Temporary Employment Register
- Open to candidates for expression of interest for employment with the Clean Energy Regulator.
- Positions may be offered on a full-time, part-time or casual basis for up to 12 months, extendable to 18 months.
- Looking for candidates with skills in regulatory, compliance, data, and project management roles.
- Canberra, ACT (The agency supports and promotes flexible working, including remote options on negotiation)
- Non-Ongoing (Non-ongoing will be offered for 12 months)
- Various Branches
The Temporary Employment Register is open to candidates to submit an expression of interest for employment with the Clean Energy Regulator (CER).
The Register enables us to access appropriately skilled and experienced individuals at short notice for non-ongoing or temporary positions. Depending on operational requirements, opportunities may be offered on a full-time, part-time or intermittent/irregular (casual) basis for up to an initial engagement period of 12 months, which can possibly be extended once to a maximum of 18 months as per the Australian Public Service Commissioner’s Directions 2022.
There is no guarantee that an offer of employment will be made whilst your application remains on the register. You will only be contacted regarding your application if a vacancy arises that matches your skills and experience.
CER offers employment opportunities across a wide range of vacancies on a non-ongoing basis across various areas of the agency. Through this register we are looking for:
- Regulatory Officers
- Compliance Officers
- Data Officers
- Program and Project Officers
Please refer to the Candidate Information Pack for more detail on the types of work completed by these roles.
Qualifications/Experience
We are seeking candidates from a variety of backgrounds to fill these vacancies as they arise.
We are looking for candidates who can demonstrate some or all of the following capabilities, at varying level of skill dependant on the level:
- Ability to interpret and apply complex legislation.
- Excellent communication skills, written and oral.
- Project and program management skills.
- A high level of attention to detail.
- Stakeholder engagement skills.
- Ability to work as a part of multidisciplinary teams.
- Time management and organisational skills.
- Ability to take initiative and a curious mind to grow and develop.
Roles at the APS Level 6 may entail a leadership responsibility through coaching of APS staff, identification of goals and organising team initiatives.
We employ people from a variety of backgrounds and qualifications, including but not limited to:
- Business and Commerce
- Economics
- Engineering/Technology
- Environmental Studies
- Politics/Public Policy
- Law/Combined Law
- Mathematics/Statistics
- Data Science
- Science
You can update your resume online at any time and you can withdraw your application if you are no longer available to work for us.
Your registration will remain active until 24 December 2025. After this time, you will need to submit a new expression of interest by reapplying.
CER is committed to workplace diversity and aims to create an environment that values and utilises the contribution of people from different backgrounds, experiences and perspectives.
To be eligible for a non-ongoing (temporary) employment, you must:
- Be an Australian Citizen.
- Satisfy a number of pre-employment checks.
- Satisfy any mandatory qualification requirements applicable to the position.
- Obtain and maintain a security clearance to the level applicable to the position.
Candidate Information Pack APS Level 3 - APS 6 Temporary Employment Register Opens in new window
Candidate Information Pack APS Level 3 - APS 6 Temporary Employment Register Opens in new window
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