70297

Closes: 30 July 2026

Classification: Senior Officer Grade A
Salary: $172,246 plus superannuation
Position No: 70297
Directorate: Digital Canberra
Advertised (Gazettal date): 23 July 2026
Contact Officer: Peita Bonato on Peita.Bonato@act.gov.au or (02) 5124 9364

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Details: Do you want to enrich your community by providing digital government services that are so easy, they just happen? That’s what Digital Canberra is here to do. We deliver and support digital government services that are easy to access, save time, and are safe to use. Join Digital Canberra and help deliver smart, secure, and seamless digital services that improve the people that live and work in our beautiful city and surrounding area.

At Digital Canberra, you’ll work with passionate technologists, policy experts, and designers to build and sustain services that matter. We value curiosity, collaboration, and creativity, and we’re committed to helping you grow.

Digital Canberra is seeking a strategic and passionate Senior Director, Government Business and Intergovernmental Relations. This role is part of our Ministerial and Government Services Branch, and forms part of our Corporate Services leadership team. The Senior Director liaises with various senior stakeholders across the ACT Government, while maintaining a high level of confidentiality and discretion, responding efficiently to business needs within tight timeframes.

The Government Business and Intergovernmental Relations Team is responsible for leading government business responsibilities on behalf of the directorate in collaboration with other corporate and policy teams. This includes intergovernmental relations responsibilities, privacy management, Open Access and Freedom of Information, and related policy management guidance. The Senior Director is responsible for providing a high level of client service while managing and providing leadership on these functions, and supporting direct communications and policy advice between the Directorate across all directorates and agencies and other levels of government.

Please refer to the position description for further information about this role. You may wish to speak to the listed Contact Officer if you have any queries once you have reviewed the position description.

What we offer you

At Digital Canberra, we offer a rewarding government career that has a direct, positive impact on the Canberra community. You may be strategic, helping us lead technology investment decisions to build a genuinely connected Canberra. Or you may enjoy the hands-on satisfaction of working with the latest technology to keep our hospitals, schools, and government running. At Digital Canberra, you will make a difference!

As part of the ACT Public Service (ACTPS), Digital Canberra offers some of the best hybrid and flexible working arrangements in Australia. Flexible working in the ACTPS means we provide the opportunity to work remotely (from home) or from a choice of office locations around Canberra, although the exact arrangements will be discussed with your hiring manager, based on operational needs.

Canberra is Australia’s capital – a welcoming, unique city with a quality of life that many cities aspire to. It’s the perfect place to raise children, take advantage of world-class cultural institutions, and enjoy the great outdoors. Canberra is primed for technology evolution. As a young and growing city, the shape of our community and our digital government services will continue to change.

Just like our city, Digital Canberra is inclusive. Our work spans many technology disciplines, and our workforce is culturally and linguistically diverse. We welcome candidates who have the right to work in Australia, which may include temporary and permanent visa holders (subject to your visa conditions and security clearance restrictions).

Ready to make a difference? Apply now and help shape Canberra’s digital future!

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.

Note: This is a temporary position available immediately until 31 December 2026 with the possibility of extension until 30 June 2027.Selection may be based on application and referee reports only. A Merit Pool will be established from this selection process and may be used to fill vacancies over the next 12 months.

How to Apply: Please submit a one-page expression of interest that addresses the ‘What You Require’ section of the Position Description and your current curriculum vitae, including the contact details of two referees.

Applications should be submitted via the Apply Now button below.

Note: Under the ACTPS employment framework you may be placed in another role where required for the efficient administration of the service.

Where an offer of employment is for a fixed-term period, any related temporary contracts within the Territory will be issued in compliance with the requirements and applicable exceptions outlined in the Fair Work Act.

The ACT public service is committed to closing the gap, underpinned by the belief that when Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have a genuine say in the design and delivery of policies, programs and services that affect them, better life outcomes are achieved. More information can be found here ACT Closing the Gap Implementation Plan - ACT Government Transparency Portal.

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Note

This is a temporary position available immediately until 31 December 2026 with the possibility of extension until 30 June 2027.