Classification: Senior Officer Grade A
Salary: $172,246 plus superannuation
Position No: 18271
Directorate: Digital Canberra
Advertised (Gazettal date): 02 July 2026
Contact Officer: Veronica Morados on [email protected] or (02) 6207 0584
Details:
POSITION OVERVIEW
The role is responsible for the on-going management of the Directorate ICT Business Systems, system life cycle management, associated interfaces and other essential ICT services. The role will be required to ensure strategic alignment to the Directorate, DCBR and ACT Government initiatives. This will require liaison and negotiate with relevant stakeholders, including external vendors to ensure the optimal performance of applications. The role manages a team of technical resources responsible for various components of the business system provision, whilst ensuring effective service provision from DCBR’s core ICT services teams.
WHAT YOU WILL DO
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Lead and manage the ICT embedded team. This includes contributing to the development and implementation of business plans, policies and strategies designed to ensure the effective and efficient delivery of ICT services, business systems and related activities for the Directorate.
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Lead and manage resources to ensure business objectives are achieved, providing advice and guidance in an ICT context across a complex public sector environment.
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Consult with business system owners, plan and develop innovative, robust and responsive business solutions for the Directorate. Maintain and support a number of business and directorate critical applications as per agreements with business system owners.
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Promote development methodologies and standards that support the ACT government policies and cloud first strategy.
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Provide representation at internal forums and committees to ensure effective communication and collaboration.
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This position does involve direct supervision of up to 15 staff members.
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.
Eligibility/Other Requirements:
- Adaptability to changing circumstances and multiple priorities and demands, and resilience while managing a constantly changing, complex and diverse ICT environment.
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Leadership expertise in delivering agreed strategic business outcomes and solutions by taking initiative, managing resources and setting clear direction and providing guidance for managers and team members.
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Ability to establish and maintain effective and diverse strategic business partnerships, including with executive stakeholders; through collaboration, engagement, responsiveness and influence.
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Advanced conceptual analytical skills, particularly the ability to understand how issues integrate and to make rational judgements from available information.
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Take a strategic and holistic approach to service design, support and delivery of business services and applications.
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Awareness of technical and business market trends and using this knowledge and expertise to advise and guide business outcomes.
Notes: This is a temporary position available from 1 July 2026 until 30 September 2026. This position is available to ACT Government officers and employees only.
Selection may be based on application only. This EOI process may also be used for other opportunities at level to backfill further short-term vacancies over the next 12 months.
How to Apply: Please send your curriculum vitae with your two-page pitch addressing “What you will do” section of the attached Position Description. Applications are open to existing ACTPS employees.
Applications should be submitted .
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.
The ACT public service is committed to closing the gap, underpinned by the belief that when Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have a genuine say in the design and delivery of policies, programs and services that affect them, better life outcomes are achieved. More information can be found here ACT Closing the Gap Implementation Plan - ACT Government Transparency Portal.
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This is a temporary position available from 1 July 2026 until 30 September 2026. This position is available to ACT Government officers and employees only.
