Careers at AFSA
A career with AFSA offers an exciting opportunity to work alongside industry experts and professionals across Australia to enrich your skills and expertise. With a focus on collaboration and continuous learning, AFSA provides a rewarding environment that fosters personal and professional growth.
Whether you’re interested in regulatory operations (including enforcement, compliance or education) or enabling services (including legal, data and analytics and corporate services), AFSA offers diverse career paths and opportunities to accommodate your interests and aspirations.
AFSA is an inclusive employer. We encourage flexible working and foster a work environment where everyone is respected, connected and can make a valuable contribution. This is regardless of age, culture, disability, family and caring responsibilities, gender identity, Indigeneity, religion or sexuality. We strongly encourage applications from people with lived experience of diversity. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are strongly encouraged to apply.
We value flexibility and most roles can be performed from any of our locations and are available on a full-time, part-time or job-share basis. We provide reasonable adjustments to support candidates with disability to participate in our recruitment processes. We encourage people with disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and members of the LGBTQIA+ and CALD communities to apply.
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Why work with us
AFSA is an executive agency in the Treasury portfolio. We contribute to Australia's economic and social prosperity by administering and regulating the personal insolvency and personal property securities systems and managing criminal assets.
We are a small, ambitious and dynamic agency. With staff based across the country, we play a critical role in Australia's $3.5 trillion credit system. We do so by administering and regulating the personal property securities register as well as personal insolvencies. We also work with other agencies to manage criminal assets and we have almost $400 billion in assets under management. Our staff work with a wide range of stakeholders to provide empathetic and high-quality services.
We offer a flexible, challenging and innovative work environment and we are looking for people who are curious, innovative and creative thinkers, and with critical reasoning skills to join us on our journey to become a visible, modern and contemporary regulator.
At AFSA you can expect:
- an inclusive workplace
- flexible working arrangements
- to grow and expand your skills, experience and education
- strong career paths and supportive career development.
What we offer
There are many benefits to working at AFSA. We offer a competitive employee experience and a passionate commitment to inclusion and diversity that allows our people to bring their full selves to work.
We offer the opportunity to work with skilled professionals who come from a wide range of backgrounds including law, policy, and economics. Whether you’re a seasoned professional or just starting your career, joining our team means gaining invaluable experience and mentorship from industry leaders.
Workplace conditions
Our AFSA Enterprise Agreement 2024-2027 provides the following benefits as well as those common to the Australian Public Service conditions:
- competitive pay and 15.4% super
- leave and purchase leave options
- generous parental leave entitlements
- paid leave during the Christmas to New Year shutdown
- access to salary sacrifice
- access to studies assistance
- flexible working arrangements, including part-time and job share
- hybrid and flexible working from home arrangements
- offices in most Australian capital cities, with geographically-dispersed teams.
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Indigenous Pathways
We recognise that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have made and will continue to make extraordinary contributions to all aspects of Australian life and we recognise the importance of learning about our shared histories, cultures and achievements. We offer pathways and opportunities across a wide range of roles.
With office locations around the country, working for AFSA offers an exciting opportunity for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to help make a difference.
We are committed to creating a workplace that is culturally aware and to providing support to our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff to maximise their full potential.
We provide learning and development opportunities, mentoring and support to make sure you are receiving the most from your employment experience.
The following initiatives and support are accessible to all our Indigenous staff:
- Gugumin (committee focused on reconciliation)
- Our third generation Reconciliation Action Plan
- Dedicated Indigenous Liaison Officer and access to the AFSA Mob Network
- Participation in the Indigenous Apprenticeship Program run by Services Australia
- A range of dedicated leave entitlements including ceremonial and cultural leave
- Opportunities for staff (both Indigenous and non-Indigenous) to participate in a Jawun secondment.
To find out more about Indigenous pathways, contact the Indigenous Liaison Officer or view our current vacancies.
Our areas
Find out more below about our work groups and teams that support AFSA's services.
Regulatory Operations Group
The Regulatory Operations Group (ROG) is responsible for the way AFSA regulates including our approach to compliance, enforcement and education. ROG plays a pivotal role in supporting clients navigating AFSA’s systems while ensuring strict compliance with regulatory standards.
Enabling Services Group
The Enabling Services Group supports AFSA's core regulatory functions.
The group shapes AFSA's strategic direction, manages government relationships, provides effective corporate services, and leverages AFSA's technology to promote organisational delivery and performance.