Senior Executive Service (SES) Band 2

Canberra, ACT

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.

About The Enterprise Technology Division The Enterprise Technology Division (ETD) provides the technology foundations that enable DEWR and partner agencies to deliver services, support operations and achieve strategic outcomes.

The division is responsible for enterprise platforms, cyber security, infrastructure, cloud services, digital workplace technologies, service management, architecture and technology governance. It ensures technology environments are secure, reliable and scalable, while supporting innovation and organisational transformation.

Working closely with business areas, partner agencies and the Digital Experience and Solutions Division,



Enterprise Technology Division plays a critical role in enabling contemporary, connected and high-performing government services.

About The Role We are seeking an exceptional technology leader to help shape DEWR's future and ensure the department is positioned to meet the opportunities and challenges of a rapidly evolving digital environment.

As First Assistant Secretary, Enterprise Technology Division, you will serve as the department's Chief Information Officer and Chief Information Security Officer, leading the technology platforms, cyber security capabilities and operational ICT services that underpin the department's work and support a number of partner agencies.

Beyond leading a significant technology function, you will contribute to enterprise-wide decision-making and strategic stewardship across DEWR. You will help shape the department's approach to technology, cyber security, digital enablement and organisational transformation, ensuring technology investments deliver secure, sustainable and impactful outcomes.

Supporting a complex, multi-agency environment, you will balance operational excellence with long-term strategic thinking. You will anticipate emerging risks and opportunities, guide major technology decisions and create the conditions for innovation, resilience and continuous improvement.

Working closely with the First Assistant Secretary, Digital Experience and Solutions Division,



you will help ensure technology, data and digital capabilities work together to support the department's priorities, service delivery objectives and future ambitions.

As an SES Band 2, your success will be measured not only by the performance of Enterprise Technology Division, but by your contribution to the capability, culture, governance and long-term stewardship of DEWR as a whole.

Duties and Responsibilities

Shape the department's technology future. Lead the development of enterprise technology strategy, architecture and investment priorities, ensuring technology supports departmental objectives, enables transformation and positions DEWR for future challenges and opportunities.

Deliver secure and reliable enterprise services. Oversee the provision of stable, high-performing and customer-focused technology services across the department and partner agencies, maintaining a strong focus on service quality, resilience and continuous improvement.

Strengthen cyber security and organisational resilience. Lead the department's cyber security strategy, governance and assurance activities, ensuring risks are managed appropriately and responses to emerging threats are effective and coordinated.

Drive technology-enabled transformation. Use technology, data and innovation to improve organisational capability, enhance service delivery and support better outcomes across the department and partner agencies.

Steward public resources responsibly. Provide oversight of significant technology investments, budgets, procurement activities and commercial partnerships to ensure value for money, effective risk management and strong public sector stewardship.

📌 First Assistant Secretary, Enterprise Technology Division (Canberra)
🏢 Department of Employment and Workplace Relations
📍 Canberra