53390, several

Closes: 11 August 2025

Classification: Administrative Services Officer Class 5
Salary: $93,784 - $98,967 plus superannuation
Position No: 53390, several
Directorate: Chief Minister, Treasury and Economic Development
Advertised (Gazettal date): 04 August 2025
Contact Officer: Madeleine Vogt on Madeleine.Vogt@act.gov.au or (02) 6207 2979

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Details: The Payroll Services Branch have three exciting ASO5 opportunities for experienced and capable Payroll Team Coordinators.  These vacancies fall within the Education, Compensation, and our Health Pay teams. We are looking for highly motivated, innovative, and dynamic Team Coordinators with demonstrated superior Payroll skills. You must be comfortable working in a high-pressure environment with tight deadlines.

The position of Payroll Team Coordinator requires you to work within a large team, responsibility for providing support to the Team Supervisor, including team members and colleagues within the wider Payroll Services. The primary tasks include:

• Support the Team Supervisor/s in managing the team to deliver pay and various conditions in accordance with the relevant Enterprise Agreement and Legislation.
• Undertake relevant casework and research, prepare detailed correspondence, reports and submissions relating to payroll activities when requested.
• In conjunction with the Team Supervisor, identify individual and team training needs, implement, develop, and deliver training and/or presentations when required.
• Provide high quality training and support for new staff entering the pay teams.

Additional responsibilities include interpreting and providing accurate and considered advice relating to the relevant Enterprise Agreement, legislation, and policies.

If our vacancies sound like you, we’d love to hear from you!

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: Experience and understanding of the individual pay team environments (Education, Compensation and Health) would be highly regarded.

Note: This is a temporary position available immediately for six months with the possibility of extension up to 12 months and/or permanency.Within your application, please identify your preference of pay team you are applying for. A merit pool will be established from this selection process and may be used to fill future identical vacancies over the next 12 months across Payroll Services. These positions work in an activity-based working (ABW) environment. Under ABW arrangements officers will not have a designated workstation/desk.

How to Apply: Applicants should submit a current curriculum vitae, contact details of two referees and a written pitch, addressing the Professional/Technical Skills and Knowledge and the Behavioural Capabilities of no more than two A4 pages, outlining your skills and experience relevant to the role.

Applications should be submitted via the Apply Now button below.

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This is a temporary position available immediately for six months with the possibility of extension up to 12 months and/or permanency.