This register is only open to ongoing Australian Public Service (APS) employees for permanent (at-level) and temporary (at level or with higher duties) section 26 transfer opportunities.

These opportunities may be based on the lands of the Kaurna People (Adelaide), Jagera and Turrbal People (Brisbane), Ngunnawal and Ngambri People (Canberra), Wurundjeri Woiwurrung people of the Eastern Kulin (Melbourne) and the Gadigal People of the Eora Nation (Sydney).

We are looking for flexible, adaptable, skilled ongoing APS employees to contribute to the Department’s work across a broad agenda. We are interested in individuals with expertise across all areas of the Department’s work, both policy and corporate management.

To help us in achieving our goals, we maintain a register of interested applicants to help us fill temporary and permanent vacancies.

In the online application form, you will be able to express interest in roles from APS Level 3 to SESB1 and the skillsets most closely aligned with your experience. Employment opportunities may be offered as temporary or permanent section 26 transfers depending on business needs and requirements.

This register is intended for Ongoing, APS employees seeking temporary or permanent transfer employment opportunities to Austrade. External candidates not currently working within the APS, seeking temporary employment opportunities are encouraged to lodge their expression of interest on the Austrade Temporary Employment register.

We would like to hear from all professions, including but not limited to:

Accounting, Finance

Change Management

Communication, Media, Branding, Marketing

Service Delivery,



Helpdesk functions

Economics, Statistics, Research, Data

Executive Assistant / Executive Officer

Grants Management, Assessment, Administration

Human Resources (HR) and People:

- Education, Training, Workplace Relations Work Health Safety, Recruitment, Payroll, People Experience Diversity and Inclusion

Information Technology:

- Info/Comm Tech (ICT), Information Management/ Content Management, Digital Services

Intelligence

Legal

Ministerial & Parliamentary

Policy:

- Process mapping Regulation Reform Formulation and Development

Procurement, Contract

Project and Program Management

Property

Security

Trade and Investment:

- International Education, Infrastructure, Healthcare, Agribusiness and Food, Mining and Resources, Tourism, Defence, Advanced Manufacturing, Energy Technology

Australian citizenship – our successful candidate must be an Australian citizen.

Security clearance – our successful candidate is required to hold, or have the ability to obtain, and maintain a Baseline, Negative Vetting 1 or Negative Vetting 2 security clearance through the Australian Government Security Vetting Agency. Information about the security clearance process can be found here.

Pre-employment checks - your suitability for employment will be assessed through a pre-employment screening process.

You will only be contacted in the event a vacancy arises that matches your skills and experience.

Your application is not a guarantee that an offer of employment will be made.

Applications on this register will remain active until 30 June 2027, unless you withdraw your interest.

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