El 1 - Assistant Director Learning and Development

$108,195 - $122,044 (pro-rata for part-time vacancies - plus Super)
- Adelaide - SA, Brindabella Park - ACT, Melbourne CBD - VIC

**The Role**:

- Learning is more than our craft, it’s our calling._

The secret to our success is simple - we seek people who are as bold with their ideas, as they are exceptional at their craft. People who bring optimism and curiosity to solving customer challenges and creating real impact for Defence human capability.

The future of work and learning is here. New technologies, data analytics, artificial intelligence and social networks are having a huge impact on how people collaborate, work and learn.

In this role you will collaborate with stakeholders from across the department and the APS to design, develop and deliver innovative learning strategies and solutions to uplift workforce capability and inspire a proactive learning environment and culture.

You will work closely with leadership peers to share intelligence, insight, and steer direction of learning across Defence and beyond.

You will bring expertise and a strategic mindset, to help solve problems like:

- How can we embrace the future of learning to strengthen our strategic advantage through the empowerment of learners?
- How can we harness the power of technology, platforms and tools to design and develop powerful learning experiences for a diverse and geographically dispersed workforce?
- How can we leverage existing and new partnerships to deliver learning programs that meet workforce capability needs?
- Hold qualifications and/or experience to succeed as a leader in a learning environment.
- Lead and inspire a team to navigate ambiguity and instil a sense of collective purpose to deliver results.
- Lead collaboratively to review the APS learning landscape to identify gaps and opportunities.
- Analyse and distil information to inform decisions, manage risk, develop, implement, maintain and evaluate effectiveness of systems, policies, internal communications and procedures.
- Possess exemplary written abilities and confidently present to varying audiences.
- Ability to think critically and adapt to changing priorities.
- Coach and develop team members through on the job learning experiences and skill growth.
- Proactively contribute to a positive Branch culture by collaborating to achieve innovative outcomes.

We have workplace hubs in Melbourne, Canberra and Adelaide. This position offers a Flexible Office Arrangement, including Part Time arrangements, as determined on a case-by-case basis.

**About our Team**
Defence Learning Branch unites talent of all kinds - from different backgrounds, disciplines, voices and perspectives - because we believe diversity leads to innovation.

Our teams broadly comprise the following areas of work:

- Learning Strategies, Communications and Governance:_
- _Through partnerships across Defence, APS and industry, our learning specialists navigate the strategic landscape to guide effective learning solutions and experiences to enable future learning. We analyse programs and provide best practice strategic advice to pilot innovation and uplift people capability. Communication specialists shape, support and deliver marketing strategies while governance experts ensure business processes are efficient, compliant and fit-for-purpose.
- Learning Delivery:_
- _Our specialists provide oversight, engagement and delivery of APS leadership programs and enterprise corporate learning. We benchmark our programs and platforms to meet expectations of today’s contemporary learner. We manage and operate the Fyshwick Learning Centre and ensure it offers a contemporary learning environment fit to deliver capability development now and in future.
- Digital Learning Solutions and Platforms:_
- _We develop innovative digital learning artefacts (inc. eLearning and podcasts), sustain Defence’s extant Learning Management System (LMS) while transitioning to a new learning experience platform (LXP) to enable a learner at the centre approach. We are eLearning designers and user experience specialists, governance, assurance and policy officers, project managers, and ICT and customer support officers that work with stakeholders to deliver quality learning products and shape Defence’s future learning environment.
- Education Assistance and Programs:_
***We support Defence personnel to gain professional qualifications that contribute to Defence capability. Our work ensures the Defence workforce is ready to meet current and future challenges. We enable learning through a range of education assistance schemes and academic programs. Our focus is to be agile and innovative in delivering a positive customer experience that supports professional growth and quality education schemes and academic programs that support Defence’s mission.
- Learning Strategies, Communications and Governance_
- Collaborate and cultivate partnerships that achieve collective strategic outcomes representing Defence Learning as a lea