Assistant Director Governance and Risk
7 days ago
**Assistant Director Governance and**
**Risk**
**Executive Level 1**
This is an Identified position open to all Australian Citizens
AIATSIS Application Pack Assistant Director Governance & Risk **| 1**
**Our Journey**
AIATSIS has a proud identity as Australia’s only Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander-led
national cultural institution that celebrates, educates, and inspires people from all walks of life
to connect with the rights, knowledge, cultures and stories of Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander peoples. We play a vital role in developing deeper and shared understandings of
our Nation’s history and future on Australia’s truth-telling journey, working towards collective
healing.
In 2024, AIATSIS celebrates our 60th anniversary and reflects on our evolution as an
organisation during that time. Over the next five years, our operating environment will continue
to change, and we must position ourselves to respond to this change.
**Our Vision**
To create a world in which Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ rights, knowledge,
cultures and stories are recognised, respected, celebrated and valued.
**Our Purpose**
We are the only national Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural institution solely
dedicated to telling the story of Australia’s First Nations peoples.
We collect, steward and appropriately share Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’
knowledge through our collection, our leadership in research and our network of collaborations
and partnerships by:
- Creating opportunities for everyone to encounter, engage with and be transformed by
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ rights, knowledge, cultures and stories.
- Enhancing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural vitality; and
- Shaping our national narrative.
Our functions are established under the _Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait _
- Islander Studies Act 1989_.
AIATSIS is a statutory authority under the Public Service Act 1999 (Cth) and a Corporate
Commonwealth entity under the PGPA Act.
AIATSIS employees are employed under the Public Service Act 1999, with terms and conditions
of employment as set out in the AIATSIS Enterprise Agreement.
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ASSISTANT DIRECTOR GOVERNANCE AND RISK
Vacancy Information
Job Reference 29_03/25
Classification Executive Level 1
No. of vacancies 1
Salary $115,443 - $125,832
Group Strategic Operations
Area Finance and Audit & Assurance
Employment Status Ongoing/non-ongoing
Hours Full time
Close Date 11.30pm, Sunday 18 May 2025
Contact Person Kamalika Dasgupta
02 6246 1111
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**About the Group**
The Strategic Operations Group is an enabling services function providing strategic support to
the Institute. The group comprises areas covering People Services, Digital Services, Finance
and Audit & Assurance.
**About the Program Area**
The Finance and Audit & Assurance Unit sits within the Strategic Operations Group and reports
to the Chief Financial Officer. The Finance and Audit & Assurance team contributes to the
operational and long-term sustainability of the Institute.
The Audit & Assurance team is responsible for development and implementation of government
compliance requirements such as privacy, freedom of information, public interest disclosure, risk
management and fraud prevention activities.
The Finance team is responsible for the financial management of AIATSIS including internal
financial control, Accountable Authority Instructions and financial delegations, administrative
procedures, accounts payable and receivable, asset management and external and internal
budgeting and reporting.
**Role Summary**
The Assistant Director Governance and Risk will be required to undertake a range of complex
and sensitive work that spans all areas of AIATSIS and underpins the accountabilities of the
Audit & Risk Committee and the Senior Executive. The Assistant Director Governance and Risk
is expected to be highly professional and strategic with strong co-ordination, project
management, analytical, communication and people skills. As part of the Executive Level
leadership group, this officer will need to exercise a considerable degree of independence and
perform a leadership role within the team, across AIATSIS and with other external stakeholders
such as the Internal Auditor and the ANAO. The work of the Audit and Assurance team is varied
and dynamic and extends across the whole agency. This position reports to the Chief Financial
Officer.**
**Key Responsibilities**
Key responsibilities of the role include:
- support the maintenance, revision and development of AIATSIS’s enterprise risk
management framework and its linkages to planning governance processes and
legislative requirements
- evaluate, develop or revise business processes and reporting mechanisms in relation to
AIATSIS’ risk management
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