Aps 5 - Intelligence Partnerships and International

$83,706 - $89,659 + 10% BDCP + up to 15.4% Superannuation
- Russell - ACT

**The Role**
Are you looking for a rewarding career that challenges you and makes a difference? Do you have a passion for problem solving, synthesising information and building relationships to deliver an outcome? If so, you may be the perfect fit for a role in the Defence Intelligence Organisation (DIO).

In the Intelligence Mission Assurance Branch, we believe in DIO’s mission. Our purpose is to make DIO an efficient, trusted and collaborative organisation, and we enable our people to succeed as intelligence professionals. We value each other, we recognise good work and we cultivate a culture that nurtures organisational innovation and personal growth.

We are recruiting to a number of roles:
**International Engagement**:

- supports our senior leaders to deliver DIO's international engagement strategy and build relationships with key intelligence partners. In this team, you will undertake the following with limited supervision:

- Support the planning and conduct of senior level international engagement activities, and coordinate working level engagement activities for small portfolio of DIO partnerships.
- Support development of DIO’s international engagement strategy, policies and plans, including guidance on hosting international events and travel.
- Facilitate to the day-to-day interactions with the Canberra-based representatives of DIO's international partners, and identify opportunities for collaboration and cooperation.
- Represent DIO in engagement across Defence, the Australian Government, and with foreign partners.

**Customer Engagement** - supports DIO in understanding our customers across government. They liaise with senior stakeholders to refine requirements to align with DIO’s mandate and coordinate DIO responses. You will:

- Manage a team to facilitate the delivery of intelligence support to DIO’s senior customers.
- Lead DIO’s engagement with a variety of senior stakeholders to understand requirements, and represent DIO equities with Defence and the Australian Government.
- Develop and deliver DIO’s Customer Engagement Strategy in support of DIO’s priorities and requirements.

This role is eligible for an additional remuneration benefit known in Defence as a Building Defence Capability Payment (BDCP). This enables Defence to provide a premium, in addition to the base salary otherwise payable under the Defence Enterprise Agreement (DEA), for positions in occupational disciplines/classifications that are critical to Defence capability. For further information, please contact the contact officer.

**About our Team**
DIO is an exciting workplace that supports the Chief of Defence Intelligence, senior Defence decision-makers, the Minister for Defence and wide-ranging government and military customers to better understand military, technical, political, social and cultural developments, and the implications for Australia’s national security and the Australian Defence Force.

DIO is an inclusive workplace where we trust, respect and invest in our people, working together to achieve outcomes that advance the national interest. We are an organisation of dedicated professionals with a strong sense of purpose. We embrace a culture that supports staff wellbeing, and champions individuals to brief the highest levels of government, highlighting their knowledge and expertise.

We also believe a diverse workplace that celebrates our differences makes us stronger and better intelligence professionals who question and contest ideas to deliver robust and considered outcomes.

Don’t miss this chance to join our dynamic and dedicated team of intelligence professionals

These positions would suit self-motivated, intellectually curious individuals who demonstrate initiative, sound judgement, and a commitment to advancing Australia’s national security interests. You will have a strong ability to work collaboratively and have a demonstrated ability to operate effectively within high-pressure environments.

They will also possess some of the following:

- Excellent interpersonal and relationship-building skills.
- Time-management and ability to multi-task.
- Ability to ingest and synthesise complex information.