Transition Centre Officer in Charge – Department of Defence
📌 Vacancy Fact Sheet
- Reference Number: VN-0769711
- Agency: Department of Defence
- Job Title: Transition Centre Officer in Charge
- Position Number: DPG/02732/26
- Classification: APS Level 6
- Closing Date: Monday 08 June 2026
- Job Type: Full-Time, Ongoing
- Location: Melbourne VIC
- Future Merit Locations: Melbourne
- Salary: $99,733 – $112,431
- Office Arrangement: On Site (Defence is committed to supporting workplace)
About Department of Defence
The Joint Transition Authority (JTA) is accountable for ensuring ADF personnel and their families
are better prepared and supported through all stages of transition, during service and afterwards.
Transition Service Delivery staff are located predominantly in JTA Transition Centres, located
across major military establishments nationally.
Aligned with the Defence Strategic Review, the JTA has implemented an operating model that
ensures process singularity and consistent transition service delivery to all members, regardless of
Service.
Our Ideal Candidate
Be accountable to allocate work, resources and tasks, set work area priorities.
Be accountable for accurate completion of work within timeframes, share own expertise with
others and guide and mentor less experienced employees.
Be accountable to perform complex procedural, operational, administrative and business
support activities, manage workflow and resources, prepare work area and team plans
detailing measurable milestones and expected outcomes.
Respond to complex operational, procedural, administrative and business support related
enquiries and apply the skills, knowledge and experience necessary to resolve issues or
provide advice or a service.
Engage and negotiate with stakeholders on complex issues to achieve business outcomes.
Work collaboratively, build and sustain effective relationships and provide constructive
feedback.
Duties
- The Role
- Transition Centre OIC responsibilities include:
- Leading and managing an integrated team of ADF, APS and contracted members, including
- geographically dispersed staff
- Ensuring that the Transition Centre is appropriately resourced to meet service delivery need
- Ensuring an ADF member and family centric approach to all transition activities;
- Supporting ADF Commanders to transition members from service, which may include
- attendance at stakeholder engagement activities or other meetings;
- Exercise delegations for the Defence Force Transition Program;
- Lead the local delivery of ADF Member and Family Transition Seminars (face to face) and
- support virtual seminars, including resource management and presentation delivery.
- Prepare correspondence and reports including emails and letters on routine and more
- complex matters
- Contribute to managing and leading organisational change
- Responsible for compliance, governance and assurance feedback requests
- Accountability for Transition Centre performance including remediation activities.
- Ability to make decisions from a trauma informed, member centric basis.
Eligibility / Notes
- Security Clearance:
- Applicants must be able to obtain and maintain a security clearance at “Baseline Vetting”.
How to Apply
Position Contact Kate Cox, 0497 033 519
Agency Recruitment Site https://defencecareers.nga.net.au/?jati=CFC31E50-87F6-DC0F-3B7E-ECF0D71A
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applicants found suitable may be offered similar employment opportunities by other Australian Public Service agencies
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