Deputy Secretary Senior Executive Service Band 3

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The Department of Education and Training is looking for talented leaders to join our team at the Senior Executive Service (SES) Band 3 level.

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Government - Federal

Company: Department of Education and Training

Location: ACT

Work type: Full Time

Salary: n\a

Phone: +61-7-9804-5685

Fax: +61-3-8105-2689

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As an SES Band 3, Deputy Secretary, you will provide high-level advice to Ministers and Assistant Ministers and make a substantial contribution to the leadership and strategic management of a department charged with delivery of key government agendas.  You will also be a member of the Department’s Executive Board.

Key responsibilities of the roles include:

  • Providing quality and defensible advice and material to Ministers and Assistant Ministers and fostering best practice policy and/or program design and service delivery strategies.
  • Managing key external and internal relationships, including international bilateral industry stakeholders.
  • Undertaking an integral senior leadership role including fostering and promoting high performance, engagement and motivation of staff and managing departmental operations effectively and efficiently.

To be a strong contender for these roles, you will have a diverse background in either the development of, or implementation of public policy, high-level program design and implementation and experience in providing advice to Ministers.  You will also understand the critical linkages of the work of our Department to the Australian Government’s agenda.

You will be confident, adaptable to change, possess excellent stakeholder and people management skills and the capacity to consider multiple options to resolve complex issues, to ensure government objectives are achieved.  You will have the capability to be a member of the executive leadership team and represent the interests of the Department.

We are looking for someone with a proven track record in the following:

  • Demonstrated ability to maintain a strategic focus, recognise opportunities and deliver outcomes.
  • Excellent ability to establish, build and maintain productive working relationships to achieve cross government outcomes.
  • Exceptional communication and negotiation skills.
  • High level leadership capability (including intellectual leadership) and superior people management skills.
  • Analytical abilities of a high order and experience in solving complex and high-profile issues.
  • A proven ability to achieve organisational objectives and develop contingency plans to ensure government objectives are achieved.
  • A strong understanding of the education sector, or related fields.

 

Qualifications - Relevant tertiary qualifications are desirable, particulary those relevant to the implementation of public policy.

 

NOTES

Under section 22(8) of the Public Service Act 1999, employees must be Australian citizens to be employed in the APS unless the Agency delegate has agreed, in writing.

 

This is a designated security assessed position. The successful applicant will be required to obtain and maintain a security assessment at the Negative Vetting 2 level.

 

CLOSING DATE: 22 July 2018, 11.30 pm

 

Contact Officer: Dr Michele Bruniges AM on (02) 6240 5325

 

For further information on the role and how to apply please refer to the job description available at http://education.gov.au/jobs-department-education-and-training.

 

For further information regarding the Department of Education and Training, please visit our website at http://education.gov.au/.

 

 

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