Position Description - Stepping Into ProgramPosition Title

VIC Department of Health & Human Services – Freedom of Information Intern

Location

Level 23, 50 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne VIC

Position Duration

152 hours (equivalent of 4 weeks full time)

Flexible start date.

Position Overview

Providing support with reviews of decisions and complaints that come through from the FOI Commissioner.

General administrative office tasks to support the FOI unit, including overseeing recruitment processes, support with project management and updating procedure manuals.

Selection Criteria

Written communication: prepares briefs, letters, emails and reports using clear, concise and grammatically correct language; ensures written communications contain necessary information to achieve their purpose; uses appropriate style and formats.

Verbal communication: confidently conveys ideas and information in a clear and interesting way; understands and meets the needs of target audiences- (the right information to the right people); welcomes constructive feedback; sees things from other’s points of view and confirms understanding.

Planning and organising: identifies processes, tasks and resources required to achieve a goal; identifies more and less critical activities and operates accordingly, reviewing and adjusting as required; develops and implements systems and procedures to guide work and track progress; recognises barriers and finds effective ways to deal with them.

Self-management: plans and prioritises work to ensure outcomes are achieved, resists the temptation to react immediately without taking time to think things through, uses strengths to contribute constructively and consciously manages the impact of own weaknesses, anticipates own reactions to situations and prepares accordingly.

Computer skills: uses a wide range of software applications such as word processing and spreadsheets; assists others with problem-solving on word processing and related applications.

Level 3, 80 Clarence Street, Sydney NSW 2000 (02) 8270 9200 www.and.org.au

Ideal Degree/Discipline

Law, Management, Project Management

Eligibility Requirements

Final or second-last year of undergraduate or postgraduate studies

Australian citizens

Applications close 22nd September 2017.