Assistant Director

Adelaide
- Applications close 8 June 2025
- Salary Range: $122, 235 - $129, 811

**About the Department**:
The Department of Industry, Science and Resources and our broader portfolio are integral to the Australian Government’s economic agenda. Our purpose is to help the government build a better future for all Australians through enabling a productive, resilient and sustainable economy, enriched by science and technology. We do this by:

- Growing innovative & competitive businesses, industries and regions
- Investing in science and technology
- Strengthening the resources sector.

The APS and the department offer a clear direction and meaningful work. You will be able to create positive impact in people’s lives whilst contributing to improved outcomes for Australia and our people.

If you would like to feel a strong connection to your work and you are accountable, committed and open to change, join us in shaping Australia’s future.

Please see the APSC’s APS Employee Value Proposition for more information on the benefits and value of employment within the APS.
**About the team**:
The Australian Space Agency provides government leadership on civil space capability to improve the lives of Australians and strengthen our society. The Agency ensures that Australia’s space activities contribute to Australia’s national interest and broader Government objectives, including enhanced economic resilience, social cohesion, environmental sustainability, and national security.

Our agents deliver meaningful outcomes that will benefit our nation long into the future.

The Agency’s functions include:

- Leadership of policy and coordination of civil space activities across government,
- Shaping and growing national space capability, including delivery of Agency programs,
- Leading international civil space engagement for economic and strategic benefit, in alignment with Australian foreign policy objectives,
- Promoting a responsible, effectively regulated space sector, while delivering on our international obligations,
- Promoting the value and benefits of space to the community, including to inspire a highly skilled workforce.

The Space Capability Branch:

- is responsible for providing whole-of-government strategic guidance and leadership on national space capability and needs through scoping activities, expert advice, and technical due diligence
- informs and contributes to the delivery of the Agency's engagement priorities with local and international industry, space agencies and the scientific community to support Australia’s national space objectives.

The role will be positioned within the Space Programs section in the Space Capability Branch.

**The opportunity**:
This role will be an opportunity to:

- deliver Australian Space capability programs such as the Moon to Mars initiative, and
- lead the associated strategic focus, scoping and concept development in Space technologies, Exploration, Robotics and Automation to support the Government’s critical technology priorities enabled by space.

As the Assistant Director, Space Programs, you will work across government, industry, and academia to ensure Australia continues to benefit from space capability development. You will have an opportunity to work alongside individuals with government, industry, and space expertise, including technical, policy, international engagement, regulatory, and communications specialisations.
- be able to facilitate the development and successful shepherding of technical advice for mission assurance
- have excellent interpersonal and collaboration skills build coalitions of support among disparate stakeholder groups.
- not be daunted by complexity and enjoy working in a fast-paced environment.

**What you will do**:
As the Assistant Director, Space Programs, you will consult and coordinate with all levels of Australian government, industry and academia (including Agency's grantees) to achieve the program objectives.

You will:

- Provide strategic guidance to identify and develop new program opportunities to achieve priority area objectives.
- Lead a high performing cross-functional team to ensure program delivery with a high degree of integrity.
- Anticipate and plan resourcing to ensure effective program delivery including budgets, personnel, resource management, WHS, technical and programmatic risk management, training, performance, and reporting requirements.
- Prepare and support briefings and reports.
- Program management of the Trailblazer lunar rover program outcomes which includes management of Agency program team and deliverables leading to and including successful delivery of the Critical Design Review and the phases B, C, D and E leading to the launch of the Roo-ver.
- Liaise and lead key national and international stakeholder engagements to ensure alignment of stakeholders required for successful delivery of the program.
- Risk Management for technical programs handling Technical and Programmatic risk registers and mitigat