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Junior Policy Officers (Employment)

Junior Policy Officers (Employment)

Australian Government - Department Of Education, Skills And EmploymentCanberra, Australia
10 days ago
Job description

APS Level 4

  • Canberra, ACT | Hobart, TAS | Brisbane, QLD | Adelaide, SA | Melbourne, VIC
  • 73,783 - $78,907
  • About the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations

We enable access to quality skills, training and employment services to support Australians find secure work in fair, productive and safe workplaces - supporting individuals and our nation to prosper.

  • The Role

    • The Skills Reform Taskforce (the Taskforce) is responsible for leading the development of a new Commonwealth-State arrangement, including funding arrangements, new performance metrics and working across Skills Group on reforms to quality, industry engagement, apprenticeships and foundation skills in the vocational education and training (VET) sector.

    The Taskforce currently consists of three branches to drive forward reforms to improve the transparency of VET funding, as well as work across the Skills and Training Group and other key VET system reforms such as Jobs and Skills Australia. In addition, the Taskforce supports work with states and territories across the Skills Group to develop VET policy that requires state and territory agreement.

    Successful applicants will be become an integral part of a driven and caring team located across Australia. There are a number of APS 4 policy and program officer vacancies across the Taskforce. Applicants are asked to indicate particular areas of interest. A merit pool will be created from this process and may be used to fill similar vacancies that become available.

  • Duties and Responsibilities

    • Responsibilities of the Policy Officer (APS4) may include :

  • Assist with research and analysis to support policy development,
  • Assisting to compile, analyse and report on a range of data,
  • Communicating technical information to non-technical audiences,
  • Assist in the preparation of Ministerial and Executive correspondence, briefings and reports,
  • Assist in the preparation for meetings with internal and external stakeholders, and
  • Assist in developing policy and preparing written advice to Government.
  • How to Apply

    • Applicants are required to provide up to a two-page summary

  • no more than 750 words
  • that outlines skills, knowledge, and experience and why you should be considered for this vacancy. You should take into consideration the position overview (including any detailed position specific requirements) when drafting your response. Where possible include specific relevant examples of your work.

    • The APS work level standards accommodate the diversity of roles across the APS and are structured to clearly differentiate between the work expected (i.e. responsibilities and duties) at each classification level.

    In the eRecruit (the department's online recruitment system) you will also need to :

  • upload a Curriculum Vitae
  • provide contact details for 2 Referees.
  • Eligibility
  • Citizenship
  • to be eligible for employment with the Department, you must be an Australian Citizen or, in limited circumstances, in the process of obtaining it.
  • Please refer to the Job Information Pack for more information about the role.

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