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Form of workAbout the role
Allygroup is seeking highly motivated and experienced Secretariat Officers at the APS5 level for an initial 6-month engagement with our high-profile government agency.
This is an amazing opportunity to engage with important work affecting Australians everyday. Your experience and motivation will help contribute to the successful development and delivery of fresh policies and initiatives.
This role is available through a labour hire arrangement with the agency or a Section26 transfer. Candidates must be Canberra based.
Cancer Policy and Projects Branch
The Cancer Policy and Projects Branch works to develop evidence based policy and deliver best-practice cancer care initiatives to promote early detection through screening and improve outcomes for people with cancer, their families and their carers.
The Branch works broadly across cancer control, including:
- national and international policy coordination,
- cancer support programs,
- policy and briefing coordination across portfolios, and
- managing relationships with numerous internal and external stakeholders.
Cancer Policy Section
The Cancer Policy section's primary role is to provide policy advice to Government on issues relating to cancer control and to manage programs that will support the delivery of best practice cancer services for all Australians.
Current priorities of the section include:
- coordination and development of cancer policy and advice, working with internal and external stakeholders to support the outcomes and objectives of the recently announced Australian Cancer Plan;
- developing a more cohesive national approach to the best-practice delivery of cancer services, aligned with emerging Government priorities.
- governance and relationship management with Cancer Australia including Advisory Council appointments, management of funding agreements, joint policy development and representation on various Cancer Australia committees;
- delivery of the Australian Cancer Nursing & Navigation Program.
Responsibilities:
- Maintenance of the team's Database, responding to requests for data and updating and maintaining reporting
- Assisting with the statutory appointments process for members
- Use computer-based applications, including Outlook, Word, Excel, Access Database, Power BI and other systems to produce correspondence, reports
- Liaise with, actively develop and maintain working relationships associated panel and associated stakeholders
- Monitor the team's mailbox and ensure all applications/submissions/requests/emails are dealt with in a timely manner and provided to the legal team to enable the team to meet the requirements for reviews
- Assist with payment arrangements for the team
- Draft policy documents, Practice Statements and Instructions and Guidelines in relation to the relevant team
- Draft public notices and correspondence in relation to relevant activities
- Attend and take minutes of meetings
To be successful you will need to have:
- Excellent attention to detail and high-level organisational skills with the capacity to work to tight deadlines
- Well-developed oral and written communication skills (including the ability to listen actively to others and respond appropriately and to have good written English skills)
- Highly proficient keyboard skills and skill at using computer-based applications (including basic website maintenance)
- Ability to prepare and quality assure Ministerial briefs, correspondence and other notices for publication
What you need to do now
To apply, click the ‘Apply for this job’ button above or send a current resume and cover letter to our team at ***********@allygroup.com.au expressing your interest in this opportunity. For a confidential talk in relation to this position, please call us on 02 5104 3***. You may also contact our office via phone or email to arrange a Video Relay call or other call services through The National Relay Service. Plain, large font copies of this ad (and relating position description/s) may also be requested by emailing ***********@allygroup.com.au.
About Allygroup
Allygroup is a law firm which specialises in legal management consultancy, legal project management and legal recruitment.
Allygroup is an equal-opportunity employer. We encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds and endeavour to put forward the best candidates regardless of their gender, disability, neurodivergence, or cultural or religious identity.
If you identify as a person with a disability or neurodivergence, as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, LGBTQIA+, or from a culturally or linguistically diverse background and would like to disclose this information, we encourage you to do so in your application or included cover letter.
