Budget Officer – Department of Employment and Workplace Relations
📌 Vacancy Fact Sheet
- Reference Number: VN-0770008
- Agency: Department of Employment and Workplace Relations
- Job Title: Budget Officer
- Position Number: 26/0415 EXT
- Classification: APS Level 5
- Closing Date: Thursday 18 June 2026
- Job Type: Full-Time, Ongoing;Non-Ongoing
- Location: Canberra ACT
- Future Merit Locations: Canberra
- Salary: $93,660 – $100,132
- Office Arrangement: Flexible (Flexible working arrangements will be considered in)
About Department of Employment and Workplace Relations
We are the department that helps job seeking Australians find safe, secure, and well-paid work while we ourselves strive to be a
model employer. We provide the framework for fair and productive relationships between employers and employees. We also
oversee skills development and training initiatives to support those entering the workforce or retraining to take advantage of
emerging employment opportunities. Secure jobs are vital—driving future economic growth and providing people with the certainty.
We focus on connecting Australians who are starting, advancing or changing their career with the relevant skills, knowledge and
experience to gain or regain employment. Our work directly contributes to shaping the employment landscape. It is our unique
purpose to help people realise their potential and we want you to be part of it. Underpinning our important work is our focus on
culture. We recognise that how we do things is equally important as what we achieve. Our workplace is one where different
perspective are encouraged, people feel a sense of belonging and draw on the expertise of their peers. Our people demonstrate
the APS Values, which includes being open, thoughtful, curious and candid. We also value employee wellbeing and developing
leadership through investment in capability.
Duties
- Responsibilities of the External Budgets Officer may include:
- Supporting the development and costing of proposals, including providing advice on the
- development of NPPs, costings and detailed costing justifications.
- Supporting the management of the portfolio’s budget estimates, including.
- Analysing, reviewing program estimate and costing models to support preparing the
- department’s forward estimates, including maintaining timely and accurate estimates in
- Budget systems (CBMS and TM1)
- Assisting in providing input and both strategic and technical advice on sensitive matters
- including the Budget Process Operational Rules, Commonwealth Resource Management
- Framework, Ministerial submissions and briefs.
- Liaising with internal stakeholders, portfolio entities and other agencies on budget matters.
- Contributing to the preparation of Budget publications including the Portfolio Budget
- Statements and Additional Estimates Statements.
Eligibility / Notes
- Please note, under section 22(8) of the Public Service Act 1999, employees must be Australian
- citizens to be employed in the APS unless the Agency delegate has agreed, in writing.
- This is a designated security assessed position. The successful candidate will have the ability to
- obtain and maintain a Baseline security clearance.
- This selection process may be used to establish a merit pool. The pool might be accessed to fill
- ongoing and non-ongoing vacancies for similar roles in the Department over the next 18 months.
How to Apply
Position Contact Ashlee Hollis, 02 6121 3662
Agency Recruitment Site https://dewr.nga.net.au/cp/
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
Employment and Workplace Relations Vacancy