APS 5 - Governance Officer

Australian Department of Defence; Canberra; Presencial; AUD 90 000 - 97 000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

Australian Department of Defence – Russell ACT is seeking a Governance Officer to support the Governance and Security Directorate within the VCDFG. The role focuses on delivering longer‑term governance deliverables while handling urgent tasks that require cross‑team collaboration.

The successful candidate will help ensure PGPA, Protective Security, and other regulatory frameworks are complied with, engaging extensively with senior leaders across Defence.

Qualificações

• Experience applying governance frameworks and PGPA compliance.
• Strong policy development and briefing material skills.
• Proven ability to engage senior stakeholders across Defence.

Responsabilidades

• Contribute to regular corporate reporting responsibilities.
• Be responsible for governance administration for the team.
• Support the development and implementation of governance policies.

Conhecimentos

Governance

Reporting

Stakeholder engagement

Policy development

Compliance

Project management

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Australian Department of Defence – Russell ACT

4d ago , from Australian Department of Defence

• $89,841 - $96,829 + up to 15.4% Superannuation
• Russell - ACT

The Role

We are looking for an energetic and curious Governance Officer who will work in the Governance and Security Directorate within Vice Chief of the Defence Force Group (VCDFG). You will pivot between working on longer-term deliverables and projects, and high-priority urgent tasks that demand whole-of-team collaboration and effort.

The desired candidate will have knowledge or have the ability to gain the knowledge, to ensure compliance with, Public Governance, Performance and Accountability (PGPA) Act, Protective Security Policy Framework, Commonwealth Resource Management Framework, and Departmental guidelines and regulations.

You will have extensive opportunities to engage with a wide range of stakeholders, including senior leaders, across VCDFG and your wider Defence Group and Service counterparts through:

• Contributing to regular corporate reporting responsibilities.
• Being responsible for governance administration for the team.
• Supporting the development and implementation of policies that support the Governance efforts of the Group such as:

• Non-Ongoing
• $89,841 - $96,829 + up to 15.4% Superannuation
• Russell - ACT

The Role

We are looking for an energetic and curious Governance Officer who will work in the Governance and Security Directorate within Vice Chief of the Defence Force Group (VCDFG). You will pivot between working on longer-term deliverables and projects, and high-priority urgent tasks that demand whole-of-team collaboration and effort.

The desired candidate will have knowledge or have the ability to gain the knowledge, to ensure compliance with, Public Governance, Performance and Accountability (PGPA) Act, Protective Security Policy Framework, Commonwealth Resource Management Framework, and Departmental guidelines and regulations.

You will have extensive opportunities to engage with a wide range of stakeholders, including senior leaders, across VCDFG and your wider Defence Group and Service counterparts through:

• Contributing to regular corporate reporting responsibilities.
• Being responsible for governance administration for the team.
• Supporting the development and implementation of policies that support the Governance efforts of the Group such as:

About our Team

The VCDF Governance and Security team is a small team at the strategic center of Defence supporting the VCDF and VCDFG, working to the Chief of Staff Australian Defence Force Headquarters. The team ensures high quality advice and outcomes are provided to the senior leadership across VCDF Group to enable effective, evidence-based decision making.

Working in a high tempo executive area, the team manages a suite of corporate governance processes with a focus on evidence based performance and risk measurement and evaluation. This includes managing VCDF's accountabilities for performance and risk planning, reporting at the Enterprise level through the Defence Corporate Plan and Annual Report, and at the group level through the development and evaluation of the VCDFG Business Plan.

Additionally the team supports audit assurance activities, conflict of interest management and VCDFG business continuity arrangements. The team is regularly required to interrogate multiple sources of information and engage extensively across Defence to provide briefing material in support of VCDF's attendance at various decision making committees.

Our Ideal Candidate

The successful candidate will have:

• Strong engagement and communication skills to ensure they are able to understand their stakeholder’s objectives and effectively negotiate mutually beneficial outcomes.
• Strong social and interpersonal skills with good emotional intelligence.
• Excellent strategic awareness and attention to detail to support sound advice, decision support and briefing material to senior leaders on a range of issues, including whole of Defence matters.
• A naturally inquisitive mindset in contesting performance information, seeking further understanding of metrics and data sources that underpin “what success looks like”.
• Previous experience where they have been expected to:
  • Take ownership of administrative tasks such as records management, documentation of processes and procedures and team management deliverables.
  • Start deliverables from templates or from scratch where required and provide the team a strong foundation to build on when delivering governance products.
  • Support the development of team objectives for short term tasks and strategic planning for longer-term initiatives.
  • Propose and implement innovative solutions, contributing to business improvement strategies to develop workplace practices and processes.
  • Work independently with broad direction to resolve issues and deliver quality and timely governance products and advice.
  • Undertake focused research and analysis to make decisions involving complex, long-term planning and liaison with internal and external stakeholders.
  • Build and sustain relationships with internal and external stakeholders to achieve shared goals, including anticipating and responding to stakeholder needs and expectations.

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