- Executive Level 1
- Darwin, NT
- $129,477 - $143,099

About the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations
We are committed to empowering futures, ensuring rights and enriching lives. We support people to have safe, secure and well-paid work with the skills for a sustainable future as we ourselves strive to be a model employer.

We provide the framework for fair and productive relationships between employers and employees. We also oversee skills development and training initiatives to support those entering the workforce or re-training to take advantage of emerging employment opportunities.

With us, your work directly contributes to shaping the employment landscape. Whether you are engaging in policy development, program implementation, or direct support services, your efforts will have a tangible impact on job seekers, employees and the economy by giving them a framework to build a future anchored and realised through employment.

It is our ambition to do things differently, to create the ‘department of great jobs’– where our people reflect our purpose.

The Role
Reporting to the Director and Northern Territory State Manager, the Assistant Director is responsible for leading and delivering of Australian Government employment and skills programs. The role provides strategic and operational leadership, manages provider performance and contracts, and builds strong place-based partnerships with employer, provider, communities and government stakeholders to improve employment and skills outcomes.

The role contributes to the department’s strategic objectives by focusing effort where it can make the greatest difference, working across boundaries, embedding Closing the Gap in delivery, and strengthening employment, skills pathways for people, employers and communities in the Northern Territory.

Duties and Responsibilities
Responsibilities of the Assistant Director may include:

- Support inclusive, culturally informed engagement that listens to First Nations people, values lived experience and contributes to Closing the Gap outcomes.
- Lead a team delivering Australian Government employment and skills programs in the Northern Territory.
- Provide direction across a range of strategic and operational priorities, working under limited direction from the Director.
- Manage employment and skills contracts, including provider performance, compliance,



assurance, quality and relationship management.
- Build and maintain robust relationships with employers, providers, government, community organisations and other stakeholders.
- Use local labour market intelligence to inform engagement activity, prioritisation and program delivery.
- Support place-based projects that connect job seekers, employers and communities with appropriate employment and skills pathways.
- Lead staff in a collaborative, flexible and psychologically safe environment that supports capability, innovation and performance.

How to Apply
Applications are to be submitted using the department’s eRecruit (online recruitment) system.

As this is an Identified role you must have an understanding of the issues affecting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and proven culturally appropriate engagement and communication skills. These roles usually involve developing policies or programs for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, or direct interaction with Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander communities.

Tell us in less than 750 words why you are the right person for this opportunity, what you can offer, and how your skills, knowledge, experience and qualification are relevant to the role. Try not to duplicate information that can already be found in your resume but do highlight any specific examples or achievements that will demonstrate your ability to perform the role. Within your pitch, include details on how you:

- Understand the issues affecting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
- Demonstrate an ability to communicate sensitively and effectively with Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people
- Demonstrate your capability and commitment to continue to develop cultural competency.

Follow our guidelines for candidate use of AI throughout the recruitment process.

Please attach a concise resume to your application which clearly outlines your work experience,



educational qualifications and relevant skills. In the application form you will need to provide the details of two referees who can attest and validate your credentials and suitability for the role.

The APS work level standards accommodate the diversity of roles across the APS and are structured to clearly differentiate between the work expected (i.e. responsibilities and duties) at each classification level. Prior to preparing your written story, it is recommended you review the Work Level Standards relevant to the classification advertised.

Please attach a concise resume to your application which clearly outlines your work experience, educational qualifications and relevant skills. In the application form you will need to provide the details of two referees who can attest and validate your credentials and suitability for the role.

Eligibility Please note, 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 candidate will have the ability to obtain and maintain a Baseline security clearance.

This selection process may be used to establish a merit pool. The pool might be accessed to fill ongoing and non-ongoing vacancies for similar roles in the Department over the next 18 months.
Don’t meet all the role requirements?
At DEWR we are dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive workforce and seek to recruit staff with a wide range of backgrounds, skill levels, disciplines and working styles. If this role resonates with you and you are excited about making an impact, but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly, we encourage you to apply anyway.

Citizenship - to be eligible for employment with the Department, you must be an Australian Citizen or, in limited circumstances, in the process of obtaining it.

Security Clearance - our successful candidate is required to hold, or have the ability to obtain, and maintain a Baseline security clearance.

Please refer to the Job Information Pack for more information about the role.

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📌 Assistant Director - Identified Position (Northbridge)
🏢 Australian Department of Employment and Workplace Relations
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