Assistant Director Security Operations PSOR and Emergency Management

Australian Department of Parliamentary Services - Canberra ACT

The Department of Parliamentary Services (DPS) is recruiting for a Parliamentary Executive Level 1 Assistant Director Security Operations PSOR and Emergency Management within Security Operations.

The Security Operations Branch within the Department of Parliamentary Services (DPS) Security Division plays a critical role in protecting Australian Parliament House (APH), supporting a safe, secure and resilient environment for parliamentarians, staff, visitors and the broader parliamentary community. The Security Control & Preparedness section brings together operational security, incident coordination and emergency preparedness to support an integrated, contemporary and effective response capability across the parliamentary precinct.

AsAssistant Director Security Operations, Parliamentary Security Operations Room (PSOR) and Emergency Management, you will provide operational leadership and specialist advice across the PSOR and APH emergency management capability. The position also holds the APH Deputy Warden delegation, supporting the Director/Chief Warden and other lead response personnel and agencies during security and emergency incidents. The role requires the ability to make timely, defensible decisions in a sensitive and highly scrutinised operating environment, often while balancing competing operational, security and stakeholder considerations.

Working under limited direction, you will:

- Lead the PSOR and emergency management capability across APH, including coordinated real-time security and emergency incident responses




- Set priorities and standards for integrated security and emergency management arrangements
- Strengthen preparedness through exercises, training, assurance activities, after-action reviews and continuous improvement
- Analyse operational and incident information to identify risks, vulnerabilities and interdependencies
- Provide clear and authoritative advice to senior executives and stakeholders, including during incidents
- Prepare and quality assure high-level briefs, reports and governance documentation
- Lead reform and continuous improvement initiatives that strengthen operational capability
- Build productive relationships across the Parliamentary Security Service, Australian Federal Police, ACT emergency services and internal APH stakeholders.

The Opportunity

The Department of Parliamentary Services (DPS) is recruiting for a Parliamentary Executive Level 1 Assistant Director Security Operations PSOR and Emergency Management within Security Operations.

The Security Operations Branch within the Department of Parliamentary Services (DPS) Security Division plays a critical role in protecting Australian Parliament House (APH), supporting a safe, secure and resilient workplace for parliamentarians, staff,



visitors and the broader parliamentary community. The Security Control & Preparedness section brings together operational security, incident coordination and emergency preparedness to support an integrated, contemporary and effective response capability across the parliamentary precinct.

AsAssistant Director Security Operations, Parliamentary Security Operations Room (PSOR) and Emergency Management, you will provide operational leadership and specialist advice across the PSOR and APH emergency management capability. The position also holds the APH Deputy Warden delegation, supporting the Director/Chief Warden and other lead response personnel and agencies during security and emergency incidents. The role requires the ability to make timely, defensible decisions in a sensitive and highly scrutinised operating setting, often while balancing competing operational, security and stakeholder considerations.

Working under limited direction, you will:

- Lead the PSOR and emergency management capability across APH, including coordinated real-time security and emergency incident responses
- Set priorities and standards for integrated security and emergency management arrangements
- Strengthen preparedness through exercises, training, assurance activities, after-action reviews and continuous improvement
- Analyse operational and incident information to identify risks, vulnerabilities and interdependencies
- Provide clear and authoritative advice to senior executives and stakeholders, including during incidents
- Prepare and quality assure high-level briefs, reports and governance docu

📌 Assistant Director Security Operations PSOR and Emergency Management (Canberra)
🏢 Australian Department of Parliamentary Services
📍 Canberra