Closes: 17 December 2025
Classification: Senior Officer Grade A
Salary: $169,551 plus superannuation
Position No: 64594
Directorate: Justice and Community Safety
Advertised (Gazettal date): 03 December 2025
Contact Officer: Caroline Marsh on or
Details: Working with the Executive Branch Manager (EBM), the Senior Director, First Nations Justice will provide strategic support and leadership, including by leading the development of proposals for First Nations justice initiatives, providing oversight on project management and secretariat support and delivering briefings and correspondence for Justice and Community Safety (JACS) Executive, the Director-General and Ministers.
Eligibility/Other requirements:
* Background/Security clearance checks will be conducted.
* This is an identified position and is only open to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Evidence of Aboriginality or Torres Strait Islander descent may be required.
* This position does not require a pre-employment medical.
* Prior to commencing this role, a current registration issued under the Working with Vulnerable People (Background Checking) Act 2011 is required. For further information on Working with Vulnerable People registration refer to - Working with vulnerable people (WWVP) registration )
Notes: This is a temporary position available immediately until 30 June 2027 with the possibility of permanency.
An order of merit will be established from this selection process and may be used to fill future identical vacancies over the next 12 months.
This is an Identified position in accordance with Section 27(4) of the Public Sector Management Act 1994 and is only open to an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander person. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander lived experience and cultural capability is considered essential and therefore confirmation of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander heritage may be requested.
This position is in a workplace designed for activity-based working (ABW). Under ABW arrangements, officers do not have a designated workstation/desk.
Opportunities for flexible working options could include hybrid working, being a combination of working from home, designated office based and FlexiSpace working locations across the ACT, part-time hours, job-sharing, flexible start, and finish times.
How to apply:
* Applicants are required to submit a personal pitch (of no more than two pages) addressing both the Professional/Technical Skill and Knowledge and Behavioural Capabilities outlined under the "What you require" section of the Position Description. Specific examples should be provided using the STAR method where appropriate.
* Applicants should also provide a current curriculum vitae with details of two referees (one of which must be your current supervisor/manager).
Applications should be submitted .
Where an offer of employment is for a fixed-term period, any related temporary contracts within the Territory will be issued in compliance with the requirements and applicable exceptions outlined in the Fair Work Act.
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Note
This is a temporary position available immediately until 30 June 2027 with the possibility of permanency.