Assistant Director, Reporting for Impact – Office of the Inspector-General of Aged Care
📌 Vacancy Fact Sheet
- Reference Number: VN-0770513
- Agency: Office of the Inspector-General of Aged Care
- Job Title: Assistant Director, Reporting for Impact
- Position Number: 26-1
- Classification: Executive Level 1
- Closing Date: Sunday 19 July 2026
- Job Type: Full-Time;Part-Time, Ongoing
- Location: Canberra ACT
- Future Merit Locations: Canberra
- Salary: $124,951 – $142,509
- Office Arrangement: Flexible (Flexible working arrangements)
About Office of the Inspector-General of Aged Care
Our vision is an aged care system in Australia, where every person receives kind, compassionate, high-quality care that promotes
their rights, identity and independence. Led by the Inspector-General of Aged Care, the Office of the Inspector-General of Aged
Care (OIGAC) is a non-corporate Commonwealth entity established in response to the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality
and Safety. Our purpose is to ensure integrity and accountability of the aged care system through independent, informed oversight.
We drive meaningful change, by calling out serious barriers and holding up to the light, models that would create the meaningful
improvement needed to achieve this vision.
Duties
- Reporting to the section Director, and operating under broad direction, the role of Assistant
- Director, Reporting for Impact, is a critical position that supports the agency to deliver on our
- strategic and legislative objectives. The Reporting for Impact teams are responsible for delivering
- the following:
- developing impactful outputs (reports or otherwise) against the central topics on the agency’s
- Annual Work Plan
- undertaking in-depth projects, reports and reviews on systemic issues associated with the
- funding, regulation, administration, or delivery of aged care
- Reporting on the Government’s implementation of the Aged Care Royal Commission
- recommendations.
Eligibility / Notes
- To be successful in the role, you must thrive under pressure in a fast-paced environment and
- enjoy working through multiple competing and evolving priorities. Our ideal candidate, first and
- foremost, has a commitment to making a difference for older people trying to access aged care, or
- for those already in the aged care system. Additionally, they will have experience in leading
- in-depth reviews or evaluations, high-level policy analysis and strategic thinking, crafting
- recommendations for change and producing high impact reports.
- Our ideal Assistant Director, Reporting for Impact will have:
- Highly developed critical thinking, to recognise interconnected and systemic issues and draw
- accurate, evidencebased conclusions.
- Excellent judgement and analytical skills, with experience synthesising information from
- diverse sources to evaluate and solve complex problems.
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with experience in preparing reports on
- complex matters that influence outcomes.
- Proven ability to adapt effectively to changing priorities and deliver highquality outcomes
- under pressure.
- Strong interpersonal and stakeholder engagement skills, to build and maintain productive
- working relationships in complex stakeholder environments.
- Demonstrated ability to collaborate across all levels of an organisation to achieve shared
- objectives.
- Highly desirable
- Relevant tertiary qualifications in government policy, economics, or law (or similar), with
- knowledge of aged care financing desirable
- An understanding of, or the ability to quickly acquire, a broad understanding of the Australian
- Government-funded aged care system and relevant legislation
- To be eligible for employment in the OIGAC applicants must be Australian citizens. General
- suitability for employment will be assessed through preemployment checks.
- We value the contribution that a diverse workforce brings and encourage applications from people
- with diverse experience and backgrounds including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people,
- LGBTQIA+ individuals, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, mature age
- individuals, and people with disability.
How to Apply
Position Contact Melissa Frazer / Jacinta Gibson, 02 6189 1044
Agency Recruitment Site https://www.igac.gov.au/about-us/work-with-us/current-vacancies
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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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