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Assistant Director in the Office of the General Manager | Full-time Permanent
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- Communication skills
- Office experience
- Employee assistance program
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ASIO —Canberra ACT
- $91,522 - $157,637 a year
- Call employer
- Management
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- Annual leave
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Administration Assistant – Receipting - Hawker College | Full-time Temporary with a Possibility of Permanency
Education —Canberra ACT
- $66,968 - $71,670 a year
- Temporary
- Microsoft Word
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Australian Taxation Office —Canberra ACT
- $84,028 - $99,307 a year
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Australian Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development —Canberra ACT
- Part-time
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Assistant Director in the Office of the General Manager | Full-time Permanent

Canberra Health Services -
Canberra ACT

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Permanent | Full-time
$127,597 - $136,873 a year
12 days ago

Benefits

Employee assistance program
Salary packaging

Qualifications

Customer service
Communication skills
Office experience

Full Job Description

Closes: 24 August 2026

Classification: Senior Officer Grade C
Salary: $127,597 - $136,873 plus superannuation
Position No: 71526-02R3J
Directorate: Canberra Health Services
Advertised (Gazettal date): 12 August 2026
Contact Officer: Michael Hamill on [email protected] or (02) 6207 9985

What can we offer you:

Competitive pay rates and excellent working conditions within a tertiary hospital.
Salary Packaging with many options that provide full fringe benefits tax concessions.
Flexible working conditions.
Access to Employee Assistance Program.
Access to onsite Physiotherapists.
Access to onsite cafes, staff cafeteria, pharmacy and gift shop.

About the Role:

Love variety, solving problems, and working at the heart of executive decision-making? Ready to make an impact in a fast-paced environment where your coordination, communication, and stakeholder engagement skills will shine?

The Office of the General Manager is seeking an Assistant Director to join the team. Reporting to the Senior Director and working closely with the Executive Assistant, you will be responsible for providing high-level executive and operational support. You will coordinate and prepare briefings and correspondence on behalf of the Office of the General Manager, engage, develop and maintain relationships with internal and external stakeholders, support the Office's governance structures, contribute to the development and implementation of policies and programs, and monitor and maintain relevant registers, recommendations and tracking documents to support high-quality service provision.

The ideal candidate will have several years' experience working in a similar role and environment, along with excellent communication and customer service skills. You will have the ability to build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, contribute to the development of team objectives for short-term tasks and strategic planning for longer-term initiatives, and maintain and continually develop your knowledge of, and compliance with, legislative, financial and administrative frameworks, government decision-making processes, agency guidelines and regulations.

For more information regarding the position duties click here for the Position Description.

Please note prior to commencement successful candidates will be required to:

Undergo a pre-employment National Police Check.

Note: This is a full-time permanent position.

For more information on this position and how to apply “click here”

Note: Under the ACTPS employment framework you may be placed in another role where required for the efficient administration of the service.

Canberra Health Services (CHS) is focussed on the delivery of high quality, effective, person centred care. It provides acute, sub-acute, primary and community‐based health services, to the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and surrounding region. More information can be found on the CHS website.

Our Vision: creating exceptional health care together
Our Role: to be a health service that is trusted by our community
Our Values: Reliable, Progressive, Respectful and Kind

CHS is committed to workforce diversity and to creating an inclusive workplace. As part of this commitment, we welcome applications from all diversity groups. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability and people who identify as LGBTQIA+ are particularly encouraged to apply.

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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