El 1 - Assistant Director Divisional Operations

$108,195 - $122,044 (plus Super)
- Fishermans Bend - VIC

**The Role**
We are looking for a Senior Operations Manager who wants to use their leadership and operational skills to lead a small team providing research administration and executive support to Maritime Division. You will have a strong customer service outlook, a strategic perspective, and like working in a collaborative environment. The role is highly varied, and operates in a fast tempo. Working with your team to align their activities to organisational goals and implement solutions, you will also be able to contribute to the current corporate and cultural transformational change within DST Group.

Key duties include:

- Leadership and management of the Divisional Operations Team functions and tasking;
- Accountable for leading the team by providing clear and consistent communication, setting clear performance and behavioural standards, managing performance, delegating responsibility and guiding and developing people;
- Accountable for accurate completion of work within timeframes and quality assurance of the teams outputs;
- Responsible for building collaborative relationships throughout the Division, DST Group, Site Teams and Defence in order to provide high quality Divisional Operations Team services;
- Manage the development, planning and delivery of collaboration requirements for the Division, including major visits, events, travel, executive support, Divisional communication and knowledge management; and
- Contribute to the development and planning of strategic staffing requirements for the Division, and manage the delivery of the resultant workforce requirements.

**About our Team**
Maritime Division is accountable for the delivery of the maritime domain innovation, science and technology program drawing on innovation from across the domestic and international innovation, science and technology enterprise. We partner with DSTG’s S&T capability development divisions, Navy, CASG and NSSG, to deliver an integrated maritime domain program. We support the maritime Capability Programs, the national naval shipbuilding program, the nuclear powered submarine program, and Navy’s innovation programs. We are also home to the Remote Undersea Surveillance STaR Shot, the Quantum Assured Position Navigation and Timing STaR Shot, and the Multi-Function Aperture Grand Challenge. We set high standards, live our values, and hold ourselves accountable.

You are a proactive, results focussed leader, with an ability to develop, motivate and mentor high performing teams. You demonstrate flexibility, adaptability and an ability to quickly realign resources to respond to shifting priorities and demands. Collaboration and communication skills are a strength, and you have an ability to build and sustain relationships with a wide variety of stakeholders at various levels across the organisation and externally. You will have or be able to quickly acquire a knowledge of relevant legislative frameworks, government decision-making and policy requirements.

To thrive in this role, you will be;
- Able to work autonomously, but have a collaborative nature, working with others to achieve high quality outcomes;
- Experienced in improving business processes and culture change;
- A great communicator with excellent organisational and interpersonal skills;
- A strategic thinker who enjoys working as part of a dynamic team;
- Able to lead and manage staff while developing their capabilities, embedding professionalism and encouraging career development; and
- Agile and able to operate in an ambiguous and changing complex environment.