Canberra-Based Ops & Governance Lead (NV2)

Booka Consulting; Canberra; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Booka Consulting Pty Ltd seeks an EL1 Business Operations & Governance Lead to support a Federal Government security operations branch, based in Canberra with onsite work and limited remote options. Australian citizenship and an active NV2 security clearance are essential.

You will coordinate branch priorities, develop work plans, and maintain action registers and dashboards to provide clear progress, risks and decisions for senior leaders.

Qualifications

• Experience coordinating competing priorities across multiple teams in government or a regulated environment.
• Strong judgement, initiative and confidence engaging with senior stakeholders.
• Ability to influence without direct management authority and secure timely follow-through.
• Strong writing skills, including briefs, reports and practical advice for decision-makers.
• Experience using work plans, dashboards and reporting tools to track delivery.
• Proficiency with Microsoft 365, Teams and SharePoint.

Responsibilities

• Coordinating branch priorities, work plans, timelines and dependencies.
• Working across operational, finance, governance and corporate teams to secure inputs and resolve delivery barriers.
• Preparing concise executive briefs, meeting material, decision records and progress updates.
• Maintaining action registers, dashboards and reporting that make commitments, risks and emerging issues visible.
• Exercising judgement about what needs follow-up and executive attention.
• Identifying bottlenecks, duplication and process gaps, then coordinating improvements.
• Strengthening standard operating procedures, planning cycles and information management practices.
• Branch-wide business coordination and delivery with directors retaining responsibility for their teams.

Skills

Cross-team coordination

Stakeholder engagement

Executive briefing

Writing skills

Delivery governance

Tools

Microsoft 365

Teams

SharePoint

Job description

Booka Consulting Pty Ltd seeks an EL1 Business Operations & Governance Lead to support a Federal Government security operations branch, based in Canberra with onsite work and limited remote options. Australian citizenship and an active NV2 security clearance are essential.

You will coordinate branch priorities, develop work plans, and maintain action registers and dashboards to provide clear progress, risks and decisions for senior leaders.