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Salary- Location: Perth, WA
- Salary Range: $76,696 - $81,802 + Attractive Superannuation
- Contact Officer: Tashya Adikaram (08) 9591 4729 Tashya.Adikaram@dva.gov.au
Practice Officers undertake functions in office management and service delivery operations and support. Officers may work across multiple functions and service delivery streams. They may have responsibility for supervising Level 3 Service Support Officers including task allocation and monitoring of performance.
Duties
- Supervise Level 3 Service Support Offices including monitoring performance, setting priorities, task allocation, and identification of training needs.
- Provide front of house and administrative support across all service delivery streams inclusive of data entry and record keeping.
- Provide first escalation point for clients, contracted health providers and external stakeholder queries.
- Coordinate the administrative requirements for client referrals to both internal and external providers. This includes managing data, correspondence and client information between internal and external referral platforms and client management systems.
- Coordinate the administrative requirements for group programs and mental health literacy workshops.
- Provide assistance with administrative induction and training of new employees and contracted health providers.
- Undertake financial management activities including drafting procurement documentation, processing invoices, reconciling payments and tracking financial expenditure.
- Provide office management support for centre and regional satellite property resources, assets, IT and travel requirements.
- Support the Assistant Practice Manager in reporting quality assurance, compliance, audits, reports and operational data.
- Build rapport and maintain key stakeholder relationships.
- Support workplace practices in line with policies of Occupational Health and Safety, Workplace Diversity, the Australian Public Service Values and Employment Principles, and Code of Conduct.
- Understand and support the mission and business objectives of Open Arms.
- Applicants must be an Australian citizen to apply.
Please note: DVA will be in a reduced activity period from 22/12/2023 to 02/01/2024. Any enquiries for the contact officer should be made via email during this period.
This recruitment process is being used to fill a non-ongoing position.
Where a non-ongoing position is offered, the role will be filled for an initial specified term of up to 12 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.
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