Closes: 12 May 2026
Classification: Senior Officer Grade C
Salary: $127,597 - $136,873 plus superannuation
Position No: 71253
Directorate: Education
Advertised (Gazettal date): 05 May 2026
Contact Officer: Bec Nicholls on ************@act.gov.au or (02) 6207 2***
Details: The Assistant Director, HR Systems and Compliance, supports the Directorate and the Senior Director, Recruitment by delivering operational recruitment services and workforce planning for ACT Public Schools and the Education Support Office.
The Recruitment team within People and Performance Branch provides education employment support to strengthen student outcomes through a skilled, high‐performing workforce. The team delivers advice and operational support across staff recruitment and deployment, position establishment and resource management, staff movements, conditions of service and staff entitlements. The role also oversees workforce profile management, supporting principals, schools and business areas to manage their workforce in alignment with approved staffing structures.
The Assistant Director, HR Systems and Compliance's key areas of focus include:
* Providing strategic advice and operational support on recruitment, deployment, establishment management, resource allocation, staff movement, and conditions of service and entitlements.
* Overseeing centralised recruitment offers and onboarding for all school‐based vacancies and positions, ensuring alignment with workforce strategy, service delivery priorities, legislative requirements, and best‐practice recruitment standards.
* Managing and supporting regulatory processes, including Teacher Quality Institute professional registration and Working with Vulnerable People registration.
* Contributing to the design and delivery of HR request management systems and recruitment databases to provide streamlined experiences for schools and applicants who engage with recruitment services.
* Directing day‐to‐day operational recruitment activities, including the use and analysis of data to support the Directorate's teacher attraction and retention strategy.
We are committed to creating an inclusive environment where people with diverse thoughts, lived experience, and perspectives can thrive and contribute their unique talents to the ACTPS and ACT community. We encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, people with culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, veterans, younger and older workers, and people with diverse genders, sexes and sexualities to apply.
Notes: This is a temporary position available immediately for a period of 12 months with the possibility of permanency. A Merit Pool will be established from this selection process and will be used to fill vacancies over the next 12 months.
Selection may be based on application and referee reports only. 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: Please provide a maximum two-page response outlining your skills, experience and suitability based on the Professional and Technical Skills, and Knowledge requirements as set out in the Position Description and a current curriculum vitae.
Applications should be submitted via the Apply Now button below.
Note: Under the ACTPS employment framework you may be placed in another role where required for the efficient administration of the service.
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 for a period of 12 months with the possibility of permanency.