Are you a self-starter with strong stakeholder and administrative skills, 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 diverse group of people, and helping drive solutions that make a difference to people and your community? Then this may be the role you've been looking for. This role reports to the South West WA Regional Workforce Transition Officer. Working together as a small team, you will directly support your region's workforce transition to a net zero economy. The Regional Workforce Transition Officer connects and collaborates with community, industry and government stakeholders to identify and act on local labour market needs and opportunities. As the Program Officer, you will provide the Regional Workforce Transition Officer with administrative support to help them manage their time and stay organised while they are on the road. At other times you will be engaging directly with stakeholders. The Program Officer role will cater to your stakeholder and administrative strengths, while offering development opportunities in program design and implementation. This is not a standard desk job and 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 collaborating on and delivering community-led outcomes. You may live in a different part of South West WA to the Regional Workforce Transition Officer, so you will enjoy working independently and operating as a virtual team to ensure plans and timeframes are met. You will be required to hold a current Australian driver's licence and travel regularly throughout South West WA (and surrounds) as a representative of the Australian Government at stakeholder meetings, forums and events. The position is ongoing with full-time and part-time applicants being considered and requires being based in the South West WA Employment Region as you are expected to be available for face-to-face meetings and community engagements with stakeholders. Not all meetings will be in office hours so the role is also likely to require some out of hours work within the region and working from home. The key duties of the position include The Australian Government is investing in transition supports for workers, families and communities likely to be affected by the closure of coal and gas-fired power stations, coal mines and other carbon-intensive facilities over coming years. This includes in the South West WA as a priority net zero region. This work is being led by the Net Zero Economy Authority and the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (DEWR). As DEWR's people on-the-ground in South West WA, the Regional Workforce Transition Officer and Program Officer engage with the community to understand local issues and coordinate support as the energy transition proceeds. As the Program Officer you will be required to: provide administrative support to the Regional Workforce Transition Officer, including organising travel, stakeholder meetings and events, as well as undertaking secretariat 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 South West WA region and surrounds. have knowledge of a wide range of programs and initiatives that support worker transitions and understand the challenges and opportunities facing South West WA as it transitions to a net zero economy. work independently with limited assistance and as part of a virtual team to achieve results. contribute to policy development and program development and delivery 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.
