First Assistant Secretary, Various Roles - Affirmative Measures Disability

• Ongoing | Full-time
• Canberra, ACT

ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY

The Department is seeking talented leaders to join our team at the SES Band 2 level across a range of areas. 

To be a strong contender for these important and challenging roles you will need to be forward thinking, self-motivated, resilient and adept at building relationships in a complex and fast paced environment. 

You will also contribute to and communicate the strategic direction of the Department. Your strong leadership credentials and ability to engender trust and respect will be complemented by sound judgement, a strong focus on results, and the ability to solve complex issues. 

You will actively promote the ongoing transformation of the Department, and drive and implement reform in a rapidly changing public sector environment. 

In addition to this, you will:

• Determine and be accountable for objectives, priorities, resources and task allocation
• Strengthen organisational capability, including through the management and leadership of people
• Provide leadership and commitment to significant internal change programs and work alongside colleagues to build and maintain a whole-of-department strategic capability to provide advice on emerging priority issues
• Formulate proposals and advice for Ministers / Secretary on policy and management issues which are the responsibility of the branch
• Represent the Department in high-level discussions and negotiations with key stakeholders / outside organisations, and work closely with the Department’s Executive
• Drive a positive workplace culture by designing and delivering approaches to embed desired behaviours across the organisation. 

ABOUT THE VACANCIES

We have expected and upcoming vacancies at the First Assistant Secretary level in the following Divisions: 

Business Enabling Services Group - Ministerial and Parliamentary Services
Ministerial and Parliamentary Services provides Ministers, Senators, Members and Office-holders and former Parliamentarians and their respective employees employed under the Members of Parliament (Staff) Act 1984 with a range of facilities and services to assist them in undertaking their duties.

Budget Group - Social Policy Division
Social Policy Division provides policy and financial advice to Government on social security and welfare payments, health, disability services, including the National Disability Insurance Scheme, housing, community services, Indigenous affairs, aged care, veterans' affairs, and government service delivery.

Commercial Group - Regulatory Reform Division
Regulatory Reform Division (RRD) supports the Minister for Finance in driving an ambitious whole-of-government approach to transform regulatory design and practice.  RRD works with government agencies at Commonwealth and State levels, the business community and stakeholders to explore common challenges and design solutions that support economic growth and wellbeing. 

This selection process will also be used to establish a merit pool that may be used to fill roles as they become available within the following 18-month period.

DETAILED VACANCY INFORMATION

For detailed information about these roles, including the job specific capabilities, please refer to the downloadable vacancy pack, which can be accessed by clicking the hyperlink at the bottom of this page.

ELIGIBILITY ADVICE & CANDIDATE NOTES

• Under section 22(8) of the Public Service Act 1999, employees must be Australian citizens to be employed in the Australian Public Service (APS) unless the Agency Head has agreed otherwise, in writing.
• Successful applicants will be required to undergo the process to obtain and maintain, or continue to hold the required security clearance level for the role as indicated in the downloadable job pack. All Finance staff are required to have a minimum baseline security clearance prior to commencement.

AFFIRMATIVE MEASURES – DISABILITY APPLICANT

To demonstrate eligibility for employment under this Affirmative Measure, applicants are required to provide evidence that they are a person with disability.  Applicants will not be required to provide evidence of disability unless they are found suitable and prior to being made a formal offer of employment. This means that you will not be required to provide evidence unnecessarily. Candidates who apply under the affirmative measure will need to meet minimum benchmarks to progress through the assessment stages.  Eligibility of applicants  Subsection 27(2) of the Commissioners Directions provides that the agency head—or delegate—must ensure that for a vacancy under this affirmative measure, only persons with a disability or a particular type of disability are eligible.  Definition of disability  

The definition of disability for the purposes of the affirmative measure is outlined .  

Evidence of disability  As provided in subsection 27(2) of the Directions, agencies will need to ensure that applicants are persons with disability. Evidence of disability is not to include information about the type of disability, unless the vacancy itself has been restricted to persons with a particular type of disability. Suitable evidence of a disability would be a certificate or letter from a registered medical practitioner.  The following documents would also be acceptable:

• letter from a Disability Employment Service or Workforce Australia provider; and   
• letter from a secondary or tertiary institution disability services unit in relation to a recent student.  

CONTACT INFORMATION

• For questions relating to the online lodgement of your application, please email the SESUnit via *******@finance.gov.au or call (02) 6215 1*** between 8:30am - 5:00pm AEST Monday to Friday.
• For specific questions relating to this job vacancy, please refer to the details on the contact officer located in the downloadable job pack.

Frequently Asked Questions Opens in new window

2024/SES/004 - FAS Various Roles - AMD vacancy information pack Opens in new window

2024/SES/004 - FAS Various Roles - AMD vacancy information pack Opens in new window

Frequently Asked Questions Opens in new window