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Our client, a Federal Agency, is looking for an APS 4 Level Program Officer to join their team. The APS6 Level Program Support Officer is accountable under limited direction to undertake complex work related to national and branch deliverables, delivering quality outcomes guided by legislation, policies, procedures, standards and performance metrics..
You will be working full time hours, Monday to Friday from 8:30am to 5pm in Geelong or Richmond with a competitive pay rate.
As an APS 4 Level Program Officer you will:
- Leading and/or managing staff responsible for providing business administration support, expertise and/or technical knowledge across a range of activities including systems, workload management, people performance, financial, staff lifecycle, knowledge and change management.
- Providing accurate and specialised advice, ensuring knowledge of and compliance with relevant legislation and policy frameworks across multiple portfolios.
- Assessing and maintaining quality processes and documentation relating to service delivery, ensuring alignment to legislation and policy, and utilising change and risk management principles to ensure impacts are communicated to relevant parties.
- Coordinating and analysing data and written information for the purposes of drafting branch level communications and/or high level internal and external communications including reports, advice, presentations and communications for Ministerial, Parliamentary and executive responses.
- Collecting and auditing workforce planning and capacity data, reporting on staff lifecycle and confirming against financial, systems and people performance data.
- Identifying opportunities for process improvement and innovation, from data analysis to creating initiatives to provide efficiencies for the branch.
Key skills required:
- Strong skills in MS Office
- Exposure to recruitment, training, onboarding
- Ability to understand policies, procedures, and legislation.