Adelaide Officer Career Manager

Introduction

Officer Career Management Section is responsible for the career management of Army Reserve Officers of the rank of major and below (including staff cadets) in South Australia. The Army Reserve has two components:

  • The Active Army Reserve, known as the General Reserve (GRES); and
  • The Standby Reserve.

Role

The role of Officer Career Management section is to career manage officers to meet the personnel needs of units and formations in the region.

Task

In carrying out its role the Officer Career Management Section is responsible for a wide range of tasks concerning the management of Reserve officers. Major tasks include:

The staffing, for approval by regional delegates, of the majority of changes affecting officers:

  • Appointments: Commissioned officers conduct selection boards to select candidates for specialist appointments (doctors, nurses, chaplains etc) and candidates to be appointed in Staff Cadets;
  • Postings: appointing the most suitable available officers to fill vacant positions, to meet unit manning demands and ensuring officers are posted to positions appropriate to their career development.
  • Promotions: conduct annual promotion Personnel Advisory Committees to prioritise officers for promotion to the next rank based on merit, qualifications, appropriate experience and Army Individual Readiness Notice compliancy;
  • Transfers: facilitate the transfer of:
    • Active Reserve officers to the Standby Reserve, Australian Regular Army or between regions.
    • Standby Reserve officers to the Active Reserve, Australian Regular Army or between regions,
    • Transfer of Australian Regular Army officers to the Active or Standby Reserve.
  • Resignations: process resignation of officers from Active and Standby Reserve including counselling of officers on benefits of transferring to Standby Reserve or remaining Standby Reserve rather than resigning;
  • Retirements: retirement of officers on attaining Compulsory Retiring Age.
  • The management of officers' careers to ensure officers have exposure to regimental, staff and instructional appointments, and advise officers on career courses necessary for promotion and fill postings;
  • Processing of Army Officer Performance Appraisal Report for Major and below each year;
  • Maintenance of the Personal Management Keys database;
  • Nominating and prioritising officers for career courses;
  • Conduct of the Army Sergeant and Warrant Officer Commissioning Scheme (ASWOCS).
  • Conduct of Medical Employment Category Review Board (MECRB).
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Boards - Army SNCO and WO Commisioning

ASWOC (Formally AICS and AWOCS)

ASWOCS is a method by which Warrant Officers (WO's) and Non Commissioned Officers (NCO's) may apply for in-service officer commissioning. The scheme can provide a career change within the Army, where that change is in the interest of the Service. ASWOCS is not a promotion scheme. Candidates whose education, training and experience may be suited to officer appointments within the ADF, are selected to appear before an Officer Selection Board (OSB). Successful applicants will be offered employment as Specialist Service Officer (SSO) Service Commission (SC). The commissioning of WO's and SNCO's as SSO SC is intended to meet specific employment needs of the Army.

Eligible applicants may apply for SSO SC commissioning, or be nominated by the Director Army Personnel Agency (DAPA). Candidates are assessed on suitability, employability, experience and skills.

If you are interested contact your Career Manager at Army Personnel Agency - Adelaide.

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Boards - Medical Employment Career Review Board

Soldiers are required to achieve and maintain levels of fitness dependent upon their specific trade.
The task of the Personnel Agency is to monitor medically downgraded personnel. The Director convenes a Medical Employment Classification Review Board (MECRB).
The Board may:

  • reclassify the member's Medical Employment Classification (MEC);

  • offer re-allocation to another trade (if fit for that trade);

  • grant a waiver (either medical or critical skill);

  • recommend termination on medical grounds.

The member is then informed of the Board's decision through his or her parent unit and any administrative action required initiated by the Board Secretary.

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Boards - Specialist Service Officer

If you have got a university degree and you're weighing up your next move, consider a place that will test your skills and knowledge from day one. If you're a graduate in medicine, engineering, teaching, nursing or dentistry, there's no better way to kick-start your career than as an officer in the ADF. You'll earn your rank right from the start, working with cutting edge equipment, leading and making decisions, while receiving the training you need to always improve.

We will give you the chance to further your qualifications constantly during your career as an officer Direct Entry Officer (DEO). A DEO is an officer appointed as a GSO or SSO whose education, training and experience enables initial employment at the rank of 2LT or above without undergoing extensive GSO training. Officers appointed in this manner are granted a short service commission (ARA) or probationary appointment (GRes). A permanent commission may be offered in due course.

General Service Officer (GSO): A GSO is an officer whose education, training and experience enables employment in a wide range of corps and non-corps regimental, training and staff appointments.

Specialist Service Officer (SSO). An SSO is normally selected for direct appointment as an officer by virtue of professional qualifications and experience for employment within a particular speciality.

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Boards - First Appointment Course

If you haven't had the chance to go to university, that won't stop you becoming an officer. Direct Entry is the fast track route to becoming an officer in the Army and you don't need previous military experience to qualify. You'll get the same training and benefits as other officers, and the chance to make decisions, take responsibility and be a leader in your workplace. If you like a challenge and want a choice of great jobs, becoming an officer is the place to start.

First Appointment Commissioning Course (FACC): FACC are conducted in order to train GSO candidates of the GRes and RRes. Specified modules of these courses may be conducted at:

  1. RMC,
  2. OCTUs (Darwin, Townsville and Hobart only), or University Regiments.