Senior Security Adviser, Enterprise Technology and Security Branch

Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet NZ – Canberra ACT

The Security Operations Team provides a business enabling function supporting the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (PM&C;) to manage protective security. The team ensures the department, the Prime Minister’s Office, our portfolio ministers and shared services agencies objectives can be achieved without loss, harm, disruption or damage to our people, information, assets and reputation. This includes the management of personnel and physical security, COMSO services, the department’s Insider Threat Program and security project management.

What you will do

The Senior Security Adviser plays an essential role in the delivery of protective security services. They lead and manage the personnel security team and support day-to day protective security operations.

The Senior Security Adviser will lead the security team’s administrative responsibilities. This includes reporting, undertaking reviews, rostering of personnel security team, task allocation and procurement activities.

We are looking for applicants with experience in implementing security best practice, thinking critically and effectively communicating with a broad audience. This includes a basic understanding of risk standards, effective written and verbal communication skills and a robust understanding of contemporary challenges within security.

Under general direction, the main duties of the role are:

- Lead and manage a small team in personnel security to coordinate and support the security clearance process across PM&C; and our portfolio agencies.
- Deliver high quality administrative and office support,



including rostering and client service at the security office.
- Liaise and collaborate with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders.
- Prepare and provide advice to stakeholders at all levels on a range of personnel security matters.
- Interpret and implement Protective Security arrangements based on guidance from the PSPF.
- Review and develop personnel security policies as required.
- Lead the implementation of approved security controls and procedures.
- Deliver and facilitate security awareness training sessions for the department and our portfolio agencies.
- Perform other ad-hoc duties as directed.

The role may be required to perform an out of hours on-call function.

Who we are

The Security Operations Team provides a business enabling function supporting the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (PM&C;) to manage protective security. The team ensures the department, the Prime Minister’s Office, our portfolio ministers and shared services agencies objectives can be achieved without loss, harm, disruption or damage to our people, information, assets and reputation. This includes the management of personnel and physical security, COMSO services, the department’s Insider Threat Program and security project management.

What you will do





The Senior Security Adviser plays an essential role in the delivery of protective security services. They lead and manage the personnel security team and support day-to day protective security operations.

The Senior Security Adviser will lead the security team’s administrative responsibilities. This includes reporting, undertaking reviews, rostering of personnel security team, task allocation and procurement activities.

We are looking for applicants with experience in implementing security best practice, thinking critically and effectively communicating with a broad audience. This includes a basic understanding of risk standards, effective written and verbal communication skills and a strong understanding of contemporary challenges within security.

Under general direction, the main duties of the role are:

- Lead and manage a small team in personnel security to coordinate and support the security clearance process across PM&C; and our portfolio agencies.
- Deliver high quality administrative and office support, including rostering and client service at the security office.
- Liaise and collaborate with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders.
- Prepare and provide advice to stakeholders at all levels on a range of personnel security matters.
- Interpret and implement Protective Security arrangements based on guidance from the PSPF.
- Review and develop personnel security policies as required.
- Lead the implementation of approved security controls and procedures.
- Deliver and facilitate security awareness training sessions for the department and our portfolio agencies.
- Perform other ad-hoc duties as directed.

The role may be required to perform an out of hours on-call function.

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📌 Senior Security Adviser, Enterprise Technology and Security Branch (Canberra)
🏢 Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet NZ
📍 Canberra