- Executive Level 1
- Canberra, ACT
- $129,477 - $143,099

About the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations
We are committed to empowering futures, ensuring rights and enriching lives. We support people to have safe, secure and well-paid work with the skills for a sustainable future as we ourselves strive to be a model employer.

We provide the framework for fair and productive relationships between employers and employees. We also oversee skills development and training initiatives to support those entering the workforce or re-training to take advantage of emerging employment opportunities.

With us, your work directly contributes to shaping the employment landscape. Whether you are engaging in policy development, program implementation, or direct support services, your efforts will have a tangible impact on job seekers, employees and the economy by giving them a framework to build a future anchored and realised through employment.

It is our ambition to do things differently, to create the ‘department of great jobs’– where our people reflect our purpose.

The Role
Reporting to the Director, Right Fit For Risk (RFFR), the Assistant Director will be responsible for providing management and support to Cyber Security Assessors and Program Support Officers delivering the RFFR program. The program provides an assurance for third-party service providers that their systems meet the department’s security requirements.

Duties and Responsibilities
Responsibilities of the Assistant Director will include:

- Enabling activities for the RFFR Program.
- Coordinating assurance processes.
- Stakeholder engagement with third-party service providers, partner agencies and internal areas to support effective program delivery.
- Working collaboratively with other leadership roles within the team to ensure BAU output is maintained.
- Financial Management.
- Change management activities involving 300+ third-party service providers and key stakeholders.
- Participating in governance activities.




- Actively contributing to a positive and collaborative team culture.

Qualifications and Education

- Demonstrated ability to lead collaborative efforts, driving outcomes that balance risk and business needs (Essential).
- Excellent ability to facilitate cooperation and partnerships to support the delivery of strategic outcomes (Essential).

How to Apply
Applicants are required to provide a summary (no more than 750 words) that outlines skills, knowledge, and experience and why you should be considered for this vacancy. You should take into consideration the position overview (including any detailed position specific requirements) when drafting your response. Where possible include specific relevant examples of your work.

The APS work level standards accommodate the diversity of roles across the APS and are structured to clearly differentiate between the work expected (i.e. responsibilities and duties) at each classification level.

In the eRecruit (the department’s online recruitment system) you will also need to:

- upload a Curriculum Vitae
- provide contact details for 2 Referees.

Eligibility Don’t meet all the role requirements?
At DEWR we are dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive workforce and seek to recruit staff with a wide range of backgrounds, skill levels, disciplines and working styles. If this role resonates with you and you are excited about making an impact, but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly, we encourage you to apply anyway.

Citizenship - to be eligible for employment with the Department, you must be an Australian Citizen or, in limited circumstances, in the process of obtaining it.

Security Clearance - our successful candidate is required to hold, or have the ability to obtain, and maintain a Baseline security clearance.

Please refer to the Job Information Pack for more information about the role.

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