Chief Operating Officer

Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority (IPEA); South Canberra; On-site; AUD 300,000 - 460,000; Full time

Job summary

Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority (IPEA) seeks a Chief Operating Officer to lead the Corporate Services Branch and contribute to the Executive Team. The role involves enterprise leadership, governance, risk management, and driving improvements across planning, technology and people functions.

The successful candidate will provide strategic and operational insights to the CEO, support statutory responsibilities, and elevate organisational capability within a high-scrutiny public sector

Qualifications

• Demonstrated enterprise leadership at the SES Band 1 level.
• Strong governance, risk, security and integrity capabilities.
• Experience advising the CEO and Executive Team on strategic and operational matters.
• Proven ability to manage stakeholders and diverse teams at a senior level.
• Ability to lead corporate reform and drive continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Provide visible, values-based leadership across IPEA’s enabling functions.
• Deliver authoritative strategic, operational and technical advice to the CEO and Executive Team.
• Strengthen governance and assurance across the agency.
• Lead corporate reform, risk management and continuous improvement.

Skills

Leadership & accountability

Governance & risk management

Strategic planning

Stakeholder management

People & culture

Planning & performance

Communications & engagement

Job description

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Reporting to the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Operating Officer leads the Corporate Services Branch and is an integral member of the Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority (IPEA) Executive Team. The role provides visible, values-based enterprise leadership across IPEA’s enabling functions, and is responsible for building organisational capability to support the delivery of IPEA’s statutory responsibilities and performance outcomes.

Operating with a high degree of independence, the Chief Operating Officer provides authoritative strategic, operational and technical advice to the CEO and Executive Team. The role strengthens governance and assurance across the agency, and leads corporate reform, risk management and continuous improvement in a complex and highly scrutinised parliamentary and public sector environment.

The key duties of the position include:

• Enterprise and corporate leadership
• Corporate accountabilities
• Financial and resource management
• Governance, risk, security and integrity
• People, culture and capability
• Planning, performance, information and technology
• Communications, engagement and reputation
• Partnerships and service delivery

The successful applicant will demonstrate capability in-line with the SES Band 1 Work Level Standards and will have the following capabilities and qualities:

• Leadership and accountability
• Management diversity and span
• Stakeholder management
• Job context and environment
• Independence and decision-making
• Enterprise Leadership

Further information about the key responsibilities, capabilities and qualities is available in the candidate information pack on the IPEA website.

Eligibility

This is a designated security assessed position. The successful applicant will be required to have or obtain and maintain a security assessment at the Negative Vetting 1 level.

Notes

The Personal Particulars Form can be found on the Working at IPEA page on the IPEA website.

All SES employees are expected to model and promote the APS Values and Code of Conduct and leadership behaviours outlined in the Australian Public Service Commission (APSC) Integrated Leadership System and Secretaries’ Charter of Leadership Behaviours.

The APSC is a central agency within the APS with a critical leadership role in contributing to the future capability and sustainability of the SES. Further information about working in the SES is available on the APSC website at SES Information.

Getting to know the Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority

The Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority’s (IPEA) roles and functions reflect those prescribed in the Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority Act 2017 and include:

• providing advice to parliamentarians and their staff on travel expenses, allowances, and related expenses
• administering travel expenses, allowances, and related expenses, including processing these claims
• reporting on work expense claims
• auditing work expense claims