El 1 - Deputy Program Director / Assistant Program

$108,195 - $122,044 (plus Super plus BDCP)
- Russell - ACT

**The Role**
Are you a dynamic, innovative, resilient professional who would like to play a leading role in a team driving historic investment in Australia’s current and future land capability? If so, this role is for you. Land Capability Division’s eight capability programs are undergoing a period of significant change as Defence acquisition transitions to a more programmatic, integrated and holistic approach to capability development. This requires innovative thinking, professionalism, change management and stakeholder engagement skills and an ability to achieve results.
To help us achieve this, we need professional, innovative, resilient Deputy Directors to work closely with the Program Directors for each of our Programs. The Deputy Director is responsible for the effective and efficient management of the Program on behalf of the Program Director. This role deputies for the Program Director in their absence, oversees all Program planning and support functions, and ensures sufficient resources to deliver the Programs strategic objectives.

The Deputy Director/Assistant Director will:

- Lead the delivery and implementation of the Director’s strategic intent, including the development of the Program strategic narrative aligned with this intent
- Lead the development and delivery of key program artifacts including the Program Strategy, Program Governance Plan, Program Management Plan, Program Structure and Workforce Plan, and Business Management Plan
- Leads the management of program budget, operational functioning, program schedule, and program level risks & issues
- Oversee the accurate and effective communication of the program strategy and key program artifacts to all relevant stakeholder groups, including industry where appropriate, nested within LCD’s broader strategic communications campaign
- Oversee the implementation of the Directors strategic intent by providing support and guidance to other Program staff
- Maintain contemporary knowledge of the program deliverables and represent the Director at forums the Director is unable to attend
- Maintain contemporary knowledge of Defence strategic direction and supporting artifacts; legislative, financial and administrative frameworks; and government decision-making processes and regulations, to ensure programmatic compliance.
- Facilitate the Land Capability Division Chief of Staff Branch in accessing information from the program to feed into divisional and group-level deliverables
- Analyse program gaps and opportunities, establish options in consultation with relevant stakeholders, and provide recommendations to the Director.

**BDCP** - The additional payment is a Building Defence Capability Payment (BDCP) which enables Defence to provide a premium, in addition to the rate of salary otherwise payable under the Enterprise Agreement (EA) to some or all of the jobs within a critical occupation(s) or discipline within a workplace. Applicants engaged into a BDCP position must consider the following. BDCPs provide remuneration in addition to the Defence Enterprise Agreement (EA).

**About our Team**
The two land capability program teams these positions relate to are professional, multidisciplinary integrated teams comprising ADF, APS and contractor workforce, working together under their respective Program Directors. These programs are organised under two Branches - Land Combat Vehicles and Land Command, Control, Communications and Computing, within Land Capability Division, which is part of Army Headquarters. We are recruiting to newly created positions in five of Army’s eight capability programs, supplementing those that already have deputy directors:

- Land Combat Vehicles
- Land Command, Control, Communications and Computing.

The merit pool will also potentially be used for similar future vacancies in other land capability programs. Land Capability Division is the core of Army’s Land Capability System and is responsible for delivering and integrating the fundamental inputs to capability that generate and sustain Australian military capability in the Land Domain.

The Division operates in accordance with the One Defence Capability System and includes the activities conducted to modernise and sustain the Army and build its future capacity. As Army is currently undergoing an historic reinvestment in land capability, this is an exciting time to join the Division.

We are looking for dynamic individuals with the drive and commitment to manage complex tasks in a busy and changing working environment.

We will assess your suitability for the role against the following selection criteria:

- The personal drive, resilience and resourcefulness to achieve results in a dynamic environment.
- Well-developed leadership skills that will allow you to lead a complex, integrated team made up of APS, ADF and/or contractor staff.
- The ability to build and sustain internal and external working relati