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SalaryOccupation: Legal, Management
Location: Canberra Metropolitan
Work Type: Non-ongoing - Full Time
The Administrative Appeals Tribunal is seeking a skilled andcapable manager to assist the Director of Operations in theManagement and leadership of the Canberra Registry. The roleensures the efficient and effective leadership, management andcoaching of Registry staff to achieve high quality services tomembers of the public and Members of the AAT as they undertakeadministrative appeals of commonwealth government decisions.
As part of the registry management team, the role directlysupervises the Team Leaders of Case Management, Member Support inundertaking their duties. The role performs various managementactivities including, recruitment, staff development,performance management, caseload management, and assisting the DirectorOperations in budgeting and optimising registry operations.
Our ideal candidate will be self-motivated and have strongorganisational skills. You will have:
- Excellent management and leadership skills and experience
- Experience in working in government, courts, tribunals, or legal environments
- Excellent change management and communication skills with a diverse range of stakeholders
- Excellent understanding of customer services
- An ability to understand administrative law in a tribunal environment
Our ideal candidate can develop positive professionalrelationships with Members and colleagues, has highly developedorganisational skills, can think strategically and exercising soundjudgement particularly when dealing with complex issues. You willhave a strong emphasis on providing high quality user focusedservices.
The key duties of the position include:
- Strong management experience and ability to translate organisational vision and strategy into operational goals, ensuring the delivery of key priorities consistent with agreed workflow and service delivery standards.
- Strong leadership skills with the ability to foster and motivate high performing teams through coaching, mentoring, training, and effective performance management, and development.
- Well-developed verbal, written, and interpersonal skills with proven experience as a highly effective communicator and negotiator.
- Demonstrated ability to think strategically and exercise sound judgment, including the proven capacity to solve problems, identify opportunities for improvement and to successfully implement change.
- Well-developed stakeholder engagement skills including the ability to initiate, nurture and maintain productive and collaborative relationships with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders.
- Ability to understand and work with legislative and policy frameworks and apply them to issues, cases, and processes.
The annual salary for this position is from $108,997 - $128,291plus 15.4% superannuation.
More information about our agency, this position, its scope,accountabilities, and required capabilities and experience, iscontained within the position description for this role, availablefrom the Working at the AAT page of our website, www.aat.gov.au
Read about the current reform of the Australian federaladministrative review system on the Attorney-General's website,www.ag,gov.au
Position Eligibility Requirements:
The AAT requires Australian citizenship as a condition ofengagement.
All employees are required to undertake an Australian FederalPolice Check and health assessment.
Mandatory: To be eligible, the successfulapplicant must hold OR be able to obtain and maintain a Baselinesecurity clearance.
Desirable: Tertiary qualifications in a fieldof study that might complement the required capabilities ORrelevant experience in a similar work environment.
How to apply:
Please provide a 1- 2 page pitch outling your suitability forthe role, addressing the required capabilities and experience firthe role.
Your Resume/CV should not exceed 4 pages in total.
Applications for this role will close at 11:00pm AEST on8 February 2024.
Please contact our recruitment team on (02) 9276 5*** or***********@aat.gov.au should you require assistance with accessingour website or with lodging your application.
Contact Officer:
Should you have any questions about the role please reach out toRoxanne Murray on (02) 6243 4*** or **************@aat.gov.au
Position Notes:
Order of merit list/merit pool: A merit list/pool of suitablecandidates may be created from this process. Suitable candidates onthis merit list/pool may be contacted in relation to identical orsimilar non-going roles in the AAT, or the broader APS, within 18months from the date of gazettal.
Working for the AAT:
Play your part in the important work of providing a mechanismfor the review of Government decisions affecting people’slives.
The AAT is a Commonwealth Government agency that performs a keyfunction in the Australian system of administrative law. We offercareer opportunities to talented people with diverse skills andbackgrounds. We are committed to a positive culture that issupportive, inclusive and rewards effort. Like the cases we areasked to review, our work is varied, complex and meaningful. It hasa clear impact on the people and communities around us.
As a small and dynamic agency within the Australian PublicService (APS), our staff have opportunities to progress theircareers through acting opportunities and secondments. We empowerour people to build their capabilities through continuous learning.We provide a range of flexible work options and holistic health andwellbeing support. Our competitive employment package includesgenerous leave provisions and a 15.4% employer contribution tosuperannuation. For more information about these and otherconditions of employment refer to the AAT EnterpriseAgreement.
About the AAT:
The AAT plays a crucial role in the Australian legallandscape.
Our members and staff work together to provide a process forindividuals and organisations to seek merits review of a wide rangeof Government decisions.
Our members are independent statutory appointees who hearapplications for review. Our staff provide services to supportthose seeking merits review, including helping applicants navigatethe process. Staff also carry out a wide range of activitiesto support our hearings our work in alternate dispute resolutionand our daily operations.
The legislative purpose of the AAT can be found here.
For more information about the AAT, visit our website, www.aat.gov.au. For information aboutthe current reform of the federal administrative review system, visit theAttorney-General’s website, www.ag.gov.au.
Attachments:
- PD - EL Assistant Director Operations.pdf
