El2, Director Portfolio Management Office, Canberra

Location: Canberra
- Job Type: Ongoing/ Non-Ongoing
- Salary: $136,177 - $153,430 p.a plus 15.4% superannuation

The Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission (ACIC) is Australia’s national criminal intelligence agency. We advise senior decision makers on serious and organised crime impacting Australia. We are a full member of the National Intelligence Community, an Attorney General’s Portfolio agency, and a member of the Five Eyes Law Enforcement Group.

The ACIC is at the forefront of tackling serious and organised crime targeting Australia, both within our borders and offshore. Our staff operate against a pervasive, transnational and globalised criminal threat, and work hard to realise an Australia hostile to criminal exploitation. As a small agency that makes a real impact on serious and organised crime, we need talented and dedicated people who are intelligent, highly capable and seeking to make a difference to the lives of all Australians.

**About the Branch**
The Capability Support Branch maintains relationships with our partner agencies and works with internal stakeholders to support the delivery of policing, intelligence and corporate information services to meet their business needs. Through effective relationships with stakeholders, the branch delivers service improvement initiatives, and assist partner agencies in making informed strategic decisions and championing initiatives which improve our policing, intelligence and corporate information services. The Capability Support Branch contributes to ACIC strategic and planned activities through the following business hubs:

- Biometrics and Forensics
- Frontline
- Intelligence and Corporate

**About the role**
Working within the dynamic Capability Support Branch, the Director Portfolio Management Office is responsible for driving the establishment, continuous improvement and operations of the Portfolio Management Office as a trusted advisor, through the delivery of highly effective core services, including:

- portfolio office support
- portfolio management
- assurance, risk and issue management
- benefits management.

The principal accountabilities and responsibilities include:

- Lead the delivery and continuous improvement of best practice frameworks and standards to underpin the delivery of the portfolio, programs and projects, associated with the services delivered by the Portfolio Management Office
- Lead the delivery of core services and capabilities, including:

- Optimising the delivery of strategically aligned, understood, categorised, balanced, viable and benefits driven portfolio
- Supporting the successful management and delivery of programs and projects
- Providing independent portfolio, program and project assurance
- Providing strategic advice on the definition and delivery of the portfolio of programs, projects and managed activities
- Analysing and reporting on program and project activities to ACIC executives, internal and external committees and stakeholders
- Capability development across practitioners and senior executives.
- Exceptional leadership and people management skills including demonstrated experience in driving change.
- Strong verbal and written communication and stakeholder engagement skills, including an ability to collaborate with others, motivate staff and influence positive outcomes
- Extensive experience in understanding the role and responsibilities of a Portfolio Management Office, including its contribution to the agency’s strategic direction

**Eligibility**
- Under section 22(8) of the Public Service Act 1999, employees must be Australian citizens to be employed in the APS, unless the agency head has agreed otherwise, in writing. For further information, contact the Recruitment Team.
- The Australian community expects ACIC employees to maintain the highest levels of security and integrity. Successful applicants will be required to obtain and maintain, or continue to hold, the required security clearance for this role. All ACIC employees are required to hold a minimum Negative Vetting 1 security clearance, unless otherwise specified.
- To be eligible to work at the ACIC, you must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Being fully vaccinated ensures the health and safety of all employees, and the Australian community. Satisfactory proof of vaccination status will be required before you are able to commence employment with the ACIC.