Executive Level 2

2 days ago


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

Ongoing, Full-time/Part-time
- $133,818 - $151,133 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 Directors to manage the design and 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 a Director, you will lead and manage a small team 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**

Your primary responsibilities will include:

- Assisting the Chief Auditor to drive the strategic direction of the function, ensuring it is contemporary and adds value to the department.
- Designing audit and advisory work programs and the underlying assurance activities, to support departmental performance or compliance objectives.
- Partnering with other assurance functions in the department to promote enhancements to governance, performance, risk and control outcomes.
- Leading and managing a small team to high quality audit and assurance products, briefings, and other executive communication.
- Preparing and presenting briefings to the Audit and Risk Committee as required.
- Liaising with the Australian National Audit Office and Audit and Risk Committee members.

**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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