APS Level 5 – Support System Officer – Unapproved – Department of Health, Disability and Ageing
📌 Vacancy Fact Sheet
- Reference Number: VN-0769414
- Agency: Department of Health, Disability and Ageing
- Job Title: APS Level 5 – Support System Officer – Unapproved
- Position Number: 26-MRDIV-31178
- Classification: APS Level 5
- Closing Date: Tuesday 16 June 2026
- Job Type: Full-Time;Part-Time, Ongoing;Non-Ongoing
- Location: Canberra ACT
- Future Merit Locations: Various locations – NSW, Various locations – VIC,
- Salary: $90,831 – $98,228
- Office Arrangement: Hybrid (Hybrid working arrangements by negotiation)
About Department of Health, Disability and Ageing
The Department of Health, Disability and Ageing is focused on achieving better health and wellbeing for all Australians. If you
would like to join our team, and can meet our job requirements, we invite you to apply for a position with us to build better health,
better care and better quality for all Australians. The department is committed to providing an inclusive and diverse workplace
where the experiences, skills and perspectives of all individuals are valued. We actively encourage applications from diverse
backgrounds and cultures, so we can better represent the community we serve. The department welcomes applications from
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, mature age people, people who identify as LGBTI+, and people
with parenting and/or caring responsibilities.
Duties
- Key responsibilities include:
- Providing business-facing system support for SAS and AP systems, independently
- investigating, resolving, and escalating issues that impact workflows, data integrity, and
- regulatory outcomes.
- Contributing to the planning, specification, testing, and implementation of system
- enhancements, configuration changes, business rules and workflows.
- Acting as the key link between business areas and IT, translating operational needs into
- clear technical requirements, supporting delivery through to implementation, and providing
- technical advice and training.
- Undertaking user acceptance testing (UAT), validation, and impact assessment to ensure
- system changes meet business needs and minimise risk to operations and decision-making.
- Supporting business improvement initiatives through collaboration with senior staff and IT
- colleagues to deliver system and data enhancements.
- Developing, reviewing, and maintaining technical documentation, Standard Operating
- Procedures (SOPs), and system guidance to support consistent system use and
- governance.
Eligibility / Notes
- To be eligible for employment with the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing, applicants
- must be an Australian citizen at the time an offer of employment is made.
- An applicant’s suitability for employment with Health will also be assessed through a variety of
- pre-employment check processes, such as:
- Satisfactory completion of a criminal history check, and where relevant, a Working with
- Children and Vulnerable People Check,
- Completion of a medical declaration and pre-employment medical (where required),
- Providing evidence of qualifications (where required), and
- Obtaining and maintaining a security clearance at the required level.
How to Apply
Position Contact Daniel Tebbey, (02) 5132 5411
Agency Recruitment Site https://www.health.gov.au/
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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