• APS Level 5
• Canberra, ACT
• $93,660
- $100,132 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 Assistant Director, the Cabinet Liaison Officer (CLO) operates with initiative and judgement to facilitate DEWR’s engagement with policy development and feedback processes leading to consideration by Australia’s chief decision-making body – the federal Cabinet. This is a energetic role with an emphasis on developing and maintaining strong relationships with essential internal and external stakeholders, including staff from across the department, our ministers’ offices and counterpart CLOs across the APS. Duties and Responsibilities Responsibilities of the CLO at the APS 5 level may include:




• Coordinating stakeholder engagement to task, monitor and track the status of upcoming Cabinet business, ensuring timely updates and proactive issue management.
• Preparing accurate and timely daily reports on Cabinet activity for the department’s Executive, supporting informed decision-making at senior levels.
• Managing the secure circulation of Cabinet material through the CabNet+ system, applying the need-to-know principle and maintaining strict confidentiality standards.
• Producing hard copy Cabinet material as needed and in line with security requirements, and supporting regular stocktaking of active material.
• Providing initial support and troubleshooting of the CabNet+ system for departmental users.
• Actioning periodic reporting on portfolio appointments to meet parliamentary and other obligations.
• Mailbox management, triaging and escalation.
• Working flexibly across section functions; contributing to broader priorities and ensuring critical tasks and objectives are delivered. Note: The position involves periodic after-hours responsibilities, shared across the team via an on-call roster. These duties are compensated through a combination of restriction allowance, flex credits, and overtime pay, as applicable.

How To Apply
Applicants are required to provide a summary (no more than 500 words) that outlines skills,



knowledge, and experience and why you should be considered for this vacancy. You should take into consideration the position overview (including any detailed position specific requirements) when drafting your response. Where possible include specific relevant examples of your work. 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. In the eRecruit (the department’s online recruitment system) you will also need to:
• upload a Curriculum Vitae
• provide contact details for 2 Referees. Eligibility 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 Negative Vetting 1 security clearance. Please refer to the Job Information Pack for more information

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📌 Cabinet Liaison Officer (Canberra)
🏢 Department of Employment and Workplace Relations
📍 Canberra