Job description
The Opportunity
This Assistant Director role sits in the Service Guidance and Practice Branch, which is responsible for presenting Federal Government’s policy, improvements and system enhancements in clear operational guidelines. This guidance enables front line staff to make consistent decisions and clients to have choice and control over their lives.
The branch also develops content for clients and external stakeholders to support their guidelines, including letters, forms, factsheets and guides to what the Agency does and does not fund.
The position requires the ability to resolve issues and risks across a broad range of activities of substantial depth and significant detail. The role requires providing support to the team leadership of their work area in the planning and coordination of the team.
The EL1 Assistant Director is required to coordinate and assume responsibility to undertake detailed or sensitive projects that may include performing varied activities involving many different and unrelated processes or methods that may impact on the strategic or operational outcomes that support the Agency’s objectives.
This is a 12-month assignment, working Monday to Friday, 37.5 hours per week with a payrate of $602.55 per day plus super. This role is based in the Adelaide CBD although some work from home may be available. You must hold Australian Citizenship at the time of applying.
Responsibilities include but are not limited to;
To be considered you will demonstrate;
As this role is with a Federal Government Agency, applicants are required to hold Australian Citizenship at the time of applying.
To submit your application, click 'Apply Now' or for more information call Ellen-Meraud Doornbos on 08 8400 4400.
Applicants new to DFP may be asked to provide additional information including work rights status via a survey link – if requested, we ask that you provide this information in order to expedite your application.
DFP welcomes applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds and people with disability. In addition, DFP will provide reasonable adjustments for individuals with disability throughout the recruitment process. If you identify as a person with disability and require adjustments to the application, recruitment, selection and/or assessment process, please advise via adjustments@dfp.com.au or 1300 337 000 and indicate your preferred method of communication (email, phone, text) so we can keep in touch and meet your accessibility needs.
By clicking 'apply', you give consent that DFP may use your personal information to process your job application and to contact you for future employment opportunities. For further information on how DFP process your personal information please review the DFP Information Collection and Privacy Policy via https://www.dfp.com.au/about-us/policies. Do not submit any sensitive personal information in your resume.
This Assistant Director role sits in the Service Guidance and Practice Branch, which is responsible for presenting Federal Government’s policy, improvements and system enhancements in clear operational guidelines. This guidance enables front line staff to make consistent decisions and clients to have choice and control over their lives.
The branch also develops content for clients and external stakeholders to support their guidelines, including letters, forms, factsheets and guides to what the Agency does and does not fund.
The position requires the ability to resolve issues and risks across a broad range of activities of substantial depth and significant detail. The role requires providing support to the team leadership of their work area in the planning and coordination of the team.
The EL1 Assistant Director is required to coordinate and assume responsibility to undertake detailed or sensitive projects that may include performing varied activities involving many different and unrelated processes or methods that may impact on the strategic or operational outcomes that support the Agency’s objectives.
This is a 12-month assignment, working Monday to Friday, 37.5 hours per week with a payrate of $602.55 per day plus super. This role is based in the Adelaide CBD although some work from home may be available. You must hold Australian Citizenship at the time of applying.
Responsibilities include but are not limited to;
- Comfortable leading a team and be responsible for the coaching and mentoring of staff.
- Initiating, establishing and maintaining relationships with key stakeholders to develop collaborative guidance to support service delivery.
- Providing strategic advice about the key stages of the participant pathway, specific participant cohorts and technical processes within SAP CRM and business system requirements.
- providing support to drive business improvement in access and planning processes including expert advice to internal and external stakeholders.
- Raising awareness of critical issues to senior management through regular management reporting to senior NDIA management.
- Providing effective leadership to a small team of staff delivering Agency Guidelines, letters and knowledge articles.
- Prioritising completing priorities and provide advice to the Agency’s executive team about overall team capacity, scope of work and progress against key deliverables.
- Providing considered advice to multi-disciplinary teams and the Agency’s executive, Board, Minister and other Australian Government Departments in a timely manner.
To be considered you will demonstrate;
- Demonstrated ability to lead a team
- Coaching and developing staff
- Ability to lead a team under limited direction
- Experience in translating policy into plain English
- Effective stakeholder engagement
- Demonstrated ability to achieve outcomes amidst competing priorities
- Fostering a positive team culture
- Positive contemporary attitude to people with a disability
- Desirable skills to have for the role: Change management, Innovation, Understanding and awareness of the participant journey within the NDIA framework
As this role is with a Federal Government Agency, applicants are required to hold Australian Citizenship at the time of applying.
To submit your application, click 'Apply Now' or for more information call Ellen-Meraud Doornbos on 08 8400 4400.
Applicants new to DFP may be asked to provide additional information including work rights status via a survey link – if requested, we ask that you provide this information in order to expedite your application.
DFP welcomes applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds and people with disability. In addition, DFP will provide reasonable adjustments for individuals with disability throughout the recruitment process. If you identify as a person with disability and require adjustments to the application, recruitment, selection and/or assessment process, please advise via adjustments@dfp.com.au or 1300 337 000 and indicate your preferred method of communication (email, phone, text) so we can keep in touch and meet your accessibility needs.
By clicking 'apply', you give consent that DFP may use your personal information to process your job application and to contact you for future employment opportunities. For further information on how DFP process your personal information please review the DFP Information Collection and Privacy Policy via https://www.dfp.com.au/about-us/policies. Do not submit any sensitive personal information in your resume.
