Manager, Executive Level 2, International, Trade

**Job no**: 512758

**Employment type**: Ongoing

**Location**: Canberra

**Categories**: Policy, Executive Level 2

**About the department**:
The department plays a key role in the Australian Government’s agenda to create jobs and build a stronger, more resilient and competitive economy. Our work builds on Australia’s existing strengths, supports businesses to grow, and drives new opportunities for long-term productivity growth and prosperity. The success of the department helps Australia recover from the economic consequences of COVID‑19 and adapt to its ongoing effects. Through our work, we support the government’s economic recovery plan and help to deliver a better future for all Australians.

**About the team**:
The International, Trade and National Security Division of the Department of Industry, Science and Resources has a range of roles available to help change Australia for the better.

Our teams work with international counterparts, other Government stakeholders and industry to:

- Advise and align Government’s Industry, Science and Resource priorities to engage with global opportunities.
- Engage and deliver programs that improve our trade, economic, diplomatic and industry outcomes.
- Shape the department’s policy and program decisions with reference to national security considerations.

**The opportunity**

We are looking for talented, motivated, and inspiring people to join our teams to deliver Australia’s industry, science, and resources priorities.

If you have a global perspective and are passionate about achieving results for Australia, then we want to hear from you

We’re looking for people from a range of backgrounds and experiences and are recruiting for the following vacancies across the three branches of the division:
Trade and International Branch - which oversees our trade policy and programs, international negotiations, standards frameworks, international ministerial engagements, and overseas counsellor network.
- Manager, Trade Programs Section

International Science and Resources Branch - which manages the topical engagements with foreign governments, delivers key international partnership programs and provides policy advice on bilateral and multilateral science and resources matters.
- Manager, North Asia and India Section

National Security Engagement Branch - which ensures national security considerations support the department’s policy decisions, and that the department’s interests are understood by the national security policy and intelligence community.
- Manager, National Security Coordination Section
- Manager, Economic Security Section
- Manager, Intelligence Strategy Section

**What’s in it for you?**

Our Managers are leaders and champion the strategic direction and goal orientation of their teams by harnessing the capabilities of their staff. They direct diverse programs of work to achieve results on significant government priorities. They are self-motivated, connected, and consultative. If you’re looking to for the next leadership step in your career -.

We’re interested in people with skills and experience in:

- Policy development - Help us turn ideas into actions with your experience in leading and implementing policy in government, institutions, and businesses.
- Program management - Help us manage critical investments in Australia’s trade and research capability through your knowledge of delivering systems and structures.
- National security - Help us consider the geostrategic context to inform the departments decisions and provide advice to government on economic security.

**What you will do**:
You will exercise a significant degree of independence and perform an important leadership role. You will be responsible for influencing and developing strategy, policies, priorities, and operational practices in support of the department’s objectives based on high level decision-making and judgement. You will provide high quality advice to senior management and Ministers and coordinate and assume responsibility for highly complex or sensitive projects or work programs with strategic, political and/or operational significance. Specifically, you will:

- undertake research and analysis to support complex policy development
- have strong written skills, editorial and presentational skills including the development of accurate and concise briefing documents
- provide strong leadership and the ability to support capability development for staff
- work independently and respond rapidly to changing priorities
- build positive and constructive relationships with colleagues, management and other internal and external stakeholders
- demonstrate sound judgement, professional and personal integrity
- demonstrate knowledge of regional and global geopolitical events, particularly as they impact on Australia’s economic growth and national security.

Skills, experience and/or qualifications in national security will be highly regarded.

**Eligibility**