Contact Officer
Paul Sabo, Assistant Director, Scheme Policy on 03 9627 5446
Closing date
18 April 2017 at 11:00pm (Australian Eastern Standard Time)
How to apply
1. In one combined word document include:
- your completed Application Cover Sheet (the last page of this document),
- your responses addressing the selection criteria (no longer than a page for each criterion); and
- 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 personal details.
Overview of Comcare
Comcare’s role is to have a positive impact on reducing injury and harm in the workplace. Comcare’s work underpins quality workplaces and plays a vital role supporting workforce participation and productivity.
Comcare’s four business priorities are:
Ø Leading insurer—working with employers and employees to minimise harm in workplaces, facilitate return to work and recovery at work, and deliver sustainable management of the fund.
Ø National regulator—working with employers, employees and other stakeholders to deliver consistent risk-based regulation to improve work health, safety and rehabilitation outcomes.
Ø Excellence in scheme management and design—working with scheme participants to achieve sustainable and better practice national schemes.
Ø Efficient and effective operations—working together to achieve our Outcome.
What we offer
Comcare offers employees attractive employment conditions, including:
Overview of the team and role
The Scheme Policy team plays a key role in helping to ensure the consistent, accurate and legally sound application of the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 (SRC Act) and supporting legislation across the Comcare scheme. This involves providing input to the development of policy for the interpretation of the legislation relating to workers’ compensation and rehabilitation. The team monitors trends regarding the legislation and case law, and provides policy advice to scheme participants on how the legislation and policy should be applied.
The Policy Officer supports the Scheme Policy team in its function of developing sound, useful and consistent policy guidance across the Comcare scheme, supporting legislative change, and working with stakeholders to identify and progress better practice reforms.
Qualifications/Experience
Applicants should have experience in policy and project management (or equivalent fields).
Job specific capabilities
1. Demonstrate broad general knowledge of the SRC Act, Comcare scheme and workers’ compensation and rehabilitation policy matters.
2. Ability to research policy issues and prepare initial solutions for review.
3. Ability to draft ministerial and executive correspondence and briefs on issues arising under the Comcare workers’ compensation legislation.
Primary responsibilities
1. Provide general advice, verbal and written, in response to policy enquiries, and capturing those responses.
2. Under supervision, provide advice and identify areas for operational improvement and initial solutions to emerging concerns in a particular area of the team’s coverage.
3. Maintain a sound understanding of the work area's impact on Comcare's longer-term strategic and operational outcomes, including awareness of how changes affect the broader work environment.
4. Develop and maintain internal and external relationships with stakeholders, providing appropriate advice and managing the resolution of issues or complaints.
5. Undertake research for, and prepare initial drafts of, key documents such as briefs, correspondence and policy guidance material.
6. Undertake aspects of policy work and legislative reform under direction.
7. Provide administrative and secretariat support for team managed events such as stakeholder liaison forums.
8. Participate in corporate learning and development activities.
9. Promote workplace safety, equity and diversity and environment practices in the workplace.
10. Demonstrate and model safe attitudes, values and behaviours in order to uphold your health and safety duties.
11. Commit to, promote and model the APS Values and APS Code of Conduct.
How to apply
Your statement of claims against the selection criteria is your opportunity to demonstrate your competency and is the most important factor in determining whether your application will be short-listed.
Please address each selection criterion/ job specific capability and provide evidence of your suitability with examples from your current or past role(s) which demonstrate how you meet the criterion. 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/publications-and-media/current-publications/cracking-the-code
The Selection Process
Comcare uses a competitive merit process. This process will likely take approximately six weeks for shortlisting, interviewing, reference checking and offers to be made.
Eligibility and specific conditions of employment
1. Australian citizenship
2. Character clearance (police records check)
3. Health assessment
4. Six months probationary period
For information on conditions of employment, please refer to our website via this link: http://www.comcare.gov.au/careers/working_at_comcare.
Selection Criteria
The following selection criteria are based on the Australian Public Service Commission’s Integrated Leadership System (ILS).
1. Supports/Shapes strategic thinking
2. Achieves results
3. Cultivates productive working relationships
4. Exemplifies personal drive and integrity
5. Communicates with influence
RecruitAbility Scheme
Comcare is committed to supporting the employment and career development of people with disability. Our participation in the APS RecruitAbility scheme means you will be progressed to further assessment if you declare you have a disability, opt into the scheme and meet the minimum requirements for the position.
How do I opt into the RecruitAbility scheme?
You will be asked to indicate if you wish to opt into the RecruitAbility scheme in the Application Cover Sheet. You must answer “yes” to the question asking if you would like to participate in the scheme. Simply declaring that you have a disability will not automatically include you in the scheme.
Reasonable adjustments
We provide reasonable adjustments such as access, equipment or other practical support at relevant stages of the recruitment process. If you require any adjustments, please indicate this under the relevant section of the Application Cover Sheet.
Details about the RecruitAbility scheme can be found at the Australian Public Service Commission’s website via this link:
http://www.apsc.gov.au/publications-and-media/current-publications/recruitability-applicants-guide.
Diversity and Inclusion
The range and nature of work in Comcare requires a workforce that reflects our diverse society. We are an inclusive employer and actively encourage and welcome applications from Indigenous Australians, people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds and people with disabilities. We are committed to providing an environment that values diversity and supports employees to reach their full potential.
Comcare will accommodate all requests for reasonable adjustment for people with disabilities to assist in the application process and if successful, the inherent requirements of the position.
If you have individual requirements that need to be accommodated in order to participate in an interview or assessment centre please inform the contact person listed on the front of this Information Pack.
Application Cover Sheet
Which location are you applying for? Click box to select an option
Canberra Melbourne
Title / Birth Date (optional)
Surname / Given Name
Address
Preferred Name / State / Postcode
Contact Number(s) / (M) / (W) / (H)
Email Address
Current Employer
Position Title
Are you currently working in the Australian Public Service?
Substantive Level / Acting Level / AGS Number
Are you an Australian Citizen?
Have you received a redundancy benefit from an APS Agency or Parliament Service that has not expired?
Have you ever been found to have breached the APS Code of Conduct?
If yes, please specify employer’s name.
Do you have a disability?
Do you require any special arrangements to be made for assessment e.g. interview? If yes a member of the selection panel will contact you for more details
If you have a disability (according to the definition under the RecruitAbility Scheme), do you wish to opt into the scheme, and understand your application will need to be assessed as having met minimum requirements for the position?
Please provide two referees who have supervised and assessed your performance within the workplace
(with one current referee required)
Name / Relationship
Email / Contact
Name / Relationship
Email / Contact
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