Organisational design specialist - EL2 (Contract)

Location: Canberra
Duration: 3 Month Contract month contract with 3 month extension
Sector: Government / Strategy / Organisational Design

About the Opportunity

A government organisation is undertaking a major transformation project to modernise how it delivers services and operates internally. The organisation is moving toward a more product-focused operating model and is seeking an experienced advisor to help shape the future structure, capability model, and transition approach.

This is a high-impact advisory role working closely with senior executives to review current operations, identify service/product groupings, recommend organisational structures, and support transition planning.

• The key deliverables of this role will be provide a recommendation report covering the product to be persued by the organisatiol and supporting organisational structure.

• Daily rate of $1339.29 plus super

  This opportunity would suit experienced professionals from:

  • Organisational design
  • Operating model transformation
  • Strategy and governance
  • Public sector reform
  • Taxation or regulatory environments
  • Consulting and advisory backgrounds

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  Key Responsibilities

  • Engage with executive and operational stakeholders to understand current business functions and future service delivery needs.
  • Identify and define appropriate “products” or service streams within the organisation.
  • Develop recommendations for a future-state operating model and organisational structure.
  • Analyse capability requirements, role functions, governance arrangements, and reporting lines.
  • Prepare transition considerations, implementation approaches, and change impacts.
  • Deliver executive-level reports, briefing papers, presentations, and recommendations.
  • Provide practical advice balancing operational realities, workforce capability, governance, and customer experience outcomes.

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  About You

  You will bring strong strategic thinking, stakeholder engagement, and organisational design capability, ideally within government or complex service environments.

  Essential Experience

  • Experience advising on organisational structures or operating model transformations.
  • Ability to work directly with executive leadership teams.
  • Strong analytical, facilitation, and consultation skills.
  • Experience translating strategic objectives into practical operating models and delivery structures.
  • Excellent written communication skills including executive briefs and recommendation reports.
  • Strong understanding of government operating environments, governance, and administrative frameworks.

  Highly Desirable

  • Experience in taxation, revenue, regulatory, or contestable service environments.
  • Exposure to product-based operating models or service transformation programs.
  • Experience within ACT, State, or Federal Government environments.

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  Ideal APS Equivalent

  This role is best aligned to:

  • EL2 Organisational Design / Transformation Lead
  • Senior Consultant / Principal Consultant equivalent

  Candidates from consulting firms, government transformation teams, PMOs, strategy units, or operating model advisory backgrounds are encouraged to apply.

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  What Success Looks Like

  The successful candidate will deliver:

  • A clear recommendation on future product/service groupings.
  • A practical and justifiable organisational structure.
  • Risks, opportunities, and implementation considerations.
  • Executive-ready briefing material to support decision-making.
  • Advice that is strategic, practical, and actionable.

To be considered for the role click the 'apply' button or for more information about this and other opportunities please contact Cristina Garcia on + 612 6151 9214 or email cgarcia@paxus.com.au and quote the above job reference number.

Paxus values diversity and welcomes applications from Indigenous Australians, people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds and people living with a disability. If you require an adjustment to the recruitment process, including the application form in an alternate format, please contact me on the above contact details.