Australian Skills Quality Authority – Melbourne VIC

We are Australia’s National Vocational Education and Training (VET) regulator.

What we do

We regulate providers that deliver VET qualifications and courses to students in Australia or offer Australian qualifications internationally, providers that deliver VET courses to overseas students, and certain providers that deliver English Language Intensive Courses for Overseas Students. We also accredit VET courses to make sure nationally approved standards are met.

Why we do it

We ensure quality VET so that students, industry, governments and the community have confidence in the integrity of national qualifications issues by training providers, and that students are protected from any practices that come at the expense of their ability to gain the required competencies.

ASQA supports and promotes a strong team culture, a safe, healthy and happy workplace and the sharing of knowledge.

Visit our website for more information about ASQA, including our role and how we regulate.

Who we are

We are Australia’s National Vocational Education and Training (VET) regulator.

What we do

We regulate providers that deliver VET qualifications and courses to students in Australia or offer Australian qualifications internationally, providers that deliver VET courses to overseas students, and certain providers that deliver English Language Intensive Courses for Overseas Students. We also accredit VET courses to make sure nationally approved standards are met.

Why we do it

We ensure quality VET so that students, industry, governments and the community have confidence in the integrity of national qualifications issues by training providers,



and that students are protected from any practices that come at the expense of their ability to gain the required competencies.

ASQA supports and promotes a strong team culture, a safe, healthy and happy workplace and the sharing of knowledge.

Visit our website for more information about ASQA, including our role and how we regulate.

The key duties of the position include:

About the Opportunity

We are seeking a Security Lead who will be responsible for a range of tasks including:

- management of personnel security including assessing eligibility and suitability of staff, clearance aftercare and AGSVA portal administration
- coordinating protective and cyber security activities across ASQA, including working with ICT teams and service providers to ensure security risks are identified, assessed, treated and monitored
- developing and updating policies and procedures relating to security
- identifying, assessing, recording and monitoring security risks, incidents, vulnerabilities and compliance issues, and coordinating proportionate treatment plans
- leading the ongoing management and implementation of ASQA’s Protective Security Policy Framework (PSPF)
- developing and delivering training and actively participating in building a positive security culture
- coordinating and completing the annual PSPF Reporting for ASQA




- identifying and implementing initiatives that reduce security risk and improve security maturity for the agency
- coordinating responses and implementing action plans to address security risks, including responding to directions from external agencies.

Skills and experience

To succeed in this role, you will have:

(Essential)

- a demonstratedknowledgeand practical applicationofthe Protective Security Policy Framework (PSPF)in a Government/Commonwealth context, including the ability to interpret requirements and provide sound evidence-based security advice
- demonstrated experience planning, designing and implementing security policies, reporting requirements and improvement activities to support Government and compliance initiatives
- a demonstrated ability to analyse security risks, incidents, vulnerabilities and compliance issues, exercise sound judgement and coordinate proportionate treatments and remediation activities
- experience in the development and delivery of training based on established policies,frameworksand/or procedures
- a highly developed communication and stakeholder engagement skills including the ability to build andmaintainbeneficial professional networks, to communicate to a range of stakeholders.

(Desirable)

- experience coordinating cyber security governance, risk, incident response, assurance or remediation activities in an Australian Government environment.

What we offer

We are committed to providing a working workplace that values diversity and inclusion and supports staff to reach their full potential.

We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islande

📌 Security Lead (Melbourne)
🏢 Australian Skills Quality Authority
📍 Melbourne