Change Leader
Director 2015 Team
New Position
Executive Level 2
Office of the CEO
Non-ongoing Vacancy – Full-time
(18 months contract with a possible extension to two years in total)
Canberra or Melbourne
$110,980 to $122,265 plus 15.4% superannuation
Contact Officer
Lesley Morrison, General Manager, Recovery and Support 02 6112 9633 or 1300 366 979
Closing date
01 July 2010 at 11.00pm (Eastern Standard Time)
Submitting your application online
1. In one combined application document include
a. Your completed application cover sheet (the last page of this document),
b. A statement addressing the selection criteria; and
c. Your resume outlining your work history, relevant qualifications and training.
2. Apply online - When applying you will be asked to upload your combined application and enter your relevant personal and work details.
The Role
Overview of the role
Comcare is seeking a senior experienced change leader to develop and implement leadership, people and cultural change strategies to support the implementation of Comcare’s five-year strategic plan. You will work to the CEO to support the
Comcare executive and senior leaders to shape and guide a resilient, empathic, agile and responsive culture to support the organisation on its change journey to build a stronger Comcare.
You will have experience in leading significant organisational development and cultural change programs, in designing leadership strategy and delivering
measurable results. You will have highly developed communication skills, people skills and leadership skills and have detailed knowledge of contemporary approaches to organisational and leadership development, organisational culture and change management.
You will lead a small team and work closely with the teams responsible for internal communications, business and strategic planning and people.
This position is a non-ongoing position for 18 months and may be extended for a further six months. The aim is to build organisation-wide capability and confidence to embrace and embed change as a business-as-usual discipline.
Overview of the Office of the CEO
The Office of the CEO undertakes key functions to provide assurance to the CEO that organisational systems and processes are sound. The Office also supports the CEO by managing strategic communications and strategic relationships with external stakeholders. The 2015 Team will drive organisational, leadership and cultural change to support the implementation of the 2015 strategic plan.
Primary responsibilities
Reporting to the CEO, the successful candidate will:
1. Lead a small team to design and develop strategies to achieve leadership and cultural change to deliver 2015 plan priorities
2. Implement strategies to deliver a more responsive, empathic and agile culture to ensure a more resilient and adaptive organisation
3. Coordinate change management initiatives to ensure leaders are competent in building and delivering change programs
4. Oversee the portfolio of leadership development for executive and senior leaders including the coordination of Comcare’s Leadership Forum 5. Coordinate significant external exchange and development programs to
maximise the impact and effective of collaboration and new ways of working 6. Coordinate succession and talent management for Comcare’s senior leaders
7. Actively develop working relationships across the organisation and with stakeholders that are effective, collaborative and strategic.
8. Supervise, guide and/or mentor other staff as required
9. Commit to, promote and model the APS Values and APS Code of Conduct.
APS values and the APS code of conduct
Comcare employees observe the APS values and APS code of conduct; for further information go to
http://www.apsc.gov.au/values/index.html for the values and
http://www.apsc.gov.au/conduct/index.html for the code of conduct.
The Selection Process
Comcare uses merit in our competitive selection process. The standard process involves assessing an eligible applicant against the selection criteria for the relevant position. Comcare’s processes are likely to take approximately eight weeks for short listing, interviewing, reference checking and offers to be made.
Eligibility and specific conditions of employment
1. Australian citizenship2. Security clearance (Obtain and maintain a Secret clearance) 3. Character clearance (police records check)
4. Health assessment
5. Six months probationary period 6. Interstate Travel
For information on conditions of employment, please refer to our website
http://www.comcare.gov.au/careers/working_at_comcare
How to address the selection criteria
The selection criteria describe the capabilities, skills and knowledge required to achieve the outcomes of the role. Your statement of claims against the selection criteria is your opportunity to demonstrate your competency to the selection panel, and is the most important factor in determining whether your application will be short-listed for further consideration. It is recommended that you frame your statement of claims against the selection criteria in the context of the primary responsibilities of the role and the qualifications and/or experience identified as a requirement for the position. Your claims against each criterion should be no longer than a page. It is important that you demonstrate how you will be of value to the job and the
organisation. Make sure you adequately address each selection criterion and provide evidence of your suitability. Do not simply state that you meet the requirements of the
selection criteria. Give examples from your current or past role(s) which demonstrate how you meet the criterion. Utilising the STAR approach will assist you responding to the selection criteria. The STAR approach is one way of presenting information against selection criteria. For each criteria think about the following and use these points to form sentences:
Situation: Set the context by describing the circumstance whether you used the skills or qualities and gained the experience.
