SES Assistant Secretary - Lead Policy & Skills Transformation

Department of Employment and Workplace Relations; Brisbane; Sur place; AUD 230 000 - 290 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

The Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (DEWR) is seeking SES Band 1 leaders to shape its direction across policy, programs, service delivery and regulation. This recruitment aims to identify high-performing executives who can apply strategic judgement and work across business areas.

As an Assistant Secretary, you will lead a significant area of DEWR's work, translate priorities into outcomes for Australians, build coalitions across the APS, and drive capability and enterprise

Responsabilités

• Shape direction, not simply respond to it. Understand the environment around your work, identify emerging issues and opportunities and develop a clear strategic direction that connects DEWR's priorities with broader government objectives.
• Bring strategic policy thinking to complex problems. Look beyond the presenting issue to understand underlying causes, connections and consequences. Draw together evidence, stakeholder perspectives, implementation experience and whole-of-government considerations to develop robust policy, strategy and advice.
• Frame choices and solutions. Turn complexity into clear and credible options. Surface trade-offs, risks and consequences, challenge assumptions where necessary, and provide frank, evidence-informed and impartial advice to senior executives, Ministers and government.
• Connect strategy with delivery. Ensure good ideas can work in practice. Bring policy, programs, services, regulation, people, resources, technology and data together as relevant, and maintain a clear line of sight between strategic intent and outcomes for Australians.
• Advance outcomes for First Nations peoples and communities. Build genuine partnerships with First Nations stakeholders, incorporate First Nations perspectives into policy, program and service design, and contribute to the department's commitment to Closing the Gap through culturally informed and evidence-based approaches.
• Lead beyond organisational boundaries. Build coalitions across DEWR, the APS and external organisations and communities. Navigate different perspectives and competing interests and use influence – not hierarchy alone – to create shared ownership of outcomes.
• Lead through uncertainty and change. Recognise when existing approaches need to change, make deliberate choices about priorities and resources, and create clarity and momentum when information is incomplete or the path forward is contested.
• Build capability for the future. Develop people and future leaders, strengthen professional and organisational capability, embrace opportunities presented by data and technology, and create inclusive environments where different perspectives improve decisions.
• Contribute as an enterprise leader. Take responsibility for the success of DEWR beyond your own branch. Contribute actively to departmental priorities, culture, governance and stewardship, and demonstrate the judgement, integrity and accountability expected of an APS senior executive.

Description du poste

The Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (DEWR) is seeking SES Band 1 leaders to shape its direction across policy, programs, service delivery and regulation. This recruitment aims to identify high-performing executives who can apply strategic judgement and work across business areas.

As an Assistant Secretary, you will lead a significant area of DEWR's work, translate priorities into outcomes for Australians, build coalitions across the APS, and drive capability and enterprise