Executive Level 1

**Job Reference Number **23-ITDIV-16385

**Classification **Executive Level 1

**Job Title **Assistant Director

**Division **Information Technology Division

**Branch **Corporate Applications Branch

**Section **Information Management Section

**Location **Woden, ACT

**Status **Ongoing

**Employment type **Full-time

**Salary Range **$108,680 - $123,951

**Security Clearance **Negative vetting level 1 (Secret)***

**Mandatory Qualifications **The preferred applicant will be required to successfully obtain
and maintain a Negative Vetting Level 1 Commonwealth security
clearance.***

**Desirable Qualifications **- Relevant tertiary qualifications in Information
Management, Information Technology, or similar.
- Membership of relevant professional organisations will

be highly regarded.
**Contact Officer Name**:Grant Williams
**Phone**:0262895623

**Eligibility**
- To be eligible for employment with the Department of Health and Aged Care

applicants must be an Australian citizen at the time an offer of employment is made
- An applicant’s suitability for employment with Health will also be assessed through a

variety of pre-employment check processes, such as:

- Satisfactory completion of an Australian Federal Police criminal history check,

and where relevant a Working with Children and Vulnerable People Check.
- Completion of a medical declaration and pre-employment medical (where

required).
- Providing evidence of qualifications.

**Division Responsibilities**

IT Division provides desktop services to around 6,000 Health staff. We support a diverse

infrastructure. This includes working with other government agencies on modernising

Medicare and Aged Care payments and enabling delivery of Aged Care services. We manage

a number of public-facing digital channels used by industry and lead a significant data

capability that supports our compliance and regulation functions, policy development and

program delivery. We are responsible for managing the department's physical and ICT

security risk.

**Branch Responsibilities**

The Corporate Applications Branch (CAB) sits within the IT Division. We develop and

maintain Information Technology (IT) business and enterprise solutions to deliver Health’s

strategic outcomes. The Branch maintains the Department’s records management

The Branch supports the information management requirements of the department

through electronic document management processes. The Branch supports the Division and

its deliverables through the professional development of the ICT workforce.

**Section Responsibilities**

The Information Management Section (IMS) is one of the sections within CAB. The staff

within the IMS are a mix of professional, technical, and administrative officers involved in

strategy, policy, and service delivery. The section encompasses Records Management

including Electronic Document Records Management System (EDRMS). The IMS provides

timely, comprehensive, and cost-effective strategies, policies, services and advice in order to

improve the way we create, use, maintain, access and share information across the

Department. We identify opportunities and advance strategic directions to enable

accountability for our business decisions and activities.

**Key Responsibilities**

The Assistant Director - Information Management is expected to undertake complex or

sensitive work and operate under broad direction to deliver outcomes. They will exercise a

degree of independence in their work, exercise sound decision making and judgement and
- Assists with the management of the Information Management Section (IMS) by

providing leadership and managing staff in day-to-day activities.

This includes developing, coaching and mentoring staff, as well as building

commitment within the team to deliver high quality outcomes in alignment with

corporate objectives;***
- Manage and deliver information management projects; including digital initiatives to

support departmental transition to digital business;
- Prepare a range of correspondence, including briefs, routine or complex reports,

correspondence, submissions and guidelines;
- Manage service provider contracts;***
- Promote and manage productive working relationships with internal and external

clients, service providers and stakeholders and work closely and collaboratively with

information and IT professionals to achieve organisational goals;***
- Make sound decisions based on the records and information management risk

landscape;
- Provide leadership in records and information management to ensure understanding

and compliance with relevant policies, standards, instructions, guidelines and

principles;
- Develop, implement, review and evaluate records and information management

policies, procedures, practices and services.

**Key Capabilities**
- Highly developed leadership and management skills.
- Highly developed strategic, planning and problem solving skills.
- Deliver and lead information management pr