We are seeking highly motivated applicants to tell us about the skills, experience and qualifications they can bring to the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (the Reef Authority) by submitting a general expression of interest for employment opportunities.
The register enables the Reef Authority to access appropriately skilled and experienced individuals at short notice for either specified term or specified task for initial period of up to 18 months. Vacancies may be available at the APS1 - APS6 and EL1 - EL2 levels.
We offer a range of exciting career opportunities at the Authority. Listed below are all the Reef Authority’s job families. We welcome you to apply for any of these categories and highlight your area of interest in your application:
- Accounting and Finance
- Administration
- Communication and Marketing
- Compliance and Regulation
- Diving
- Information and Communications Technology
- Information and Knowledge Management
- Intelligence
- Legal and Parliamentary
- Monitoring and Audit
- Organisational Leadership
- People Management (Human Resources)
- Science
- Service Delivery
- Strategic Policy
- Research
- Project and Program Management
Current APS employees interested in transfers and secondment opportunities are encouraged to register their interest in working with us via this register.
Please note there is no possibility of ongoing (permanent) employment from an application submitted through this register if you are not a current ongoing APS employee. If you are interested in ongoing employment, please see our Current Vacancies page.
Employment, if offered, will be as a non-ongoing opportunity for a specified term for varying periods of approximately 3 to 18 months (dictated by operational demands).
Eligibility
As this is an affirmative measures process, applicants must be:
- of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander descent
- an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander; and
- accepted by their community as being Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
Successful applicants will be required to provide evidence that they are an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander person. Suitable evidence of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander status may include:
- a letter signed by the Chairperson of an incorporated Indigenous organisation confirming that the applicant is recognised as an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander person, or
- confirmation of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander descent document executed by an Indigenous organisation.
You must be an Australian citizen at the time of applying for the position, and all new people to the agency will be required to undertake and clear a police check.
For additional information:
Visit our website at www.gbrmpa.gov.au or email applications@gbrmpa.gov.au
Notes
The filling of this vacancy is intended to constitute an affirmative measure under section 8(1) of the 'Racial Discrimination Act 1975'. This vacancy is only available to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait people.
By registering with the First Nations Register, your application and résumé may be viewed by any Reef Authority manager who may need to fill a non-ongoing vacancy. Any personal details submitted to the register will only be used for the purpose for which they are provided. We will not use your personal details for any other purpose, and will not disclose them, without your consent.
Your registration on the First Nations Register will remain active for 12 months. After this time you will need to renew your registration by re-applying.
This register is for jobseekers only. We do not accept unsolicited résumés/applications from recruitment agencies and/or search firms and will not pay fees to any such organisations for employment as a result of using this register.