Senior Director | Full-time Temporary

Australian Capital Territory; Canberra; On-site; AUD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

ACT Public Service in Canberra seeks a temporary leader for the Public Sector Work Health Safety and Wellbeing team for three weeks in November 2026. The role requires strong communication, stakeholder engagement skills, and the ability to prioritise and coordinate a small team to focus on critical issues.

You will analyse multiple inputs and craft recommendations, with the option to be placed in related roles under ACTPS as needed. Office location is 220 London Circuit, ACT.

Qualifications

• Strong communication skills and ability to build stakeholder relationships.
• Ability to prioritise work to focus the small team on important issues.
• Analytical approach to considering multiple inputs when making decisions and recommendations.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Public Sector Work Health Safety and Wellbeing team for a three-week assignment in November 2026.
• Prioritise work to focus the small team on the most important issues.
• Analyse and weigh multiple inputs when making recommendations and decisions.

Skills

Strong communication skills

Stakeholder relationship building

Job description

Details: We are seeking a suitable applicant to lead the Public Sector Work Health Safety and Wellbeing team for three weeks in November. Ideally you will have strong communication skills and be comfortable building stakeholder relationships. You will be able to prioritise work to focus the small team on the important issues and you will be able to analyse and consider multiple inputs when making decisions and recommendations. The role works under Activity Based Work conditions with the main office being 220 London Circuit.

We are committed to creating an inclusive environment where people with diverse thoughts, lived experience, and perspectives can thrive and contribute their unique talents to the ACTPS and ACT community. We encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, people with culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, veterans, younger and older workers, and people with diverse genders, sexes and sexualities to apply.

Notes: This is a temporary position available from 2 November 2026 until 20 NovemberSelection may be based on application and referee reports only. A Merit Pool will be established from this selection process and will be used to fill vacancies over the next 12 months.

Note: Under the ACTPS employment framework you may be placed in another role where required for the efficient administration of the service.

Where an offer of employment is for a fixed-term period, any related temporary contracts within the Territory will be issued in compliance with the requirements and applicable exceptions outlined in the Fair Work Act.

The ACT public service is committed to closing the gap, underpinned by the belief that when Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have a genuine say in the design and delivery of policies, programs and services that affect them, better life outcomes are achieved. More information can be found here ACT Closing the Gap Implementation Plan - ACT Government Transparency Portal .

Note

This is a temporary position available from 2 November 2026 until 20 November.