APS 6 - $85,833 - $97,454 per annum plus superannuation
- Biosecurity Operations Division
- Canberra, ACT
- Provide a range of governance, risk management and secretariat support services to support BOD and the broader department. _
- Be responsible for consulting with other corporate areas of the department to provide advice on department wide initiatives, policies and approaches impacting the Biosecurity Operations Division. _
- Work consultatively with other corporate areas of the department and provides advice on department wide initiatives and approaches impacting the Biosecurity Operations Division._
- Who we are
The Border System and Planning Branch (in the Biosecurity Operations Division) drives the development, promotion and implementation of innovative and contemporary business strategies to improve our regulatory activities. The Branch also integrates national arrangements across operational groups and supports the Biosecurity Operations Executive by :
developing operating models to continue to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of our operational and regulatory functionsproviding a conduit between the national programs and operational groups to facilitate operational integrationestablishing and maintaining operational performance monitoring and reporting, assurance and verification, operational continuity, incident responsefacilitating Industry Engagement and business system supportundertaking internal transformation project / s related to workload and workforce analysis.facilitating the management of change into Biosecurity Operations Divisionundertake the development and delivery of technical training within the Biosecurity Operations Divisiongovernance, planning and reporting to support the Biosecurity Operations executive.The Governance and Planning team (in the Border System and Planning branch) manages divisional governance and planning frameworks and provides advice and strategic support to BOD executive. The team also oversees BOD's responsibilities through the departmental integrity framework and management of biosecurity officer ID cards.
The JobAs Policy Officer - Governance and Planning your key duties will include :
provide clear and efficient ways to implement effective governance arrangements, including providing secretariat support for governance committeesdevelop correspondence, papers and reports for executive committee meetingssupport the divisional business planning and risk management planning processesassist with the development of strategic corporate documents (as needed)assist with divisional business continuity planning to ensure high quality responsive business continuity services for the divisionmonitoring and managing of work tasks, workflows, and competing priorities.What we are looking forKnowledge and experienceTo be successful in this role you will :
be a high performer who is motivated to work effectively individually and have a demonstrated ability to engage with other staff and manage significant issues or projects.Skills and capabilitiesCore attributes, skills and capabilities for the role involve the ability to :
have an awareness of and ability to anticipate and communicate the impacts of business developments to all involvedhave sound judgement and an ability to work in a team, prioritise tasks, work with limited direction and produce high quality work within agreed timeframeshave strong written and verbal communication skills including an ability to communicate complex ideas effectively to senior executives and external stakeholderswork collaboratively with colleagues to achieve goals and build productive relationships with a range of stakeholdersbuild relationships across the division, focussed on key communicatorsdemonstrate strong communication skills, written and verbalwork autonomously when requiredwork consultatively with a wide network of stakeholdershave good organisation and time management skills to achieve across multiple prioritiesengage and negotiate with influence with internal and external stakeholdersprovide strategic advicebe outcomes focussed with a view to business improvement.