Classification: Senior Officer Grade A
Salary: $172,246 plus superannuation
Position No: 70321
Directorate: Digital Canberra
Advertised (Gazettal date): 04 September 2026
Contact Officer: Angela Schacht on [email protected] or (02) 6207 3993
Details: Join Digital Canberra and build a career that makes a real difference in the community, where your contribution matters and you’re part of something meaningful. At Digital Canberra, we deliver and support digital government services that are easy to access, save time, and are safe to use.
Our Corporate Group is seeking an experienced and strategic leader to join the People and Capability Branch as Senior Director, Capability, Culture and Inclusion. In this role, you will help shape how the organisation develops its people, fosters an inclusive workplace and uses workforce insights to improve outcomes.
Working with a team of committed professionals, you will lead programs and strategies that strengthen organisational and leadership capability, enhance workplace culture, promote diversity and employee engagement, and support a sustainable workforce in which all employees can thrive.
Using workforce data, evidence and emerging trends to inform decision-making, you will provide strategic advice to senior leaders and influence initiatives that deliver lasting organisational impact. You will oversee the design, delivery and evaluation of learning and development, leadership capability, inclusion and engagement programs, ensuring they achieve measurable outcomes and support organisational priorities.
In partnership with executives, managers and stakeholders across Digital Canberra and the broader ACT Government, you will build collaborative relationships, champion contemporary people practices, and help shape a workplace culture that values diversity, inclusion, innovation and continuous learning.
For more information about the role, please refer to the Position Description. You may wish to speak to the listed Contact Officer if you have any queries once you have reviewed the Position Description.
What we offer you
At Digital Canberra, we offer a rewarding government career that has a direct, positive impact on the Canberra community. You may be strategic, helping us lead technology investment decisions to build a genuinely connected Canberra. Or you may enjoy the hands-on satisfaction of working with the latest technology to keep our hospitals, schools, and government running. At Digital Canberra, you will make a difference!
As part of the ACT Public Service (ACTPS), Digital Canberra offers some of the best hybrid and flexible working arrangements in Australia. Flexible working in the ACTPS means we provide the opportunity to work remotely (from home) or from a choice of office locations around Canberra, although the exact arrangements will be discussed with your hiring manager, based on operational needs.
Canberra is Australia’s capital – a welcoming, unique city with a quality of life that many cities aspire to. It’s the perfect place to raise children, take advantage of world-class cultural institutions, and enjoy the great outdoors. Canberra is primed for technology evolution. As a young and growing city, the shape of our community and our digital government services will continue to change.
Just like our city, Digital Canberra is inclusive. Our work spans many technology disciplines, and our workforce is diverse. We welcome candidates who have the right to work in Australia, which may include temporary and permanent visa holders subject to your visa conditions.
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.
Note: This is a temporary position available immediately until 31 December 2026, with the possibility of extension up to 12 months and/or 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.
How to Apply: Submit a copy of your resume/curriculum vitae and a two-page pitch that addresses the “What You Require” section of the Position Description. Please ensure your response provides evidence of your suitability for the role, including specific examples that clearly demonstrate your relevant skills, knowledge and behavioural capabilities.
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 immediately until 31 December 2026, with the possibility of extension up to 12 months and/or permanency.
