OAIC talent register

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Last updated: 23 May 2025

Working with the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) will put you at the forefront of data protection and access to information regulation. We are a statutory agency within the Attorney-General Department’s portfolio with responsibility for:

privacy functions under the Privacy Act 1988 and other legislation
freedom of information, in particular review of decisions made by agencies and ministers under the Freedom of Information Act 1982.
privacy and confidentiality functions in relation to the Consumer Data Right (CDR) under the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (CCA).

The OAIC Talent Register is designed to capture expressions of interest for the purposes of talent consideration and OAIC workforce management. Applicants may be considered but are not guaranteed for likely temporary, casual, non-ongoing or ongoing vacancies into the future. In the event a vacancy is identified, the OAIC reserves the right to contact you to discuss the vacancy further.

We are seeking appropriately skilled and qualified individuals to fill short term, temporary (non-ongoing full or part time, casual) or identified vacancies which may become ongoing (full or part time). Temporary opportunities exist for periods up to 18 months across APS 1, APS 2, APS 3, APS 4, APS 5, APS 6, EL 1 and EL 2 classification levels (salary ranging from $54,516 to $161,916 per annum plus 15.4% superannuation).

What skills and qualities are we looking for?

We are looking for highly motivated applicants to tell us about what skills, experience and qualifications they can bring to the OAIC. The OAIC operates a hybrid work model with a combination of remote working and office attendance. Whilst the OAIC office is located in the Sydney CBD (and preferred), we will consider candidate applications from all other locations within Australia.

If a position comes up, we will review the resume and application information to see if someone has what we need.

We are always on the lookout for people with transferrable skills in areas including:

policy, research, brief writing
case management, dispute resolution and conciliation
legal interpretation and analysis, drafting guidance
investigations, decision writing and drafting
assessments, audits, and stakeholder engagement
providing information on the OAIC’s functions on our national enquiries line
media and communications
governance, information management and security, record management and data governance
corporate services (people and culture, office management, finance, executive assistance)
freedom of information.

The OAIC is committed to diversity and inclusion and creating a workplace where people from all backgrounds feel confident that they will be heard and that their contributions are welcome. We encourage and welcome applications from people with disability, First Nations people, LGBTIQA+ people, people from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds, and mature age people.

Selections for vacancies at the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner are based on merit.

How to apply

Please provide a current CV (4 pages maximum) and a covering letter (2 pages maximum) explaining your interest, motivation and fit for the areas of work, including the skills and experience you will bring to the organisation and the areas of work selected.

Please complete the Talent Register application form (DOCX, 60 KB), and email it with your CV and letter (preferably in one document) to jobs@oaic.gov.au

Eligibility

Section 22 of the Public Service Act 1999 requires that APS employees must be Australian citizens.
There are restrictions on employment of people who have, within the previous 12 months, accepted a redundancy benefit from an APS agency or a non-APS Commonwealth employer.
For the duration of your employment with the OAIC you will be required to obtain and maintain an Australian Government security clearance.