14872

Closes: 17 June 2025

Classification: Senior Officer Grade C
Salary: $124,103 - $133,195 plus superannuation
Position No: 14872
Directorate: Justice and Community Safety
Advertised (Gazettal date): 03 June 2025
Contact Officer: Melissa Barry on Melissa.Barry@act.gov.au

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Details: The Organisational Development team is part of the Workforce Strategy and Culture team of PWS which is responsible for leading the Directorate’s diversity and inclusion, organisational development, workforce analytics and workplace coaching functions.

The remit of the Organisational Development team includes the Learning & Development (L&D) program for the Directorate, the workforce analytics function and facilitating a broad range of organisational development strategies and initiatives to support and enhance workforce capability development across all levels of the Directorate workforce.

The Assistant Director Organisational Development is responsible for the delivery of the L&D program for the Directorate. This includes coordinating face to face, hybrid and e-learning programs supplied by internal or external providers, design, develop and facilitate L&D activities as well as the maintenance of the L&D program through the ACT Government Learning Management System (HRIMS) and SharePoint sites. The Assistant Director will coordinate those activities and partnerships effectively and in close collaboration with CMTEDD and PWS colleagues as well as partners in Business Units to ensure training meets legal requirements as well as Business Unit needs.

The Assistant Director will also directly support the delivery of a diverse range of organisational development programs and initiatives, maintaining a focus on continuing organisational and administrative improvement and innovation through existing and new systems.

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:

• Qualifications and/or comprehensive experience in contemporary organisational development approaches and methods would be highly desirable.
• Comprehensive experience with contemporary learning management systems and e-learning design software such as the Articulate suite would be highly desirable.
• This position does not require a pre-employment medical.
• This position does not require a Working with Vulnerable People Check.
• To be eligible for permanent or temporary employment within the ACT Public Service (ACTPS) you must be an Australian citizen, a permanent resident or hold a valid work visa.
• If an officer no longer holds a visa that permits them to work in Australia, their employment with the ACT Public Service (ACTPS) will be terminated.

Note: An order of merit will be established from this selection process and may be used to fill future identical vacancies over the next 12 months. Please note, this position is in a workplace designed for activity-based working (ABW). Under ABW arrangements, officers do not have a designated workstation/desk. Opportunities for flexible working options could include hybrid working, being a combination of working from home, designated office based and FlexiSpace working locations across the ACT, part-time hours, job-sharing, flexible start, and finish times.

How to Apply: Applicants are required to submit:

1. A personal pitch (of no more than two pages) addressing both the Professional/Technical Skill and Knowledge and Behavioural Capabilities outlined under the "What you require" section of the Position Description. Specific examples should be provided using the STAR method where appropriate.
2. Applicants should also provide a current curriculum vitae with details of two referees (one of which must be your current supervisor/manager).

Applications should be submitted via the Apply Now Button Below.