Assistant Director, Project Management, Reporting

Assistant Director, Project Management, Reporting and

Delivery

• Classification
• Status
• Ongoing; Non-ongoing
• Salary Range
• 115,903 - $131,563 + 15.4% Superannuation
• Contact Person
• Sinead Walsh
• Contact Job Title
• Director, Planning, Performance and Delivery
• Contact Number
• 0461 344 486
• Number of Vacancies
• Division
• Planning, Performance and Delivery
• Branch
• Planning, Performance and Delivery
• Section
• Enterprise Project Management Office (ePMO)
• Location
• Any NDIS QSC office
• Date Applications Open
• 16 October 2024
• Date Applications Close
• 29 October 2024
• About the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission

The NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission (the NDIS Commission) is an independent

agency established on 1 July 2018 to improve the quality and safety of NDIS supports and

services. The NDIS Commission is the dedicated national regulator of NDIS service providers

in Australia and a non-corporate entity under the Public Governance, Performance and

Accountability Act 2013.

• The NDIS Commission's core legislative functions are to
• uphold the rights of, and promote the health, safety and wellbeing of, people with

disability receiving supports or services, including those received under the National

Disability Insurance Scheme

• develop a nationally consistent approach to managing quality and safeguards for people

with disability receiving supports or services, including those received under the National

Disability Insurance Scheme

• promote the provision of advice, information, education and training to NDIS providers

and people with disability

• secure compliance with relevant legislation through effective compliance and

enforcement arrangements, including through the monitoring and investigation functions

conferred on the NDIS Commissioner by legislation

• promote continuous improvement amongst NDIS providers and the delivery of

progressively higher standards of supports and services to people with disability

• develop and oversee the broad policy design for a nationally consistent framework

relating to the screening of workers involved in the provision of supports and services to

people with disability

• engage in, promote and coordinate the sharing of information to achieve the objects of

the relevant legislation, and

• provide NDIS market oversight, including :

I. by monitoring changes in the NDIS market which may indicate emerging risk; and

II. by monitoring and mitigating the risks of unplanned service withdrawal.

The NDIS Commission is committed to upholding the rights of people with disability to

employment and offers interesting and challenging roles. People with disability are

• About this opportunity

Do you have an eye for detail and the desire to improve the quality and safety of NDIS

services and supports?

The NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission is seeking an Assistant Director, Project

Management, Reporting and Delivery, ePMO to join the Planning, Performance and Delivery

Branch.

• About the Planning, Performance and Delivery Branch

The Planning, Performance and Delivery (PPD) Branch is responsible for supporting the

strategic agenda of the Commission Executive, including through the delivery of planning,

performance reporting and project delivery. The Branch collaborates with other areas of the

Commission on whole-of-Commission initiatives and works to establish coherent and

consistent approaches to the development, co-ordination, delivery, reporting and evaluation

of activities.

The Branch comprises four teams :

• The Delivery Office - (transitioning to ePMO)

This team is a key enabling area, responsible for whole-of-Commission project oversight,

reporting, change management and reform activities. The team monitors progress against

initiatives, including the development of internal and external reporting and alignment with

the Commission's five-year strategic outlook. The ePMO supports continuous improvement

and provides the frameworks and structures to deliver innovative and effective projects that

support the delivery of regulatory excellence and a one-commission approach.

• Planning, Performance and Governance

Responsible for leading the Commission's annual performance cycle that includes corporate

and operational planning and reporting processes. This includes leading the contribution and

coordination activities for the Annual Report and Corporate Plan, ensuring compliance with

Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 and alignment with the

Commission's five-year strategic outlook.

• Parliamentary Services

The NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission's (NDIS Commission) central coordination

point for ministerial and parliamentary activity, including ministerial correspondence,

ministerial submissions and briefs,