Aps Level 6

**Job Reference Number **22-LADIV-15974

**Classification **APS Level 6

**Job Title **Assurance and Accountability Support Officer

**Division **Legal and Assurance Division

**Branch **Corporate Assurance Branch

**Section **Assurance and Audit Section

**Location **Woden, ACT, Brisbane, QLD, Melbourne, VIC

**Status **Ongoing

**Employment type **Full-time

**Salary Range **$88,439 - $99,772

**Security Clearance **Baseline (Protected, Highly Protected, Restricted, Confidential)***

**Contact Officer Name**:Katherine Herden
**Phone**:02 6289 8190

**Eligibility**
- To be eligible for employment with the Department of Health and Aged Care

applicants must be an Australian citizen at the time an offer of employment is made
- An applicant’s suitability for employment with Health will also be assessed through a

variety of pre-employment check processes, such as:

- Satisfactory completion of an Australian Federal Police criminal history check,

and where relevant a Working with Children and Vulnerable People Check.
- Completion of a medical declaration and pre-employment medical (where

required).
- Providing evidence of qualifications.

**Division Responsibilities**

The Legal and Assurance Division is part of the Corporate Operations Group and provides

support to the Health portfolio through the provision of a range of Legal Services and

assurance activities.

**Branch Responsibilities**

Corporate Assurance Branch provides professional business and integrity assurance services

to the Executive and is responsible for shaping departmental corporate and business

planning approaches. It also supports the department by developing and enhancing its risk

management framework, providing comprehensive business continuity support, delivering

value-add internal audit services, providing strong fraud and corruption control, and

through our liaison with the Commonwealth Ombudsman, Australian National Audit Office

(ANAO) and the Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit (JCPAA).

**Section Responsibilities**

The Assurance and Audit Section is a high-profile section that plays a key role in assisting to

provide senior executives with assurance that the department has appropriate controls in

place (particularly across key projects, programs, policies and processes) to manage risk and

achieve the best outcomes, in line with a continuous improvement approach. The section’s

core responsibility is to manage the department’s internal audit function, through the

delivery of the Internal Audit Work Program via three internal audit service providers. This

includes identification of audit topics, management of service providers to deliver the

audits, and coordination of information for presentation to the department’s Audit and Risk

Committee (non-secretarial role).

In addition, the section is responsible for managing ‘Live Assurance’ (a key initiative

developed during the rapid implementation of COVID-19 measures). ‘Live Assurance’

supports senior executives across the department to ensure they are aware of and

managing their key risks when implementing or administering a program, project, policy or

process. The section has also established an assurance provider panel to provide business

areas with access to pre-approved assurance providers. The section manages the

department’s relationship with external accountability entities such as the ANAO, JCPAA

and the Commonwealth Ombudsman. This includes facilitating these activities on the

department, reporting to the Senior Executive and the provision of insights and advice to

business areas engaged with by these entities.

**Key Responsibilities**
- Compose minutes, briefs, correspondence and other documentation for the Senior

Executive in relation to the Assurance and Accountability Support function.
- Undertake assurance reporting to the Audit and Risk Committee (non-secretarial role)

writing and co-ordinating papers on the Assurance and Audit section’s functions.
- Coordinate procurement activities to source internal audit and assurance providers for

the above activities managed by the Assurance and Audit section.
- Assist with the contract management of the department’s internal audit service

providers including but not limited to; varying work orders, contributing to bi-annual

performance reviews and advising management on audit service providers declared

conflicts of interest.
- Provide financial support for assurance and audit activities delivered by the

department’s internal audit providers and assurance panel arrangement in relation to:

- Conduct of the Internal Audit Work Program - Internal audit and assurance panel

arrangement
- Assurance service offering to business areas across the department.
- Assist in the design and implementation of a staff development strategy for the

Assurance and Audit section including, but not limited to:

- Identifying the required skills and knowledge for each position
- Assessi