Team Leader, Pay and Conditions

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Geoscience Australia acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Australia and recognises the continuing connection to lands, waters and communities. We pay our respects to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures, and to elders past and present.

About us

Geoscience Australia is Australia's pre‑eminent public sector geoscience organisation. We are the nation’s trusted advisor on the geology and geography of Australia. We apply science and technology to describe and understand the Earth for the benefit of Australia. We apply our diverse professional expertise, our deep and trusted knowledge, our national‑scale Earth observation infrastructure and our strong partnerships, to the opportunities and challenges that face our nation.

Our culture

Our strength lies in our people, including our diversity in backgrounds, skills and experiences, and the way we work together to respond to the emerging needs of our work. We value diversity in gender, backgrounds, culture, and experiences of our employees and are committed to providing an inclusive workplace culture that ensures everyone has equal opportunity to contribute, participate and progress. Applications from people who reflect this diversity are encouraged.

Our workplace is committed to the health, safety and wellbeing of our employees and offer a variety of flexible working arrangements to enhance flexibility, including remote working arrangements.

What we can offer you

When you work at Geoscience Australia you will have access to a range of benefits and the opportunity to experience a workplace culture that truly values and promotes diversity, inclusion, equity and belonging. To learn more about our competitive salary, free onsite parking, generous flexible working arrangements and the role you can play in growing our culture click here.

In this role you will :

• Manage the pay and conditions function for Geoscience Australia employees
• Manage relationships through our Shared Services agreement with the Department of Industry, Science and Resources
• Manage complex pay enquiries, including outcomes of pay audits and reviews
• Implement business process improvements, and work instructions
• Ensuring reports such as the fortnightly pay variance are accurate
• Manage the agency Individual Flexible Agreement process, including providing advice to business area and undertaking annual reviews
• Supporting policy and procedure reviews, including facilitating staff consultation
• Preparing and reviewing internal communications related to Payroll matters, and other communications to support the broader Workplace Relations team
• Support the Manager, Pay & Conditions with employment matters relating to Geoscience Australia’s Enterprise Agreement
• Lead, support and mentor Pay & Conditions staff within the team

Required skills, knowledge, experience and / or qualifications

Eligibility

Are you unsure about applying?

Did you know that a Hewlett Packard internal report found that men apply for jobs when they meet an average of 60 per cent of the job requirements? Women and other people from diverse backgrounds tend to only apply when they check every box. If you think you have what it takes, but don’t necessarily meet every single point on what we are looking for, please still apply or get in touch with the contact officer to learn more about the role.

To Apply

Please visit the careers page of our website to submit your application via our e‑Recruit system.

Your application should include :

If you have any questions regarding the role, please contact Tessa Bradfield via email at .

To learn more about applying for roles within the Australian Public Services please review, ‘Applying for an APS job : cracking the code’.

Recruitability

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 position. For more information please visit the Australian Public Service Commission website.

Hearing or speech impaired applicants

Hearing or speech impaired applicants are invited to use the National Relay Service by contacting 133 677, and requesting to be connected with our Recruitment team on 02 6249 9777 in order to obtain selection documentation.

Technical Assistance

If you require technical assistance, call Human Resources at (02) 6249 9777 or email .

A merit list / pool may be created from this process. If you are successful for the merit pool, your details may be shared with other Australian Public Service agencies unless you choose not to have your details disclosed.

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