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salary SalaryA$79,002 - A$85,437
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Job description

Job Reference Number 22-HRDIV-14411

Classification APS Level 5

Job Title Departmental Officer (Several Positions)

Division Home and Residential Division

Branch Home Care and Assessments Branch

Section Home Care Operations, Home Care Policy, Monitoring and
Analysis, and Assessment Delivery

Location Canberra ACT, Sydney NSW, Darwin NT, Brisbane, QLD,
Adelaide SA, Hobart TAS, Melbourne VIC, Perth WA

The position is Canberra based, however other locations may be
considered for exceptional candidates

Status Ongoing & Non-ongoing

Employment type Full-time & Part-time

Salary Range $79,002 - $85,437

Contact Officer Name: Jarrod Bowd
Phone: 02 6289 8480
Email: Jarrod.bowd@health.gov.au

Eligibility

  • To be eligible for employment with the Department of Health and Aged Care (the
department) applicants must be an Australian citizen at the time an offer of
employment is made
  • An applicant’s suitability for employment with the department will also be assessed
through a variety of pre-employment check processes, such as:
  • Satisfactory completion of an Australian Federal Police criminal history check,
and where relevant a Working with Children and Vulnerable People Check.
  • Completion of a medical declaration and pre-employment medical (where
required).
  • Providing evidence of qualifications.

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Division Responsibilities

The Home and Residential Division is responsible for managing policy, program and funding

matters relating to the Home Care Packages (HCP) Program, Commonwealth Home Support

Programme and residential aged care. This includes key reform work, central to the

Government’s priority to improve aged care services.

Branch Responsibilities

The Home Care and Assessments Branch manages policy and operational aspects of the
HCP Program, ensuring senior Australians have access to high quality home care services.
In 2022-23, the HCP Program is estimated to spend $6.5 billion and provide HCPs to more
than 250,000 senior Australians. The Branch also contributes to the home care reform
agenda which involves working closely with care recipients, carers, providers and other
government agencies.

The Branch is also responsible for providing critical operational guidance to the assessment
workforce (people assessing the care needs of older Australians) to drive improvements in
assessment performance and quality. In 2022-23, more than 450,000 people are expected
to be assessed for aged care services.

Section Responsibilities

Home Care Operations

Is responsible for the continuous operational improvement of the HCP Program, whilst

improving the sector’s understanding of the Program’s legislative framework. This includes:

  • Ministerial correspondence, enquiries, complaints, escalations and Ombudsman
requests
  • Stakeholder engagement and secretariat work for stakeholder engagement meetings
  • Program risk management and provider monitoring
  • Data remediation of care recipient records
  • Support and triage for home care recipients in vulnerable situations, and
  • Development and maintenance of home care operational manuals for service
providers and care recipients.

Home Care Policy

Is responsible for ongoing policy development and implementation for the HCP Program.
This includes:

  • Improvements to the transparency and comparability of home care pricing
  • Home care governance
  • Budget and MYEFO measures, and
  • Support to in-home aged care reform.

2

Assessment Delivery

Supports effective access to aged care assessments for older people through proactive

program, contract and quality management of the Aged Care Assessment Program and the

Regional Assessment Service. This includes:

  • Critical operational policy and program guidance to assessors
  • Program advice for assessment delivery across Australia
  • Implementation of initiatives to drive improvements in assessment quality and
performance
  • Program payments, novations and variations, and
  • Effective liaison and communication with the assessment workforce.

Monitoring and Analysis

Tracks, analyses and reports on key aged care performance indicators to inform policy
decision making and provide transparency to the aged care sector on performance. This
includes:

  • Analysing how key HCP Program and assessment indicators are performing and
briefing executive on trends and areas of concern or interest
  • Using data to drive innovation, inform reform of in-home aged care and improve
performance and service delivery, and
  • Delivering reports for external stakeholders including assessors and service
providers, such as the quarterly Home Care Data Reports.

