At a Glance
- Tasks: Support the Board and Committees, coordinate meetings, and manage governance activities.
- Company: Join the Suburban Land Agency's Governance team in a dynamic environment.
- Benefits: Opportunity for permanency, flexible work arrangements, and professional growth.
- Other info: Fast-paced role with a focus on building trusted relationships with senior stakeholders.
- Why this job: Make a real impact by ensuring effective decision-making and oversight.
- Qualifications: Experience in secretariat support and strong communication skills are essential.
The predicted salary is between 62100 - 75900 $ per year.
The Suburban Land Agency is seeking a highly organised, proactive and relationship-focused professional to join our Governance team as Board Secretariat. In this pivotal role, you will provide high-level support to the Agency's Board, Committees and Executive, coordinating meetings, preparing and quality assuring Board papers, managing governance activities and helping ensure effective decision-making and oversight across the organisation.
This role would suit someone who enjoys bringing people, priorities and information together to achieve great outcomes. The successful candidate will be a confident communicator with strong attention to detail, sound judgement and the ability to build trusted relationships with senior stakeholders. You will thrive in a fast-paced environment, balancing competing priorities while maintaining discretion, professionalism and a commitment to high-quality governance. Experience supporting Boards or Committees, coupled with a practical understanding of governance and accountability, will position you well for success in this rewarding role.
Eligibility/Other Requirements:
- Experience in secretariat support is highly desirable.
This is a temporary position available from 16 November 2026 to 16 April 2027 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.
This position works from a workplace designed for activity-based working (ABW). Under ABW arrangements, officers do not have a designated workstation/desk.
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, programmes and services that affect them, better life outcomes are achieved.
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