Address- $55.24 per hour + super
- Canberra, Deakin – Brand New Office
- 12-month contract - labour hire
- Hybrid with Flexible Work Arrangements
- Weekly Pay
This Government body works with people with disability, providers, and the community to deliver nationally consistent, responsive, and effective regulation of service providers. They seek to uphold the rights of, and promote the health, safety, and wellbeing of people with disability receiving supports or services.
About the role:
The APS5 Complaints Officer is accountable under limited supervision to undertake moderately complex to complex work. Legislation, policies, procedures, standards, methodologies, and precedents guide the position.
The position will be required to undertake technical, research, policy and analysis activities and tasks using available information where options are not always evident. It will be required to perform procedural, clerical, administrative and operational tasks that supports and contributes to Agency’s objectives.
The APS5 Complaints Officer will have a considerable level of contact with internal and external stakeholders and will be required to communicate with and provide advice on a range of matters to resolve moderately complex to complex enquiries.
Responsibilities of the role include but are not limited to:
- Managing complaints and participant incidents, including assessing, recording, resolving and referring as required.
- Managing escalated complaints and ensuring strict deadlines are met.
- Producing quality written correspondence for a range of audiences, including formal responses for the Minister.
- Coordinating correspondence, briefing and reporting functions for the Complaints Team.
- Supporting the Complaints Team to resolve day to day operations issues and assist in achieving the branch’s strategic objectives.
You’ll have well aligned working history with experience within the Disability Sector, Community Services, Complaints Management and Government. You are a self-starter, process orientated and have high-attention to detail and work well in a fast passed environment to meet deadlines demonstrate flexibility and independent judgement with respect to common tasks.
You’ll be experienced in
- Working in a Member of Parliaments Office and or Parliamentary Ministry Branch within Government.
- A previous in a complaints or compliance role
- Demonstrating resilience, flexibility, highly organised, attention to detail, empathy, high analytical skills, proficient in word and Excel, ability to work proactively, ability to work autonomously and as part of a team. Ability to manage a high caseload of work, meet deadlines and prioritise work in line with risk and complaint due dates.
- High volume complaints phone contact.
- The disability and community services sectors.
- Complaints Management.
- Applicants must hold Australian citizenship.
- Be willing to undergo an Australian Federal Police Check and completion of the Agency’s screening checks, including; Working With Children Check, NDIS Worker Screening Check.
If this role is of interest to you, APPLY NOW, with your current resume in MS Word format along with an expression of interest. If you would like to know more then please don’t hesitate to contact Bill O’Rourke on 02 6162 7*** or via ********@dfp.com.au
Applicants new to DFP may be asked to provide additional information including work rights status via a survey link – if requested, we ask that you provide this information in order to expedite your application.
DFP welcomes applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds and people with disability. In addition, DFP will provide reasonable adjustments for individuals with disability throughout the recruitment process. If you identify as a person with disability and require adjustments to the application, recruitment, selection and/or assessment process, please advise via ***********@dfp.com.au or 1300 337 000 and indicate your preferred method of communication (email, phone, text) so we can keep in touch and meet your accessibility needs.
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