Operations Enabling Officer Level 6

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**Information Pack**

OPERATIONS ENABLING
OFFICER

LEVEL 6

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**Position details**

Title Operations Enabling Officer

Classification Level 6

Salary Range $116,245 - $133,968 plus superannuation*
- _Total remuneration package comprises salary and applicable _

_allowances _

Contact Recruitment

Phone: (02) 6261 1849

Closing Date and Time Please refer to date on website

**About ASIS**

The Australian Secret Intelligence Service (ASIS) is Australia’s overseas intelligence

collection agency. We are Australia’s experts at collecting highly sensitive information
- secret intelligence - from sources overseas to keep Australia and our region safe and

prosperous.

Our work spans continents and cultures. As a tech-powered and data-driven organisation,

we use covert techniques and cutting-edge technology to put us in the right rooms, next

to the right people, with the right access to the intelligence we need. We are tasked to

collect intelligence - it might be political, military or economic information - deliberately

withheld from the Australian Government that might present threats to or opportunities

for Australia.

From graduates to career changers, we come from every corner of the country and all

walks of life, with backgrounds from all around the world.

Regardless of our ethnicity, experiences and education, we’re bound by a shared

commitment to something bigger: building a better future for those who come after us.

Torres Strait Islander peoples, women, people with disability, neurodiverse, people from

culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds and those who identify as LGBTQIA+.

It’s a mission owned by everyone, with opportunities for all.

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**The role**

Operations Enabling Officers are a distinct occupation within ASIS, who use their experience

to conduct ground, maritime and air operations in often austere environments while

accepting some personal risk to deliver outcomes for the Australian Government.

As an Operations Enabling Officer, you will work overseas as an individual or as part of a

team to provide specialised support to enable ASIS operations across a spectrum of

overseas’ environments. Operations Enabling Officers play a crucial role in the management

of operational and enterprise risk and will bring their previous experiences and skillsets to

directly support ASIS operational planning and the execution of operations.

Operations Enabling Officers are recruited for their varied backgrounds, demonstrated

judgement and experience in arduous environments. The role requires strong leadership

skills, strategic thinking, project management, being able to build culturally diverse

relationships and the ability to make quick decisions under pressure. This role merges

officers’ previous skills with ASIS methodologies to deliver unique support to ASIS activities

that provide strategic impact for Australia.

**Role responsibilities**

The following is an overview of key responsibilities and tasks:
Planning and conduct of complex operations

Contribute to operational compliance, including risk management

Maintain specialist skills and/or currency of qualifications

Ensure readiness to deploy overseas

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**Education and qualification requirements**

Applicants are required to have specialist backgrounds, unique skillsets and extensive

experience working in challenging environments. It is essential that applicants have dealt

with tactical complexity, can demonstrate sound judgement and possess well-established

problem-solving skills. Applicants will have demonstrated experience in the engagement

and management of stakeholder relationships as well as the ability to deliver outcomes

under pressure.

Operational Enabling Officers are expected to combine their prior specialist work

experience (minimum 10 years) with ASIS qualifications and training in order to be capable

of sound decision making and detailed operational planning to provide operational

outcomes for ASIS. The training commitment requirement for the position is substantial.

Applicants should be aware that they will be required to demonstrate a level of skills

commensurate to their stated background in order to determine suitability to undertake

skills and physical fitness standard.

**Essential experience includes**:
A minimum of 10 years of relevant operational experience (showcasing tactical,

operational planning and leadership) from one (or more) of the following areas:
1. Military - Special Operations (SO) qualified;
2. Military - Combat Officers Advanced Course (COAC) qualified (or equivalent);
and/or

3. Police - Federal or State Police Tactical Group (PTG) qualified.

**Desirable experience and qualifications include**:
Operational Coalition or multi-agency experience

Capability Development and Project management experience

Foreign language skills

Living and working internationally

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