Assistant Director Audit and Assurance

**Assistant Director Audit and**
**Assurance**
**Executive level 1**

This is an Identified position open to all Australian Citizens

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**Our Journey**
AIATSIS has a proud identity as Australia’s only Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander-led
national cultural institution that celebrates, educates, and inspires people from all walks of life
to connect with the rights, knowledge, cultures and stories of Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander peoples. We play a vital role in developing deeper and shared understandings of
our Nation’s history and future on Australia’s truth-telling journey, working towards collective
healing.

In 2024, AIATSIS celebrates our 60th anniversary and reflects on our evolution as an
organisation during that time. Over the next five years, our operating environment will continue
to change, and we must position ourselves to respond to this change.

**Our Vision**
To create a world in which Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ rights, knowledge,
cultures and stories are recognised, respected, celebrated and valued.

**Our Purpose**
We are the only national Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural institution solely
dedicated to telling the story of Australia’s First Nations peoples.

We collect, steward and appropriately share Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’
knowledge through our collection, our leadership in research and our network of collaborations
and partnerships by:

- Creating opportunities for everyone to encounter, engage with and be transformed by

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ rights, knowledge, cultures and stories.
- Enhancing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural vitality; and
- Shaping our national narrative.

Our functions are established under the _Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait _
- Islander Studies Act 1989_.

AIATSIS is a statutory authority under the Public Service Act 1999 (Cth) and a Corporate
Commonwealth entity under the PGPA Act.

AIATSIS employees are employed under the Public Service Act 1999, with terms and conditions
of employment as set out in the AIATSIS Enterprise Agreement.

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ASSISTANT DIRECTOR AUDIT AND ASSURANCE

Vacancy Information

Job Reference 220_10/24

Classification Executive level 1

No. of vacancies 1

Salary $110,115 - $120,025

Group Strategic Operations

Area Finance and Property Services

Employment Status Ongoing

Hours Full time

Close Date 11.30pm, Sunday 27 October 2024

Contact Person Katrina Bennett
02 6261 4233

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**About the Group**
The Strategic Operations Group is an enabling services function providing strategic support to
the Institute. The group comprises 5 areas covering Governance, People Services, Finance,
Digital Services and the new Central Australia facility (Mparntwe).

**About the Program Area**
The Finance, Audit, Assurance and Property Services Unit sits within the Strategic Operations
Group and report to the Chief Financial Officer. The Finance, Audit, Assurance and Property
Services team contributes to the operational and long-term sustainability of the Institute.
The Finance Team is responsible for the financial management of AIATSIS including internal
financial control, Accountable Authority Instructions and financial delegations, administrative
procedures, accounts payable and receivable, asset management and external and internal
budgeting and reporting.
The Property and Security team is responsible for the control and coordination of the strategic,
operational and security management of AIATSIS buildings and facilities.
The Audit and Assurance team is responsible for risk and assurance activities, secretariat
support of the Audit and Risk Committee, business continuity planning, Freedom of Information,
Privacy and other Corporate Governance Policies.

**Role Summary**
The Assistant Director Audit and Assurance role will be required to undertake a range of
complex and sensitive work that spans all areas of AIATSIS and underpins the accountabilities
of the Audit & Risk Committee and the Senior Executive.
The Assistant Director, Audit and Assurance is expected to be highly professional and strategic
with strong co-ordination, project management, analytical, communication and people skills.
As part of the Executive Level Leadership Group, this officer will need to exercise a
considerable degree of independence and perform a leadership role within the team, across
AIATSIS and with other external stakeholders such as the Internal Auditor and the ANAO.
The work of the Audit and Assurance team is varied and dynamic and extends across the
whole agency. The small team works collaboratively to achieve its goals, and the successful
prepared to contribute to the work of the whole team.
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