Cyber Awareness Lead — Shape Security Culture

CSIRO; Darwin; On-site; AUD 101,000 - 113,000; Full time

Job summary

CSIRO is seeking a Cyber Awareness Advisor to strengthen the organisation's cyber security culture. You will develop and deliver awareness, capability uplift and behaviour change initiatives across a diverse research environment, translating complex risk into practical guidance for staff and leaders.

You will contribute to both strategic planning and hands-on delivery, driving engagement, building cyber confidence and supporting lasting behavioural change through education, campaigns and tools.

Qualifications

• Relevant tertiary qualification or equivalent relevant work experience in cyber security, education, learning design, communications, organisational change, behavioural science, information technology, risk, or a related discipline.
• Demonstrated experience designing, coordinating or delivering cyber security awareness, education, training, behaviour change, digital safety or capability uplift initiatives.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively where structure or maturity is developing, including exercising initiative, prioritising work and delivering quality outcomes with some direction.
• Ability to identify improvement opportunities, develop recommendations for endorsement and translate agreed direction into delivery.
• Strong communication and facilitation skills, including translating cyber concepts, risks and policies into clear guidance for varied audiences.
• Demonstrated stakeholder engagement and influencing skills, including building trusted relationships and improving engagement with cyber security.
• Understanding of common cyber risks and safe behaviours, including phishing, identity, information protection, secure collaboration and incident reporting.
• Experience using metrics, feedback or engagement data to evaluate and improve awareness, training, communication or change activities.
• Familiarity with frameworks such as NIST CSF, ISO 27001, ISM, PSPF, Essential Eight, adult learning or organisational change.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the development and improvement of CSIRO’s cyber awareness, capability uplift and behaviour change function.
• Develop and maintain a risk-aligned awareness roadmap, proposing initiatives for cyber leadership endorsement and delivering agreed activities.
• Plan and deliver awareness, education and engagement activities, including role-based guidance, campaigns, workshops, intranet content and practical job aids.
• Translate cyber risks, policies and services into clear guidance for researchers, leaders, corporate teams, technical users and other priority groups.
• Apply learning, communication and behaviour change principles to support cyber-safe behaviours and improve engagement with cyber security.
• Use data, feedback, incident themes and stakeholder insights to identify awareness gaps and improve activities.

Skills

Cyber security awareness

Training design

Stakeholder engagement

Change management

Communication skills

Adult learning

Education

Tertiary qualification

Job description

CSIRO is seeking a Cyber Awareness Advisor to strengthen the organisation's cyber security culture. You will develop and deliver awareness, capability uplift and behaviour change initiatives across a diverse research environment, translating complex risk into practical guidance for staff and leaders.

You will contribute to both strategic planning and hands-on delivery, driving engagement, building cyber confidence and supporting lasting behavioural change through education, campaigns and tools.