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**Please note, this register is only open to ongoing Australian Public Service employees at the APS6 classification. This register may be used to fill vacancies within the Immigration and Legal Groups over the next 12 months**
The Department of Home Affairs (The Department) is responsible for centrally coordinated strategy and policy leadership in relation to domestic national security arrangements, law enforcement, emergency management, counter-terrorism, social cohesion, the protection of our sovereignty, the integrity of our border and the resilience of our national infrastructure.
Immigration Group is responsible for administering Australia's permanent and temporary migration programs, people smuggling policy and implementation and refugee and humanitarian settlement programs. The group delivers status resolution in detention and the community and manages the Department's client facing services and information services. It also provides policy advice on national impacts of migration, citizenship and people mobility and delivers citizenship, social cohesion and multicultural programs. The group also leads on implementing the government's proposed policy shifts needed to reform the migration system.
Immigration Operations drives business reforms across the group by supporting greater collaboration across immigration policy and enabling functions with the capacity to coordinate whole-of-agency activities to ensure a coherent immigration agenda. The group also supports regional headquarters both onshore and offshore.
Legal Group is a trusted and independent legal advisor. The group provides confidential legal advice in a professional capacity to clients across a range of functions including litigation, legislation and advice work. The group also includes the Department's information governance functions of privacy, freedom of information (FOI) and records management. Please note that this register does not include legal officer roles, which are undertaken separately.
Please visit our website for more information about the Department of Home Affairs.
Our ideal candidate
Our ideal candidate will be a team player who enjoys working in a dynamic and evolving environment.
You must:
- Possess strong written and verbal communication skills and be able to work under pressure whilst remaining calm in stressful situations
- Be able to positively contribute in a team environment by displaying integrity and high ethical standards
- Display good judgement and pay careful attention to detail in order to make lawful decisions confidently whilst undertaking analysis and drawing accurate conclusions based on evidence
- Be capable of managing teams in a high-tempo environment with competing priorities and changing timeframes
- Work collaboratively with others in order to lead teams to deliver efficient and accurate workplace outcomes.
The Department of Home Affairs has offices located all over Australia, currently in:
- Parramatta, New South Wales
- Melbourne, Victoria
- Perth, Western Australia
- Adelaide, South Australia
- Hobart, Tasmania
- Brisbane, Queensland
- Belconnen or Civic in the Australian Capital Territory.
You must be able to physically attend an office listed above. If an opportunity arises for you to move to a role in another state, relocation costs will be at your own expense.
The key duties of the position include
Duties and responsibilities
As an APS6 officer within the Immigration and Legal Groups you would typically work across the following categories:
- Managing or leading a team
- Assessment and decision making
- Writing policy or providing policy advice
- Managing programs or contracts
- Other enabling and supporting functions.
