Assistant Director Capability and Development

Are you an experienced capability development leader ready to shape the future of learning across the Tribunal?

This exciting hybrid, full-time ongoing role within the Capability Development team can be located in Canberra, Melbourne, or Sydney.

Remuneration: The annual salary range for the position is EL1 - $121,755 - $143,202 p.a., plus a generous employer superannuation contribution of 15.4%.

About the opportunity

Reporting to the EL2 Director, People and Culture Strategy, you will hold a key leadership role and lead a team in designing and delivering capability initiatives across the organisation. You will partner with senior leaders to identify capability priorities aligned with organisational outcomes. A core focus of the role is leading the governance and optimisation of the Tribunal’s learning management system (LMS), ensuring strong data, reporting and insights to support decision-making and continuous improvement.

This is an excellent opportunity to contribute to a collaborative and supportive People & Culture branch while shaping learning and capability across the Tribunal.

About you

To be successful in this role, you will bring a combination of strategic learning and development expertise, strong leadership capability and a commitment to using evidence and insights to improve outcomes.

You will have :

• Strong understanding and demonstrated experience designing and delivering strategic, organisation-wide learning and development programs aligned to APS capability frameworks, and leadership expectations.
• Proven experience managing and optimising a learning management system, including administration, system governance, reporting, analytics and continuous improvement.
• Ability to use data and insights (including LMS reporting) to inform decision-making, evaluate program effectiveness and provide evidence-based advice.
• Strong leadership and strategic capability, with experience leading teams, driving performance and fostering a culture of accountability and collaboration in a dynamic environment.
• Highly developed stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to influence senior leaders and communicate complex information clearly and persuasively.

Qualifications

Desirable

• Tertiary qualifications in Learning and Development, Human Resources or a related discipline.
• Experience in the APS or similar public sector environment

Eligibility

• Australian Citizenship
• Required to undertake an Australian Federal Police Check and a Health Assessment

More information about this position, the scope of the role, duties and required capabilities and experience is contained within the Position Description.

About the Tribunal

The Administrative Review Tribunal plays a crucial role in the Australian legal landscape, providing a process for individuals and organisations to seek an independent review of decisions made under a wide range of Commonwealth laws.

We believe in providing our employees with a work environment that is supportive and rewarding. Our culture is one that welcomes all and we embrace flexibility and diversity. We believe our people are our most valuable asset and we work to support the skills, knowledge and capability of our staff.

You can learn more about the Tribunal on our website.

What we offer

We believe the little extras can make a big difference in supporting your success and some of our great incentives include:

• flexible working options and remote working to support you with your commitments outside of work.
• salary packaging options
• access to holistic health and wellbeing programs including Fitness Passport which provides discount to 350+ gyms, free annual influenza vaccinations and free eye tests
• generous leave allowances including Christmas to New Year office closure with no deduction from your leave balance.

For more information, please visit Careers | Administrative Review Tribunal/ What we offer.

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How to apply

To be considered, all applications must be submitted online via the Career Opportunities page. Please click on the job title you are applying for, click apply at the top of the page and follow the instructions on the online application. Please do not apply via LinkedIN portal.

Submit a CV (no more than 4 pages) and cover letter (no more than 2 pages) addressing how your experience matches the capabilities and experience of role, referring to the position description.

Applications close: Thursday 25 June at 11:45pm (AEST)

Please contact the Talent team on (02) 9276 5443 or ***email_hidden*** should you require assistance with accessing our website or with lodging your application.

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Merit Pool Acknowledgement

A merit pool may be created to fill similar vacancies within the next 18 months. Suitable candidates in this merit pool may be contacted for roles at the Tribunal, or the broader APS.

Our commitment to inclusion and diversity

The Administrative Review Tribunal is an Equal Opportunities employer committed to providing an inclusive workplace that embraces diversity and inclusion for all employees. We encourage and welcome applications from people with disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, all genders, LGBTQIA+ community and mature age people. If you have any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us if invited to interview.

RecruitAbility Scheme

RecruitAbility applies to this vacancy. Under the RecruitAbility scheme you will be invited to participate in further assessment activity for the vacancy if you choose to apply under the scheme; declare you have a disability; and meet the minimum requirements for the job. For more information visit: https://www.apsc.gov.au/recruitability

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