This position is available initially on a non-ongoing basis for a period of up to 2 years. Future positions may be offered on an ongoing basis. Are you a self-starter with strong administrative skills, have a history of high performance, and enjoy helping others to stay organised and achieve results? Do you have excellent communication skills, thrive on building relationships with a diversity of people, and helping to solve problems that make a difference to people’s lives and your community? Then this may be the role you’ve been looking for. This role reports to the Cairns Australian Government Employment Facilitator. Working as a team, you will respond to challenges and take advantage of opportunities to improve the labour market in your region. The Cairns Australian Government Employment Facilitator connects, collaborates and coordinates with stakeholders to identify and act on local labour market priorities. As the Program Officer, you will provide the Cairns Australian Government Employment Facilitator with administrative support to help them manage their time and keep them organised while they are on the road. At other times you may be engaging directly with stakeholders. The Program Officer role will cater to your administrative strengths, while offering development opportunities in stakeholder engagement, communication, and networking skills. This is not a standard desk job. Each day will be different. The successful candidate will have a high degree of personal drive, initiative and integrity, as well as a passion for helping people to collaborate and deliver outcomes for their local community. You may live in a different part of the region to the Cairns Australian Government Employment Facilitator, so will enjoy working independently and operating as a virtual team to ensure milestones and timeframes are achieved. You will be required to hold a current Australian driver’s licence and travel regularly throughout the Cairns Region (and surrounds) as a representative of the Australian Government at stakeholder forums and events. The position requires a physical presence in the region as you are expected to be available for face-to-face meetings and community engagements with stakeholders, this may be up to four days a week. Not all meetings will be in office hours and the role is likely to require some out of hours work within the region. The key duties of the position include: Your role will operate within the Local Jobs Program to support the efforts of the Cairns Australian Government Employment Facilitator. You will help bring together key stakeholders including employers, employment services providers, education and training organisations to collaboratively address challenges and opportunities within the region. As the Program Officer you will be required to: provide administrative support to the Cairns Australian Government Employment Facilitator, including organising travel, stakeholder meetings and events, as well as undertaking secretariate duties for meetings prepare written material, including drafting reports, communication products, responding to stakeholder enquiries, as well as updating and managing social media accounts represent the Australian Government and build and maintain strong stakeholder relationships. This includes travel to engage with stakeholders across the region and surrounds as needed have knowledge of programs and initiatives that support job seekers, workers, employers and communities to work through challenges and opportunities within the region work independently with limited assistance and as part of a virtual team to achieve results contribute to policy development and identify continuous improvement opportunities use sound judgement to identify opportunities and manage risks, as well as comply with relevant Australian Government processes, guidelines, and policies. Eligibility Qualifications and education A current Australian driver’s licence, own vehicle and home internet is essential . A relevant state Working with Vulnerable People check (or ability to attain one) is essential for this role. Getting to know the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (DEWR) We are the department that helps job seeking Australians find safe, secure, and well-paid work while we ourselves strive to be a model employer. We provide the framework for fair and productive relationships between employers and employees. We also oversee skills development and training initiatives to support those entering the workforce or retraining to take advantage of emerging employment opportunities. Secure jobs are vital—driving future economic growth and providing people with the certainty. We focus on connecting Australians who are starting, advancing or changing their career with the relevant skills, knowledge and experience to gain or regain employment. Our work directly contributes to shaping the employment landscape. It is our unique purpose to help people realise their potential and we want you to be part of it. Underpinning our important work is our focus on culture. We recognise that how we do things is equally important as what we achieve. Our workplace is one where different perspective are encouraged, people feel a sense of belonging and draw on the expertise of their peers. Our people demonstrate the APS Values, which includes being open, thoughtful, curious and candid. We also value employee wellbeing and developing leadership through investment in capability.
