Geoscience Australia acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Australia and recognises the continuing connection to lands, waters, and communities. We pay our respects to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders Cultures: and to elders past and present. About us Geoscience Australia is Australia's pre-eminent public sector geoscience organisation. We are the nation's trusted advisor on the geology and geography of Australia. We apply science and technology to describe and understand the Earth for the benefit of Australia. We apply our diverse professional expertise, our deep and trusted knowledge, our national-scale Earth observation infrastructure, and our strong partnerships, to the opportunities and challenges that face our nation. Geoscience Australia has a long history of bringing the benefits of space down to Earth. By providing Australian industries, governments and researchers better access to space data, our Space Division is helping create jobs, drive economic growth, support disaster response and recovery, and sustainably make use of our land and marine environments, to overcome several challenges to meet the needs of the future. The Australian Government is investing in a world class analysis platform for satellite imagery and other Earth observations. Digital Earth Australia (DEA) delivers a unique capability to process, interrogate, and present Earth observation data in response to these challenges. Our culture Our strength lies in our people, including our diversity in backgrounds, skills and experiences, and the way we work together to respond to the emerging needs of our work. We value diversity in gender, backgrounds, culture, and experiences of our employees and are committed to providing an inclusive workplace culture that ensures everyone has equal opportunity to contribute, participate and progress. Applications from people who reflect this diversity are encouraged. Our workplace is committed to the health, safety and wellbeing of our employees and offer a variety of flexible working arrangements to enhance flexibility, including remote working arrangements. What we can offer you When you work at Geoscience Australia you will have access to a range of benefits and the opportunity to experience a workplace culture that truly values and promotes diversity, inclusion, equity and belonging. To learn more about our competitive salary, free onsite parking, generous flexible working arrangements and the role you can play in growing our culture here . The key duties of the position include Our team The newly created role of Program Benefits Reporting and Administrative Support Officer will provide support and contribute to the delivery of our programs with the Digital Earth Branch's Value Management Office (VMO), which is a newly formed Directorate within the Digital Earth Branch. This is a team of program support, strategy, and engagement professionals working collaboratively to drive the development and management of the processes that give the Digital Earth programs the underpinning functions to empower their success. Our focus is to produce frameworks and systems that help define the work processes across the Digital Earth Branch, ensuring transparency in decision making, effectiveness in communication with stakeholders and accountability of the Branch to Geoscience Australia and the Australian Government. The role You join the Digital Earth Value Management Office, building on the work of the previous Program Management Office, and the Engagement and Innovation Directorate. You will work as part of a team to support decision-making, communication, strategy and engagement processes, and manage systems to measure the impact of the work of the Digital Earth programs. The Program Benefits Reporting and Administrative Support Officer is responsible for delivering administrative and secretariat support to the VMO and the broader DE program including the monitoring and reporting of program benefits through the DEA Benefits Framework. The role reports to the DE Branch Manager and will support the governance, program management and reporting activities across the Digital Earth Branch. In this role you will: Establish collaborative working relationships with external stakeholders to support projects. Provide administrative coordination and secretariat support for program meetings and reporting, including finalising and distributing agendas, papers and minutes; scheduling and booking attendees and facilities, maintaining action and decision registers, and maintaining administrative standards and processes. Update and report on performance and benefits, including managing the Branch Benefits Register and Benefits Dashboard. Create and maintain planning, monitoring and reporting documents, tools and templates, including Excel spreadsheets, SharePoint directories and pages, document filing and retrieval, mailbox management. Manage the DE/VMO SharePoint pages including creating and publishing content. Track competing priorities, information requests and deadlines within the team and support project delivery as needed. To be successful in the role you will: work as part of a supportive team or independently with limited guidance to produce quality results work to develop program knowledge and be able to apply it in the business setting to help inform decisions, support team discussions, and achieve work programs effectively build and maintain external and internal stakeholder relationships. Required skills, knowledge, experience and/or qualifications demonstrate strong logistic and organisational skills strong communication and writing skills experience in an administration support or secretariat role an awareness of benefits and performance tracking and reporting Are you unsure about applying? Did you know that a Hewlett Packard internal report found that men apply for jobs when they meet an average of 60 per cent of the job requirements? Women and people from diverse backgrounds tend to only apply when they check every box. If you think you have what it takes, but don't necessarily meet every single point on what we are looking for, please still apply or get in touch with the contact officer to learn more about the role. To Apply Please visit thecareers pageof our website to submit your application via our e-Recruit system. Your application should include: Your resume (no more than 3 pages) A brief statement (no more than 700 words) outlining your transferable skills, experience and capabilities related to the role and the value you would bring to Geoscience Australia. If you have any questions regarding the role, please contact Leanne McMahon on (02) 6249 9143 or email Leanne.McMahonga.gov.au To learn more about applying for roles within the Australian Public Services please review, 'Applying for an APS job: cracking the code'.