Assistant Secretary

Senior Executive Service Band 1
- Canberra, ACT

**About the Department of Education**
We contribute to Australia's economic prosperity and social wellbeing by creating opportunities and driving better outcomes through access to quality education and learning.

**The Role**
**Are you looking for an opportunity to make a difference? Are you as passionate about what education can deliver as we are? Can you see the opportunities to drive great outcomes through access to quality education and learning?**

As Assistant Secretary - Parliamentary, Audit and Risk, you will lead the branch, reporting to the Chief People Officer. You will provide leadership and strategic oversight for the following as well as serving as the Chief Sustainability Officer, driving departmental sustainability initiatives.

As a leader of the team, you will oversee:

- The department’s involvement in parliamentary process matters including cabinet, legislation and estimates.
- Ministerial engagement and executive support including supporting the preparation of briefs, submissions, and correspondence.
- Internal Audit and Integrity functions.
- Stakeholder engagement including support for ministerial level meetings and cross-portfolio engagement.
- Internal governance matters including oversight of fraud, corruption, risk and business continuity, and security support functions.
- The department’s integrity reform agenda and ensure the department has a culture of integrity and accountability.

**Key duties**
Specific responsibilities of the Assistant Secretary include:

- Lead and manage the internal audit, integrity, fraud prevention and enterprise risk functions.
- Oversight of business continuity and security services to ensure resilience against potential threats.
- Implement effective governance structures for executive boards, ministerial appointments and other key processes.
- Management of ministerial services, including parliamentary workflow and systems.
- Provision of effective Cabinet liaison and support to the department and Ministers’ offices on cabinet business.
- Support the department’s appearance and response to questions on notice for Senate Estimates and Parliamentary Committee Inquiries and associated workflow.
- Support the department’s integrity reform agenda and ensure the department has a culture of integrity and accountability.
- Champion initiatives within the department that support the NetZero in Government Operations Strategy.
- Develop and promote sustainability programs and practices within the department.
- Monitor the progress and reporting on the department’s sustainability initiatives.
- Lead effective complaints handling procedures to ensure accountability and transparency.
- Oversee risk management strategies to identify, assess and mitigate potential threats to departmental objectives.

**How to Apply**
- Provide a summary (**no more than 750 words**) that outlines your skills, knowledge, and experience and why you should be considered for this vacancy. You should take into consideration the position overview (including any detailed position specific requirements) when drafting your response. Where possible include specific relevant examples of your work.
- Upload your Resume
- Provide contact details for 2 Referees.

**Eligibility**
Citizenship - to be eligible for employment with the Department, you must be an Australian Citizen or, in limited circumstances, in the process of obtaining it.

Please refer to the **Job Information Pack** for more information about the role.

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