First Assistant Secretary, First Nations

3 weeks ago

Brisbane, Australia Australian Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development Full time

**First Assistant Secretary, First Nations Partnerships**

**Senior Executive Service Band 2 - Affirmative Measures (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander)**

**Title**:
First Assistant Secretary, First Nations Partnerships

**Classification(s)**:
Senior Executive Service (SES) Band 2

**Employment Type**:
Ongoing

**Salary**:
**Business Division**:
First Nations Partnerships

**Branch / Section**:
N/A

**Location**:
**Security Clearance**:
Negative Vetting Level 2

**Job Reference No**:
44743

**Contact Officer**:
**Closing Date**:
11.59pm AEDT, Sunday, 24 March 2024.

**Our Department Values**

Our values set the direction for what it means to work in our department. They inform the standard and expectations of behaviours, skills and capabilities and the attributes we currently have, will continually work to achieve and develop, and that we use to acknowledge and attract, retain and recruit into our department.

**The opportunity we have available**

The First Nations Partnerships Division lead the department’s work to coordinate and improve our delivery for and engagement with First Nations communities, and to provide advice on the interconnected elements of our programs, organisational culture, cultural safety and First Nations Leadership and employment. The Division is responsible for working across the whole department and with stakeholders across government and externally to support and help drive the implementation of the department’s responsibilities to deliver on the National Agreement to Closing the Gap, leading delivery on the department’s commitments under its Reconciliation Action Plan and for providing strategic recommendations to build cultural capability across the department.

As First Assistant Secretary you will:

- Have a passion for making a difference and challenging the status quo
- Be a motivated and visible leader and responsible for embedding the Department’s vision, values and culture
- Demonstrate an ability to lead and coach a number of high-performing teams and build an inclusive, supportive workplace culture
- Demonstrate collaboration and be an agile leader with the ability to drive broad transformational change, both internal and external to the department
- Use strong relationship-building acumen to foster enterprise partnerships and draw on your extensive networks (or have an ability to build them) to drive opportunities
- Skillfully communicate and influence key stakeholders to achieve desired outcomes

As First Assistant Secretary, you can also expect to:

- Build and maintain a whole-of-department strategic policy delivery capability to provide advice on emerging and priority issues, including those relating to First Nations outcomes
- Build and maintain effective and productive networks across portfolio agencies, government, academia, and the private sector
- Ensure there are effective quality assurance protocols and business planning arrangements to support the delivery of timely and high-quality outputs
- Contribute to the development and implementation of strategies that strengthen the department’s inclusive culture
- Represent the department at a wide range of government, industry, and public forums, including presenting keynote addresses and Ministerial briefings

**Who are we looking for?**
To be successful in this role, you will be a thought leader who can drive forward the government’s agenda (in conjunction with relevant line areas) advocating and influencing the policy debate within the Australian Public Service (APS) and industry to help deliver First Nations policy and program outcomes in line with government priorities.

You will have demonstrated experience in communicating complex policy to influence decision making and hold deep stakeholder engagement expertise with established networks throughout industry, government and the community. You will have experience in negotiating, communicating with influence and sensitivity and bringing a consensus building approach as well as a strong background in developing relationships and working together in genuine partnership to deliver outcomes for the First Nations community.

As First Assistant Secretary, First Nations Partnerships, you will:

- Lead the department’s efforts to embed First Nations’ perspectives and experiences in all facets of its work, including by providing high-level advice on building the department’s capability to do so working closely with the department’s First Nations Champion and First Nations Network
- Ensure our programs and functions are designed to best support the delivery of outcomes for First Nations peoples and communities, and in partnership with line areas, lead activities which contribute towards meeting the department’s our commitments under Closing the Gap and our Reconciliation Action Plan
- Drive the agenda for and provide strategic advice to the First Nations Steering Committee, which monitors and provides accountability and momentum across the dep

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