The role

The Assistant Director is responsible for leading ASIS’s Cabinet and Ministerial teams. They ensure the seamless coordination and delivery of related material to ASIS leadership and the Minister for Foreign Affairs. This role provides critical quality assurance over all Ministerial, Cabinet and Parliamentary outputs, ensuring they are aligned with the Director-General’s priorities and requirements.

The Assistant

Director provides leadership and mentorship to the team while managing complex stakeholder relationships to represent ASIS’s equities at the highest levels of government.

Role responsibilities

- Provide expertise across a broad range of activities relating to Ministerial, Cabinet and Parliamentary matters.

- Take responsibility for the delivery of team outcomes and monitor team progress in achieving these.

- Provide expert advice on processes, policy, complex problems and issues involving internal and external stakeholders.

- Recommend and assist in setting strategic direction for Ministerial, Cabinet and Parliamentary functions, while taking into consideration wider agency and whole of government implications when implementing decisions.

- Consider and effectively manage competing priorities.

- Undertake a range of ad-hoc project work to support the Ministerial, Cabinet and Parliamentary functions.

- Support a program of ongoing Ministerial, Cabinet and Parliamentary literacy across ASIS.

Core skills





Our ideal candidate will have:

- Adaptability, self-awareness and maturity.

- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with a high attention to detail and the ability to confidently engage with senior stakeholders, including the Director-General.

- Highly developed time management, organisation and coordination skills.

- An ability to work under broad direction, using initiative and judgment.

- Proven ability to establish and maintain productive relationships with diverse stakeholders.

- An ability to provide leadership and mentorship to the team and deliver team outcomes.

- An ability to be qualified, discreet and maintain confidentiality.

Experience requirements

The following education, qualifications and/or experience are not essential, but will be highly regarded:

- Previous experience in policy, Ministerial, Parliamentary, governance, secretariat, or executive support roles, or experience with the Cabinet process would be highly valued but is not essential.

Eligibility

To be eligible for a role you must:

- Be an Australian citizen

- Be assessed as suitable to hold and maintain a TOP SECRET-Privileged Access security clearance

For more information on eligibility please see the Protective Security Policy Framework which is publicly accessible at protectivesecurity.gov.au, section 12 provides information on Eligibility and suitability

📌 Assistant Director, Ministerial, Cabinet and Parliamentary - Executive Level 1 (Canberra)
🏢 Australian Secret Intelligence Service
📍 Canberra