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Assistant Director – EL1
Initial contract duration - 5 months with 2 x 6 Months extension options
Location of work - ACT, NSW, NT, QLD, SA, TAS, VIC, WA
Job details
This Federal Government Department are looking for an Assistant Director to assess, map, and document agreed business processes for scheduling and deployment.
Key duties and responsibilities
Knowledge and experience
The successful applicant will have:
Skills and capabilities
The successful applicants will have the following skills and capabilities:
Desirable qualifications
Tertiary qualifications in administration design, project or change management (and/or demonstrated equivalent experience) will be well regarded.
Security clearance
Must be able to obtain Baseline
How to Apply
Applications close on Wednesday the 8th of January 2025.
Please upload your resume to apply. Candidates will need to be willing to undergo pre-employment screening checks which may include, ID and work rights, security clearance verification and any other client requested checks. Please note you may need to complete selection criteria to complete this application process. We will be in touch with instructions for suitably skilled candidates. Please email lisab@whizdom.com.au for any further information.
Assistant Director
| Job title : | Assistant Director |
| Contract type : | Contract |
| Location : | Canberra |
| Sectors : | |
| Salary : | Competitive |
| Start date : | 2025-01-02 00:00:00 |
| Duration : | 5.0 MONTH |
| Job Reference : | V-48753 |
| Contact name : | Lisa Berjak |
| Contact email : | lisab@whizdom.com.au |
| Job published : | 2 days ago |
Initial contract duration - 5 months with 2 x 6 Months extension options
Location of work - ACT, NSW, NT, QLD, SA, TAS, VIC, WA
Job details
This Federal Government Department are looking for an Assistant Director to assess, map, and document agreed business processes for scheduling and deployment.
Key duties and responsibilities
- Undertake discovery, review, and documentation of the end-to-end function of scheduling and deployment processes.
- Support the Director to examine and analyse the current state of the business and recommend innovative solutions that can translate into operational reforms.
- Identify key areas where instructional material is required.
- Identify and assess the impacts of ongoing issues.
- Identify opportunities to simplify current processes.
- Design and document changes, improvements and enhancements that can provide immediate and medium-term improvements.
- Clarify owners, roles, and responsibilities of key activities undertaken during the scheduling and deployment process.
- Assess the role and responsibilities of the Portal Support function including where this best aligns and the linkages to industry.
- Support the Director to provide advice to the Operations Assistant Secretaries on improvement opportunities, which may involve collaboration outside of the Division.
- Create a verification process to support operational staff and to identify training needs, and
- Create a review schedule/mechanism for instructional material and decision support material to ensure currency is maintained.
- Engage and collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to identify opportunities, achieve outcomes, and facilitate cooperation.
- Effectively manage competing priorities including delivering on complex project outcomes
- Promote the APS Values, the APS Employment Principles and compliance with the Code of Conduct
- Foster a culture of safety, diversity, inclusiveness, positive attendance and high performance.
Knowledge and experience
The successful applicant will have:
- understanding of the strategic direction of the department and division.
- understanding of process analysis, admin design, process improvement and change management.
- experience in project coordination and delivering sound outcomes for an operational business.
- experience in implementing change and managing ambiguity in the workplace.
- high level writing skills with demonstrated experience delivering a range of written products including briefings for senior executives, minutes, policy documents and technical documents.
Skills and capabilities
The successful applicants will have the following skills and capabilities:
- demonstrated ability in developing and implementing/supporting process improvements and changes to operational practice.
- demonstrated ability to work consultatively and build relationships with a wide network of stakeholders from operational, policy and enabling areas.
- demonstrated ability to investigate, research, analyse, interpret and evaluate information from conversations, meetings, project documents, communication products and other technical documents.
- ability to effectively engage and negotiate with influence with internal and external stakeholders.
- objectively assess opportunities and provide strategic advice.
- ability to prioritise tasks, adapt to change, and be outcomes focused with a view to improve bio security operations as well as staff and client interactions.
Desirable qualifications
Tertiary qualifications in administration design, project or change management (and/or demonstrated equivalent experience) will be well regarded.
Security clearance
Must be able to obtain Baseline
How to Apply
Applications close on Wednesday the 8th of January 2025.
Please upload your resume to apply. Candidates will need to be willing to undergo pre-employment screening checks which may include, ID and work rights, security clearance verification and any other client requested checks. Please note you may need to complete selection criteria to complete this application process. We will be in touch with instructions for suitably skilled candidates. Please email lisab@whizdom.com.au for any further information.