Task: What was your role?
Approach: What did you do and how did you do it? Result: What did you achieve?
What was the end result and how does it relate to the job you are
applying for?
For more information on how to apply for jobs in the Australian Public Service please go to http://www.apsc.gov.au/publications07/crackingthecode.htm
Selection Criteria
The following selection criteria are based on Integrated Leadership System
http://www.apsc.gov.au/ils/index.html and Comcare’s Capability Framework. 1. Job Specific/Qualifications
ο Provide professional, specialist, technical expertise and knowledge of change management.
2. Shapes Strategic Thinking
ο Contribute to the formulation and achievement of team, business and corporate goals.
ο Aligns personal work goals with team goals and monitors outcomes and identifies issues related to priorities and problems.
ο Ability to think strategically and to find innovative solutions to complex issues and problems.
ο Identifies emerging issues or problems and exercises sound judgement to develop robust solutions and recommendations.
ο Ability to lead change and innovation. 3. Achieves results
ο Monitors performance of a specified work area and establishes priorities and plans for work completion.
ο Motivate others to achieve results.
ο Steers and implements change and deals with uncertainty.
ο Effectively manage the delivery of programs, projects and/or organisation change initiatives.
ο Develop and maintain internal and external productive relationships, partnerships and networks.
ο Leading and managing people and work teams effectively.
5. Exemplifies personal drive and integrity
ο Consistently delivers sustained effort and hard work to achieve outcomes. ο Commitment to and ability to model the behaviours required by the APS
Values, APS Code of Conduct and Comcare Leadership Values. ο Commitment to continuing personal learning and development. ο Promoting learning and development for team members. 6. Communicates with influence
ο Communication verbally and in writing at a high standard.
ο Negotiate effectively with a range of internal and external stakeholders. ο Represent Comcare with credibility and professionalism.
ο Resolve conflicts skilfully. ο Presenting information.
Qualifications (optional)
Desirable: Relevant business, management or leadership qualifications Experience (optional)
The following experience is highly desirable:
• Experience in developing and designing organisational, leadership and cultural change programs
• Significant experience in successfully delivering organisational wide change • Project management skills.
Application Cover Sheet
Tip: Complete and save this form before commencing your on-line application. Vacancy Details
Job Title Director, 2015 Team Group Office of the CEO
Position Number New Position Classification EL2 Location Canberra or Melbourne Personal details
Surname Given Name(s)
Title (Mr/Mrs/Miss) Date of Birth (optional)
Address State P/Code
Phone Number Mobile Number
Email Address
Employment Details: If you are not currently employed in the APS some of the following may not be relevant.
Name of Employer Your Position/Title
Are you currently working in the Australian Public Service? YES / NO If yes, ONGOING / NON-ONGOING / CONTRACTOR
Substantive level Acting level
Employment Conditions
Are you an Australian citizen? YES / NO
Have you received a redundancy benefit from an APS Agency, Parliamentary
Service? YES / NO
If yes, please specify employer’s name and date of cessation:
Have you ever been found to have breached the APS Code of Conduct? YES / NO If yes, please specify employers’ name and date?
Do you have a security
clearance? YES / NO If so, what level? i.e. Protected/Secret Referees:
Please provide two (2) current referees who have supervised and assessed your performance within the workplace.
Name Relationship
Email Telephone
Name Relationship
Email Telephone
Assistance
Do you require special arrangements to be made for assessment e.g. interview? If yes, a member of the selection panel will contact you for more details (write here for any adjustments required).
