EMPLOYMENT

Who we are Biosecurity Operations Division (BOD) delivers nationally integrated biosecurity and imported food regulatory activities to ensure goods, conveyances and travellers meet Australia's import requirements. Divisional operations include policy and regulatory control setting across imported food and biosecurity risk pathways, as well as the delivery of assessment, inspection, community engagement and contact centre services. The division also partners with industry to improve the delivery of regulatory functions. The division spans a range of regulatory activities that plays a critical role in reducing risk and shaping our nation to become one of the few countries in the world to remain free from the world's most severe pests and diseases. The Goods & Conveyance Policy (G&CP) Branch is responsible for determining, developing, and enabling the strategies, regulatory frameworks, tactics and interventions that manage biosecurity and other risks within the transport and trade pathways into Australia. This branch brings together how the department detects and responds to biosecurity risk and non-compliance. The branch sets operational policy for the biosecurity clearance of all air and sea cargo, conveyances and ports, mail, seasonal pests, a range of military activities and provides support and advice on policy assessment related matters. The Traveller Operations & Policy (TO&P) Branch develops and implements regulatory policy for traveller biosecurity and human health, delivers biosecurity regulatory screening and inspections of goods at air and seaports, manages non-compliant travellers including by issuing infringement notices, and drives modernisation and reform initiatives. The branch is responsible for leading the planning and design of the department's requirements for the new Western Sydney International Airport. The key duties of the position include The Jobs The role of an Assistant Director is to provide leadership to support the achievement of regulatory outcomes in line with the department's business plan and BOD strategic direction. The successful applicants will need to influence change, while contributing to business planning and decision-making processes. Depending upon the role, duties may include all or some of the following: • Engaging and collaborating with internal and external stakeholders to identify opportunities, achieve outcomes and facilitate cooperation. • Effectively managing competing priorities including delivering on complex project outcomes. • Developing, reviewing and managing well-researched policy and providing complex policy advice. • Preparing reports, briefing papers, executive updates, decision minutes, Ministerial correspondence and discussion papers • Monitoring the effectiveness of controls and policy settings including data analysis and the interpretation of results. • Leading working groups to collaborate on projects and policy settings. • Providing secretariat support where required. • Undertaking program enabling tasks such as monitoring and providing input into budgets, expenditure tracking, invoice payments and contract management. • Leading teams delivering regulatory services within geographically dispersed locations. • Building the capability of teams through coaching, performance feedback, conflict resolution and career development. • Promoting the APS Values and APS Employment Principles as well as compliance with the APS Code of Conduct. Please note that this recruitment process will initially be used to fill two ongoing vacancies in the division. One vacancy is in TO&P and this role may be able to be performed from any of the locations listed above. The second vacancy is in G&CP and may be able to be performed from Canberra, Melbourne, Adelaide, Sydney, Brisbane or Perth . The merit pool established through this selection process, which is valid for a period of eighteen months from the date the vacancy was advertised in the Public Service Gazette, may be used to fill future ongoing and non-ongoing vacancies in the division where the duties are of a similar nature. For further information on the work of our department please click here .