Executive Level 1

2 days ago

Canberra, Australia Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Full time

Ongoing, Full-time/Part-time
- $110,767 - $123,902 per annum + 15.4% employer super contribution
- Canberra - Barton/ Flexible working arrangements available

**The Opportunity**

The Internal Audit Branch is seeking outcomes-focused, high performing individuals to join the branch as Assistant Directors to manage the delivery of a range of internal audit, assurance, and advisory products and services. Your work will directly contribute to driving best practice processes within a diverse, complex and global organisation, supporting the department to achieve its mission.

As an Assistant Director you will manage staff, and our co-sourced and outsourced providers to deliver high quality audit, assurance and advisory products and services, and to support the broader activities of the Internal Audit Branch. Key aspects of our work include:

- Understanding the department’s core policy, business and operating environment to design and deliver products and services that offer strategic and operational value.
- Evaluating whether the department’s policy frameworks and procedures meet business needs, legal obligations, and policy requirements.
- Providing advice to senior executives and business areas to enable them to improve their governance, risk, and assurance processes to enhance business outcomes.
- Liaising with a broad stakeholder base, internal and external to the department.

**Key duties**

You will enjoy complex and varied work including:

- Conducting and leading others to conduct all phases of an audit, assurance or advisory product including planning, fieldwork, and reporting.
- Delivering high quality analysis of the extent to which the department meets policies, procedures and legislative requirements, and identify opportunities for improvement.
- Preparing clear, concise and accurate reports and briefings that reflect judgement, attention to detail and sound evidence.
- Briefing clients on audit and assurance findings and recommendations and following up periodically to ensure recommendations are adequately implemented.
- Providing professional, technical and strategic advice to line areas as needed.
- Establishing, building and maintaining relationships with key internal and external stakeholders, particularly second line assurance areas within the department to promote enhancements to governance, performance, risk and control outcomes.
- Supporting the preparation of the annual internal audit work plan by contributing knowledge of the department’s business priorities, risks and vulnerabilities and identified opportunities for review and evaluation.
- Managing procurement and contract management activities.
- Contributing to the management of a small team and support other work priorities of the Branch as required.

**How to Apply**
- your personal details;
- a one page pitch/no more than 750 words;
- a maximum four-page CV (uploaded); and
- contact details of two referees (one being your current supervisor).

The requirements of the role are based on the information provided to you as part of the job advertisement, in line with the APS Work Level Standards (WLS).

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