Description:
- Salary Range: $88,923 - $92,670 + Attractive Superannuation
- Contact Officer: Michelle Palombi 02 6289 6054 [emailprotected]
Open Arms is the gateway for veterans and their families to access services, including counselling, to improve their mental health and wellbeing. It promotes and provides mental health and wellbeing services toward improved outcomes and quality of life for veterans and their families. This is achieved through providing client centred, trauma informed, recovery oriented, needs driven and compassionate care, informed by the voice of the community.
The Business Operations Branch provides administrative and business support to Open Arms counselling services and the division.
Administrative Officer – Workforce Support
The Administrative Officer is required to deliver high quality input and professional services in the areas of workforce support, procurement and recruitment within Open Arms. This role involves applying creative and innovative approaches to complex and sensitive issues, and managing multiple competing priorities to enable timely, effective and coordinated information whilst displaying a high attention to detail. The occupant of this position will work in a small team, with operational and administrative oversight provided by the APS6 team leader and Assistant Director – Workforce Support.
Administrative Officer – Governance
The Administrative Support Officer is required to deliver high quality input and professional services in the areas of governance and administration activities for the Open Arms Division. This role involves applying creative and innovative approaches to complex and sensitive issues, and managing multiple competing priorities to enable timely, effective and coordinated services whilst exercising sound professional judgement. The occupant of this position will work in a small team, with operational and administrative oversight provided by the Assistant Director, Open Arms Governance.
Duties
Please refer to Candidate Information Pack for a list of duties related to this role. This can be found at the link used to apply.
Eligibility
- Under section 22(8) of the Public Service Act 1999, employees must be Australian citizens to be employed in the Australian Public Service (APS).
- All applicants external to DVA offered employment will be required to successfully undergo a pre-engagement screening check, even if they have a security clearance. The screening check is conducted in accordance with the Australian Government Protective Security Policy Framework requirements.
This recruitment process is being used to fill ongoing and/or non-ongoing position/s. For more information about the role, please see the Candidate Information Pack.
Where a non-ongoing position is offered, the role will be filled for an initial specified term of up to18 months.
A merit pool of suitable applicants may be created which may be used to fill future ongoing and non-ongoing vacancies should they become available over the next 18 months.
Successful applicants engaged into the APS will be subject to a probation period.
DVA embraces and fosters a culture that supports diversity, inclusion and respect, where people are empowered to fulfil their potential. We welcome people with diverse skills, experiences, perspectives and backgrounds. We are dedicated and committed to attracting and recruiting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and encourage applications from people with disability, people that identify as LGBTQIA+ and people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. Take on a rewarding, varied, and broad career with an Australian Public Service Department that can bring balance and flexibility to your working life, while supporting you to stay connected to your community.
DVA is committed to improving the data skills and capability of our workforce to underpin our goal of becoming a leading data-driven organisation.
RecruitAbility applies to this vacancy. Under the RecruitAbility scheme you will be invited to participate in further assessment activity for the vacancy if you choose to apply under the scheme; declare you have a disability; and meet the minimum requirements for the job. For more information visit: https://www.apsc.gov.au/recruitability
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