Key Responsibilities

Key responsibilities are centred on stakeholder and relationship management, written

communication, policy development and program management. Responsibilities for this

position may include:

  • Drafting briefing papers, speeches, ministerial correspondence and discussion
papers
  • Providing policy advice, ensuring consistency with legislative frameworks and future
reform direction
  • Assisting the development of evidence-based policy documents for review and

publication

  • Developing plans and objectives for tasks of the work area and contributing to

strategic planning for longer-term initiatives

  • Organising meetings, preparing agendas and papers, recording actions and

circulating outcomes

  • Data remediation
  • Providing advice and support for procurement activities, invoice payments, etc., and
  • Actively contributing to a positive, inclusive and supportive team culture.

3

Opportunities through this recruitment process exist in multiple sections. The Branch is
looking to fill several roles across several areas including programme management, policy,
project/contract management, data and stakeholder consultation.

Key Capabilities

Successful candidates should be able to demonstrate the capabilities and behaviours

outlined below and those detailed in the work level standards (APS5):

  • Solid written communication skills, including the ability to prepare documents for

Ministers, senior executive and departmental committees,

  • Solid interpersonal skills and the ability to develop and maintain effective internal

and external working relationships

  • Ability to work within a dynamic environment to meet deadlines and ensure the

delivery of tasks and projects

  • Sound verbal communication skills with the ability to convey messages in a clear and

concise way, and

  • Experience in coordination, reporting and the ability to quickly learn key processes
involving budget, grant, project, secretariat and program management.

We recognise the value in developing candidates with experience in a range of disciplines
and encourage applicants from a range of career backgrounds to apply.

Application Response (Single page application)

Your application will be assessed on your ability to demonstrate that you possess, or have

the real potential to develop, the required skills, knowledge, experience and qualifications

to perform the role. These requirements are based on the information provided to you as

part of the job advertisement, in line with the APS Work Level Standards.

Applicants are required to provide a statement of claims framed around the key capabilities.

Your statement of claims should be no more than one page in total with a font no smaller

than size 10. Applications that do not meet these requirements may not be considered.

Candidates found suitable through the application response process, will move through to

the interview process.

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Work Environment Description

Responsibilities – As detailed in Section 28 of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 while at
work, a worker must:

  • Take reasonable care for his or her own health and safety
  • Take reasonable care that his or her acts or omissions do not adversely affect the
health and safety of other persons
  • Comply, so far as the worker is reasonably able, with any reasonable instruction that
is given by the person conducting the business or undertaking to allow the person to
comply with this Act
  • Cooperate with any reasonable policy or procedure of the person conducting the
business or undertaking relating to health or safety at the workplace that has been
notified to workers
  • Complete all WHS related induction and training
  • Report all work related incidents and/or illnesses to the WHS Section

Description Requirement Additional Information

Administrative

1. Computer Use Yes

2. Generic screen based Yes

3. Sitting at desk Yes

4. Standing for long periods No

Manual Handling

5. Lifting 0-15kg Yes Ordinary office duties.

6. Lifting 15 kg + No

7. Climbing No

8. Bending No

9. Squatting No

10. Reaching No

11. Push/pull No

12. Sequential Repetitive Yes Typing and mouse use.

Movements in short period of time

13. Manual dexterity/manipulation No

Work Environment

14. Work with others towards Yes

5

Description Requirement Additional Information

shared goals in a team environment

15. Works in isolation from other Yes

staff (remote supervision)

16. Distance walking (ie: Large No

building or inter-building transit)

17. Works outdoors No

18.Works in a call centre No

environment

19. Works in a customer service No

environment

Tasks Involving

20. Exposure to chemicals No

21. Exposure to biological hazards No

22. Working at heights No

23. Requirement to wear personal No

protective equipment (PPE)

24. Requirement for full Colour No

vision

25. Work with energetics and No

explosives

26. Exposure to Petrol, Oil, Lubricant No

Products that may cause

dermatological conditions

27. Exposure to extreme No

temperatures

28. Confined spaces No

29. Exposure to Non-ionising No

radiation

30. Excessive Noise No

31. Low Lighting No

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Description Requirement Additional Information

32. Dangerous Goods/ Equipment No

33. Exposure to airborne odours No

Travel

34. Frequent travel - Vehicle No

35. Frequent travel - Aeroplane No

36. Frequent travel - Seaborne No

Cyclic Workload

37. Peaks & Troughs No

38. Frequent Overtime No

39. Rostered Shift Work No

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