APS5 Project Officer

• APS Level 5
• Canberra, ACT | Melbourne, VIC | Adelaide, SA | Brisbane, QLD | Sydney, NSW | Hobart, TAS
• APS5: $90,580 - $96,839 (Salary from 13 March 2025)

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 Trades Recognition Australia (TRA) is responsible for skills assessments for a range of technical and trade occupations under the Migration Regulations 1994, offering skills assessment services for people with trade skills gained overseas or in Australia, for the purpose of migration. Skills assessments are intended to ensure a successful applicant can perform at the required skill level for their nominated occupation and provide assurance to government and to the individual that their training and experience is relevant and appropriate. A successful outcome will satisfy the skills assessment requirement for an application with the Department of Home Affairs for a relevant visa. The TRA IT team is responsible for ensuring the TRA website and IT systems used for delivering migrant skills assessments are stable, secure, fit-for-purpose and adaptable. As the business owner of the TRA website and TRA IT assessment system, Trades II, we work in close partnership with TRA Program Managers and the technical owner to ensure business and service continuity. Project Officer may work across other priorities in TRA, including supporting the implementation of business projects and/or Budget Measures. Reporting to the Senior Project Officer, TRA IT Systems & Enhancements, the Project Officer is responsible for the timely delivery of IT enhancement projects, management of the TRA IT group mailbox and coordination with stakeholders. The ideal candidate is a skilled, creative, and motivated individual who works collaboratively, adapts quickly, and who provides clear and concise communications. Duties and Responsibilities Responsibilities of the APS Level 5 Project Officer may include:

• Liaising with TRA program teams and with technical specialists to specify and clarify business requirements for IT changes.
• Drafting and publishing web content using a content management system and regularly review existing content.
• Helping to provide direction to IT projects in line with strategic priorities and operating within agreed governance arrangements.
• Establishing, maintaining, and reviewing operational processes and documentation to support effective management, monitoring, and compliance of departmental IT systems.
• Working to identify and manage IT issues as they arise, including investigation with affected work areas, resolving incidents and complaints, and escalation of any required IT changes to a technical team.
• Working collaborative as part of a team, including leading and mentoring junior team members.
• Managing the TRA IT group mailbox to provide ICT support to the broader branch and external customers.

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 departments online recruitment system) you will also need to:

• upload a Curriculum Vitae
• provide contact details for 2 Referees.

Eligibility Dont 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 doesnt 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.