The role

We are looking for flexible, adaptable, professional ongoing APS employees to contribute to the Department’s work across a broad agenda. We are interested in individuals with expertise across all areas of the Department’s work, both policy and corporate management.

To help us in achieving our goals, we maintain a register of interested applicants to help us fill temporary and permanent vacancies. 

In the online application form, you will be able to express interest in roles from APS Level 3 to SESB1 and the skillsets most closely aligned with your experience. Employment opportunities may be offered as temporary or permanent section 26 transfers depending on business needs and requirements.

This register is intended for Ongoing, APS employees seeking temporary or permanent transfer employment opportunities to Austrade. External candidates not currently working within the APS, seeking temporary employment opportunities are encouraged to lodge their expression of interest on the Austrade Temporary Employment register.

We would like to hear from all professions, including but not limited to:

Accounting, Finance   

Change Management   

Communication, Media, Branding, Marketing

Service Delivery, Helpdesk functions  

Economics, Statistics, Research, Data

Executive Assistant / Executive Officer   

Grants Management, Assessment, Administration  

Human Resources (HR) and People:

- Education, Training, Workplace Relations Work Health Safety, Recruitment, Payroll, People Experience Diversity and Inclusion

Information Technology:

- Info/Comm Tech (ICT), Information Management/ Content Management, Digital Services

Intelligence   

Legal   

Ministerial & Parliamentary   

Policy:

- Process mapping Regulation Reform Formulation and Development

Procurement, Contract   

Project and Program Management

Property   

Security        

Trade and Investment:

- International Education, Infrastructure, Healthcare, Agribusiness and Food, Mining and Resources, Tourism, Defence, Advanced Manufacturing, Energy Technology 

Job description

This register is only open to ongoing Australian Public Service (APS) employees for permanent (at-level) and temporary (at level or with higher duties) section 26 transfer opportunities. 

These opportunities may be based on the lands of the Kaurna People (Adelaide), Jagera and Turrbal People (Brisbane), Ngunnawal and Ngambri People (Canberra), Wurundjeri Woiwurrung people of the Eastern Kulin (Melbourne) and the Gadigal People of the Eora Nation (Sydney). 

Eligibility requirements

Australian citizenship – our successful candidate must be an Australian citizen.

Security clearance – our successful candidate is required to hold, or have the ability to obtain, and maintain a Baseline, Negative Vetting 1 or Negative Vetting 2 security clearance through the Australian Government Security Vetting Agency. Information about the security clearance process can be found here.

Pre-employment checks - your suitability for employment will be assessed through a pre-employment screening process. 

About the agency

Austrade is an Australian Commonwealth Government agency with approximately 1,1100 staff based across 98 offices in 50 countries. Austrade reports to the Minister for Trade and Tourism. Austrade’s core purpose is to grow Australia’s prosperity and promote Australia on the global stage. Through our teams located across Australia and our extensive international network, we help Australian exporters to grow, expand and diversify internationally, facilitate high-quality international investment into Australia, boost Australia’s visitor economy, deliver commercial insights to inform government policy, execute government programs, and implement simplified trade reforms. Austrade is a key enabler and delivery agency for Australia’s economic security with a focus on net zero transformation, trade modernisation, export diversification, building critical capabilities and technologies, the visitor economy and the growth of First Nations businesses. With international trade and capital markets continuing to navigate economic uncertainty and intensifying competition, Austrade’s role has never been more important. Austrade values the diversity of its workforce and strives to ensure its workplaces are inclusive for all our people. Want to know more about working at Austrade? Visit https://www.austrade.gov.au/About/Employment/Working-at-Austrade.

Notes

You will only be contacted in the event a vacancy arises that matches your skills and experience.

Your application is not a guarantee that an offer of employment will be made.

Applications on this register will remain active until 30 June 2027, unless you withdraw your interest.