Beaumont&Beaumont; are seeking applications for a Governance and Secretariat Officer at the APS6 equivalent levelto join a Commonwealth Government Department in Canberra.

This role is an in-office, full-time opportunity, with a competitive salary, 15.4% superannuation, and access to leave entitlements.

Benefits

- Full-time prospect.
- Work-life balance with regular office hours.
- Competitive salary with 15.4% superannuation and access to leave entitlements.
- Ability to accrue 7.5 hours flex, plus potential for overtime.
- Good internal well-being structures to support staff.
- Highly professional workplace with training provided.

Skills and Experience:

- Experience and knowledge in corporate governance and business coordination functions, ideally in Commonwealth Government settings will be highly regarded.
- Other relevant experience in secretariat roles for committees, boards, governance forums or senior executive meetings will also be highly regarded.
- Demonstrated ability performing a wide range of corporate governance functions at a high level.
- Ability to manage competing priorities, coordinating multiple workstreams and delivering outcomes within tight timeframes.
- Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills.
- Ability to operate with a high degree of independence, demonstrate initiative, anticipate business needs, identify and resolve issues proactively, and require minimal day-to-day supervision.
- Communicate clearly and concisely, ensuring messages are easily understood by all team members.
- Transferrable skills and experience from roles such as Executive Assistant, Executive Officer, Secretariat Officer, Governance Support Officer, Project Officer or similar business coordination positions may be considered.
- Experience working in trauma informed environments or with sensitive subject matter will be an advantage.

Duties:





- Supporting governance functions including agenda management, minute-taking, action tracking and meeting coordination, preparing reports, briefs, and correspondence.
- Build productive working relationships and engage effectively with a range of stakeholders.
- Maintain records, registers and governance artefacts with a high degree of accuracy and attention to detail.
- Exercise sound judgement, discretion and professionalism when handling sensitive information.
- Follow established processes and policies, issuing information requests, ensuring compliance with privacy protocols and contributing to operational process efficiency.
- Self-manage in a complex, changing environment working with diverse teams with a high workload in a high-risk environment.
- Communicating clearly and concisely with applicants, nominees and institutions when issuing requests for information and taking/reviewing information provided to the Scheme.

To be eligible for this role you must be willing and able to obtain a Baseline Security Clearance with the Australian Government Vetting Agency, or have an existing or recently inactive clearance of that level. As such, you must be an Australian citizen to obtain that clearance. This role involves exposure to details, material and subject matter relating to child sexual abuse. It may also involve phone calls with distressed survivors and collecting abuse information. Candidates should carefully consider their individual circumstances, capacity and resilience to manage the risks associated with working with this content on a day-to-day basis.

For a discreet conversation about this role, please contact the Labour Hire team on [02 6126 4500](tel:02 6126 4500) or email [email protected], citing reference number 5916. To apply, please submit your CV in Microsoft Word format via Seek.

📌 Governance and Secretariat Officer Officer (Canberra)
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📍 Canberra