grade B
Salary: $146,705 - $164,506 plus superannuation
Position No: 69436
Directorate: Chief Minister, Treasury and Economic Development
Advertised (Gazettal date): 02 September 2025
Contact Officer: Albert Lee on Albert.Lee@act.gov.au or (02) 6205 0847

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Details: The ACT Office of Industrial Relations and Workforce Strategy (OIRWS) is seeking an engaged, experienced and enthusiastic individual to fill a critical role as Director in the Public Sector Employment Policy Branch. If you are a highly motivated and industrious operator with experience in developing complex evidence-based policy, designing legislation, and working adeptly with a broad range of stakeholders, we want to hear from you.

The Director role reports to the Senior Director, Public Sector Framework. Under broad direction, the Director will be responsible for leading high-level policy work, providing strategic advice, driving consultation, undertaking legal policy analysis and responding to legal policy issues in relation to the ACT's Public Sector Management Act 1994, Public Sector Management Standards, and related legislation and policies.

The ideal candidate will demonstrate that they are an experienced leader in policy and legislative design, a strategic thinker, and an effective communicator, who is resilient and adaptable to challenges and dynamic demands to support the work of the business unit, branch and broader division.

While not essential, extensive experience in employment law or related matters would be highly regarded.

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.

Notes: A Merit Pool will be established from this selection process and will be used to fill vacancies over the next 12 months. Selection may be based on application and referee reports only.

Please note, this position is primarily located at a workplace designed for activity-based working (ABW). Under ABW arrangements, officers will not have a designated workstation/desk.

How to Apply:

To apply, please provide:

• Your supporting statement of no more than two A4 pages, addressing the Selection Criteria outlined in the attached Position Description;
• A copy of your current curriculum vitae; and
• Contact details of at least two referees.

Applications should be submitted via the Apply Now button below.

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