Indigenous Liaison Officer - Affirmative Measure, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
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* APS Level 6
* Newcastle, NSW; Sydney, NSW
* $101,833 - $111,979
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 Strategy, Corporate and Insights the Indigenous Liaison Officer is responsible for engaging with local communities and building positive working relationships with a range of internal and external stakeholders. This will assist the department better understand gaps in service and barriers to employment opportunities for First Nations people.
The Indigenous Liaison Officer will collaborate with service providers, supporting and promoting local place-based activity that enhances the experience and impact of First Nations people in employment and skills programs. This will help to address Priority Reforms under the National Closing the Gap Agreement and DEWR's Reconciliation Action Plan.
By providing the NSWACT State Office with feedback from community and in relation to place-based activity, it will help build our cultural responsiveness and guidance on a local level. Our work can be challenging, but it is also rewarding and suits people who are resilient and embrace innovation, change, and want to make a difference in our communities.
Travel, including overnight trips will be a requirement of the Indigenous Liaison Officer role.
Duties And Responsibilities
Responsibilities of the APS 6 Level may include:
* Providing cultural intelligence and support to the NSWACT State office staff and Senior Executives on matters affecting First Nations people, relevant to the work of DEWR.
* Provide targeted program management and support on the ground for a variety of programs delivered by DEWR.
* Actively engage with key stakeholders to improve industry, employer and participant awareness, and uptake of DEWR programs.
* Participate in DEWR Community of Practice on Closing the Gap, representing NSWACT State Office and sharing information on the work being done to support First Nations peoples into employment, education and training.
* Lead and contribute to NSWACT State Office Closing the Gap initiatives, bringing together staff, providers, and key stakeholders to achieve shared outcomes for First Nations peoples.
* Develop a directory of First Nations key stakeholders across NSWACT so the right people are engaged in State Office led activity.
* Understand the dispersed caseload and demographic characteristics across NSWACT, to target activity to most need
Qualifications and Education
* A driver's licence is essential.
* Demonstrated experience working with First Nations communities and organisations is essential.
* Proficiency in Microsoft programs is essential.
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.
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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
These positions are only open to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. This is consistent with Section 31 of the Australian Public Service Commissioner's Directions 2022. The filling of this employment opportunity constitutes a special measure under subsection 8(1) of the Racial Discrimination Act 1975.
Confirmation of Heritage
Candidates who are applying under Affirmative Measures must have their Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander heritage confirmed.
A Confirmation Must Stipulate That a Person
* is of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander descent; and
* identifies as an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander person; and
* is accepted as such by the community in which they live or formerly lived.
Suitable evidence of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander heritage may include:
* a letter signed by the Chairperson of an incorporated Indigenous organisation confirming that the applicant is recognised as an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander person, or
* a confirmation of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander descent document executed by an Indigenous organisation.
If the above documents are not available, the department may accept a signed letter without a common seal a statutory declaration from the candidate and a Community Elder.
The department has an Indigenous Liaison Officer (ILO) who is available to support you throughout the recruitment process. To speak to our ILO please email diversity@dewr.gov.au.
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.
Seniority level
* Seniority level
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