Allied Health Workforce Project Officer Full-time Temporary with a Possibility of Permanency

Closes: 21 September 2026

Classification: Administrative Services Officer Class 6
Salary: $102,657 - $116,592 plus superannuation
Position No: 62559
Directorate: Health and Community Services
Advertised (Gazettal date): 07 September 2026
Contact Officer: Kate Paul on Kate.Paul@act.gov.au or (02) 5124 9871

Details: Are you interested in contributing to the future of allied health in the ACT?

The Office of the Chief Allied Health Officer provides strategic leadership and advice on allied health workforce, professional practice, education, innovation and policy. We work closely with allied health professionals, health services, government agencies, education providers, and professional organisations to support a sustainable, skilled, and responsive health workforce.

As a Project Officer, you will contribute to a diverse range of projects that support the allied health workforce and broader health workforce across the ACT.

Current priorities of the office include: implementing Action Plan 1 (2025-2026) of the ACT Health Workforce Strategy 2023-2032; developing an Allied Health Workload Management Framework; supporting planning and delivery of the 2027 International Allied Health Conference in Canberra; administering programs that recognise and support allied health professionals, including the Professional Development Support/Advanced Skills Allowance and Allied Health Scholarship Scheme; and engaging with students and future workforce initiatives to promote careers in allied health and healthcare.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to:

• Lead components of strategic workforce and policy projects
• Develop project plans and coordinate implementation activities
• Work collaboratively with allied health leaders, clinicians, policymakers, educators, and other stakeholders
• Contribute to workforce reform and service improvement initiatives, and
• Participate in Territory-wide, inter-jurisdictional, and national workforce projects.

This role would suit someone who enjoys project work, stakeholder engagement and contributing to initiatives that strengthen allied health professions and improve health workforce outcomes.

We are committed to creating an inclusive environment where people with diverse thoughts, lived experience, and perspectives can thrive and contribute their unique talents to the ACTPS and ACT community. We encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, people with culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, veterans, younger and older workers, and people with diverse genders, sexes and sexualities to apply.

Eligibility/Other Requirements:  

Desirable:

• Tertiary qualification in an allied health discipline, and eligible for registration by the relevant National Board or eligible for membership of the relevant allied health professional association.
• Prior to commencing this role, a current registration issued under the Working with Vulnerable People (Background Checking) Act 2011 is required. For further information on Working with Vulnerable People registration refer to: Apply for or renew a WWVP registration - Access Canberra.

Notes: This is a temporary position available from October 2026 until 30 January 2027 with the possibility of extension up to 12 months and/or permanency. A Merit Pool will be established from this selection process and will be used to fill vacancies over the next 12 months.

How to Apply: Please submit a response of no more than three-pages that separately addresses each of the six selection criteria in the attached Position Description (under the headings Professional/Technical Skills and Knowledge, and Behavioural Capabilities). Please include a current curriculum vitae and the contact details of two referees ensuring that one of the referees is your current or immediate past supervisor.

Applications should be submitted via the Apply Now button below.

Note: Under the ACTPS employment framework you may be placed in another role where required for the efficient administration of the service.

Where an offer of employment is for a fixed-term period, any related temporary contracts within the Territory will be issued in compliance with the requirements and applicable exceptions outlined in the Fair Work Act.

The ACT public service is committed to closing the gap, underpinned by the belief that when Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have a genuine say in the design and delivery of policies, programs and services that affect them, better life outcomes are achieved. More information can be found here ACT Closing the Gap Implementation Plan - ACT Government Transparency Portal.

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Note

This is a temporary position available from October 2026 until 30 January 2027 with the possibility of extension up to 12 months and/or permanency.