Training and Compliance Lead

**About Austal**

Austal is Australia’s global shipbuilder, Defence prime contractor and maritime technology partner of choice; designing, constructing, and supporting defence and commercial vessels for the world’s leading operators. The company operates in Australia, the USA, Philippines and Vietnam.

Austal Australia is delivering multiple naval shipbuilding and sustainment programs for the Royal Australian Navy, Australian Border Force, and the Department of Defence, employing approximately 1,000 people in facilities in located Western Australia, Queensland, and the Northern Territory.

**Benefits of joining Austal**
- _At Austal we support flexible work arrangements offering a 9-day fortnight _
- _Salary Sacrificing, Novated Leasing, Retailer discount, EAP, Insurance discounts._
- _ A supportive and dynamic work environment with an established mentor program_
- _ A real opportunity to shape Austal's future growth_

**The opportunity**:
This exciting opportunity is a newly created role seeking a motivated, passionate and detail orientated individual willing to get their hands dirty and join our team.

The role provides expert advice and support nationally across all Austal Australia to a variety of stakeholders in relation to diagnosis, design, development, implementation and evaluation of workforce competency, compliance and training strategies and practices.

**Key responsibilities include**:

- Assists in a lead capacity with BAU and/or project related work in the competency and compliance training areas.
- Training coordination for timely completion and alignment of safety and compliance requirements and other training in accordance with business, safety, and quality needs
- Leads and manages systems, process, policies, evaluation, governance, reporting & maintains records and documentation to ensure accuracy, relevancy and visibility for business in relation to compliance and competencies learning and training.
- Oversees, monitors, and maintains training related receipting, reconciliations, and invoicing and/or oversee indirect reports in this accountability.
- Responsible for prompt and timely advice, expertise and customer service to stakeholders as aligned to role purpose and other accountabilities.

**Qualifications and Experience**
- 5+ years’ experience in learning, development, competency in a complex multi-site environment
- Extensive experience in business reporting, governance, risk management, gap analysis and evaluation.
- Familiarity with Learning Management and/or Safety & Compliance Documentation Systems
- Ability to plan, implementing and manage online systems
- Strong problem solving, analytical, critical thinking and decision-making skills
- The ability to lead, inspire and manage autonomous individuals across multifunctional teams
- Demonstrated experience in improving and streamlining processes, practices and procedures - to improve efficiencies and maximise safety, quality and capability outcomes
- Exceptional communication and stakeholder engagement skills, especially operational stakeholders
- Strong attention to detail coupled with strong planning and organisational skills

**Desirable Skills**:

- Tertiary qualification in Training & Assessment, Health & Safety, HR or equivalent
- Proven experience with learning management system and training design and delivery
- Previous experience working with external RTO’s and providers in an external outsourced training model

Our goal is for all our decisions and actions to reflect these core values.

**Excellence - Customer Focus - Integrity - Team Work.**

We believe that putting our values into practice creates the greatest benefits for our shareholders, customers, employees, suppliers, and communities in which we serve.

Austal provides a safe and inclusive work environment for all employees. We believe that achieving greater diversity will enhance our operations and as such we actively encourage Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islanders, people of all abilities, cultural background, age, and gender to apply.