Classification: Senior Officer Grade A
Salary: $172,246 plus superannuation
Position No: 70305
Directorate: Digital Canberra
Advertised (Gazettal date): 03 September 2026
Contact Officer: Kristina Carroll on [email protected] or (02) 5124 9334
Details: Digital Canberra leads the ACT Government’s technology, digital, data, and cyber security services. We strive to improve the lives of Canberrans through delivering and supporting digital government services that are easy to access, save time, and are safe to use. We achieve this while also looking to the future – making technology investment decisions that will transform Canberra into a genuinely connected city.
Digital Canberra leads the implementation of the ACT Digital Strategy and ACT Digital Health Strategy, manages ICT infrastructure for our hospitals, schools, and public service, and represents the ACT at national digital, data, and cyber security forums.
Digital Canberra has a diverse workforce across many functions and sites. We have an inclusive culture, and we ensure our people are respected, valued, and involved.
The Corporate Services Group provides a range of strategic, organisational, administrative and human resources functions for Digital Canberra. The group encompasses four branches:
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Communications and Engagement
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People and Capability
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Ministerial and Government Services
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Digital Canberra Transition
The Digital Canberra Transition Team is a dedicated, time-limited team established to lead the design and delivery of a transformative, whole-of-organisation initiative: the establishment of a new Digital Directorate for the Territory.
The creation of Digital Canberra consolidated and integrate two existing service areas and progressively incorporate digital delivery teams from all other Directorates and agencies, ultimately establishing a Directorate with a workforce of between 1200-1500 employees responsible for design and delivery of all digital strategy, capability and programs for the ACTPS.
Operating under the leadership of an Executive Branch Manager, the DCBR Transition Team is structured across three capability domains:
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Engagement
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Finance
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Delivery
These roles require a high degree of agility, collaboration, and strategic foresight to navigate complexity and deliver sustainable transformation outcomes within tight timeframes.
The Senior Director, Engagement leads the engagement stream of the DCBR Transition.
The role is responsible for providing strategic leadership and oversight of workforce transition, staff engagement, change management and communication activities associated with the transition of technology functions into Digital Canberra.
Eligibility/Other Requirements:
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Formal qualifications in Communications, and/or Change Management, and/or Human Resources are highly desirable.
Note: This is a temporary position available immediately until 31 December 2026 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.
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. Under activity-based working arrangements, officers will not have a designated workstation/desk.
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.
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 permanency.
