APS5-APS6 Investment Review Officers – Department of the Treasury
📌 Vacancy Fact Sheet
- Reference Number: VN-0769742
- Agency: Department of the Treasury
- Job Title: APS5-APS6 Investment Review Officers
- Position Number: 12-2026
- Classification: APS Level 5;APS Level 6
- Closing Date: Monday 08 June 2026
- Job Type: Full-Time;Part-Time, Ongoing;Non-Ongoing
- Location: Canberra ACT, Sydney NSW, Melbourne VIC
- Future Merit Locations: Canberra, Sydney, Melbourne
- Salary: $93,312 – $127,521
- Office Arrangement: Flexible (Flexible working arrangements can be negotiated in)
About Department of the Treasury
The Treasury is a respected and influential central economic agency. We provide authoritative advice and analysis to the Australian
Government on a broad range of economic, fiscal, structural, financial and tax policy issues. We also monitor global economic
conditions to make sure Australia is well placed to respond to emerging trends. Treasury provides some of the best opportunities in
the public service. Treasury presents a challenging and rewarding career with the opportunity to contribute substantially to
Government policy that affects all Australians. The Treasury’s staff are drawn from many professions representing diversity in
experience and skills. We seek passionate staff who will work collaboratively to deliver the ideas and advice that will help Australia
meet the challenges of the coming years. Treasury offers attractive salaries and employer superannuation as well as a range of
other benefits, including generous leave entitlements, salary packaging and a closedown period over the Christmas holiday. The
Treasury is a flexible, dynamic and diverse workplace with offices in Canberra, Sydney, Melbourne and Perth.
Duties
- Investment Review Officers at the level will: APS5
- Manage a portfolio of active, moderately complex foreign investment proposals in a
- fast-paced, dynamic regulatory environment.
- Have accountability for tasks and decisions and drive foreign investment assessments
- through to completion.
- Develop and maintain working relationships with internal and external stakeholders in
- progressing the assessments and delivering high quality advice and decisions.
- Actively support your manager in setting work priorities, addressing risks, and administering
- foreign investment proposals in line with legislative and policy requirements.
- Contribute to various business and process improvement initiatives.
- Senior Investment Review Officers at the level, under limited direction, will: APS6
- Manage several highly complex foreign investment proposals in a fast-paced, dynamic
- regulatory environment, including providing timely and accurate specialised advice.
- Develop and support complex relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including
- anticipating and responding to stakeholder needs and expectations and deal with conflicting
- positions.
- Contribute to and assist your manager in setting work priorities, addressing risks, and
- administering foreign investment proposals in line with legislative and policy requirements.
- Contribute to various business and process improvement initiatives.
- Investment Review Officers at the and may also be required to support APS5 level APS 6 level
- foreign investment operations, for example responding to foreign investment enquiries,
- administering fees and payments, as well as assisting stakeholders with information technology
- systems support.
- Desirable Skills / Experience
- Successful applicants will:
- Assess and critically analyse foreign investment matters to identify risks to Australia’s
- national interest and national security, and regulatory risk and address them through
- appropriate risk mitigation strategies.
- Engage a broad range of internal and external stakeholders, including investors, their
- advisers, and Australian, state and territory government agencies.
- Develop and deliver advice for Treasury Ministers and other decision makers to support the
- Government’s foreign investment policy objectives and meet community expectations about
- the regulation of foreign investment in Australia.
- Be an active contributor in a flexible, diverse, supportive, and high-performing team that is
- driven by achieving quality outcomes.
Eligibility / Notes
- Under Section 22(8) of the , employees of the Treasury are required to be Public Service Act 1999
- Australian Citizens.
- Successful candidates will be required to obtain and maintain, at a minimum, a Baseline security
- clearance, and will be subject to pre-employment screening checks.
- Some positions may require a higher level of clearance, as specified in the position description.
How to Apply
Position Contact Lilina Zimmermann, 02 6263 4928
Agency Recruitment Site https://treasury.gov.au/the-department/recruitment-and-careers
Applicants to vacancies notified in all formats of the electronic Public Service Gazette should be aware:
that the names of successful applicants will also be notified in all formats of the electronic Public Service Gazette
applicants found suitable may be offered similar employment opportunities by other Australian Public Service agencies
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