Job description
Join Our Dynamic FOI Team: Open Positions Across APS5 & APS6 equivalent
The FOI Action Officer role offers a challenging and rewarding opportunity for individuals passionate about supporting Freedom of Information and Participant Information Access processes. You will assist in coordinating FOI requests, ensuring the agency's compliance with legal obligations, and contributing to the development of information handling standards.
Key Responsibilities:
Why Join Us?
Our team is committed to transparency, accountability, and promoting access to information. We offer a collaborative work environment where each role is vital to our success and provides a clear path for professional growth and development. Join us to make a significant impact on how our agency manages and facilitates access to information, ensuring we meet our legal obligations and serve our community effectively.
These positions are for 12 month assignments with view to extension. Hybrid 60:40 is available following training.
Hourly rates apply (+super):
APS5 $55.24
APS6 $60.26
Apply Now
If you are passionate about governance, freedom of information, and ensuring public access to information, we encourage you to apply by clicking the available link.
As these positions are within Federal Government, Australian Citizenship must be held.
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.
The FOI Action Officer role offers a challenging and rewarding opportunity for individuals passionate about supporting Freedom of Information and Participant Information Access processes. You will assist in coordinating FOI requests, ensuring the agency's compliance with legal obligations, and contributing to the development of information handling standards.
Key Responsibilities:
- Support the creation, processing, and decision-making of FOI and PIA requests.
- Provide quality assurance, guidance, and training to the FOI and PIA team.
- Prepare and draft reports, briefing materials, and correspondence.
- Provide administrative and project support to develop and improve FOI and PIA processes.
- Resilience, flexible, efficient, organised, detail orientated, empathetic, high analytical skills, proficient in Microsoft Suite products.
- Ability to manage competing priorities.
- Ability to manage work that may include sensitive content, including abuse, harm, and neglect of people with a disability.
- Experience with FOI Act (Or QLD equiv) or experience with OAIC is desirable
Why Join Us?
Our team is committed to transparency, accountability, and promoting access to information. We offer a collaborative work environment where each role is vital to our success and provides a clear path for professional growth and development. Join us to make a significant impact on how our agency manages and facilitates access to information, ensuring we meet our legal obligations and serve our community effectively.
These positions are for 12 month assignments with view to extension. Hybrid 60:40 is available following training.
Hourly rates apply (+super):
APS5 $55.24
APS6 $60.26
Apply Now
If you are passionate about governance, freedom of information, and ensuring public access to information, we encourage you to apply by clicking the available link.
As these positions are within Federal Government, Australian Citizenship must be held.
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.