Chief of Staff

• Full time, 12-month fixed-term contract role (Parental leave cover)
• Hybrid flexible working arrangements, attractive paid leave provisions and professional development support offered
• Applications closing: Monday 27 October 2025, 11:59am

Agency overview

Infrastructure Australia (IA) is an independent statutory body within the Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the Arts portfolio.

Our mandate establishes us as the Australian Government's independent advisor on nationally significant infrastructure investment planning and project prioritisation. We are a high performing organisation with an engaged, collaborative and flexible culture, and we are held in high regard by our peers and stakeholders.

Our core values are fundamental to the way we work and are embedded across our products and processes.

Primary purpose of the role

The Chief of Staff provides high-level strategic and operational support to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), enabling the CEO to focus on organisational priorities and stakeholder engagement.

This role acts as a trusted advisor and central point of coordination between the CEO, Infrastructure Australia (IA) Commissioners, the leadership team, and external stakeholders.

The Chief of Staff also leads the
Executive and Organisational support team to
drive efficiency and process improvement within the CEO's office, and support IA's strategic priorities while fostering a positive, values-aligned organisational culture.

Key Responsibilities:

Executive Support and Operations

• Oversee the CEO's diary, email management, travel bookings, and expense reconciliations, ensuring compliance with IA policies.
• Ensure quality control of all correspondence and compliance with document management processes.
• Ensure all compliance reporting (including Conflicts and gifts and benefits reporting) for the CEO is timely and accurate.

Strategic and Organisational Alignment

• Act as a key advisor to the CEO, providing strategic insights, analysis, and support for CEO's decision-making.
• Support the CEO in monitoring, tracking, and driving the delivery of key organisational priorities and initiatives.
• Act as a central coordination point across the leadership team to ensure effective communication and alignment on IA's strategic goals.
• Partner with the Director of Governance, Risk and Compliance to oversee the support for governance and reporting requirements.
• Manage and coordinate special projects and initiatives on behalf of the CEO to ensure timely and effective delivery.
• Proactively identify and resolve operational and strategic challenges on behalf of the CEO.

Stakeholder and Communication Management

In close collaboration with the Communications and Engagement and other teams;

• Manage high-level engagement with government, ministerial offices, Commissioners, and external industry stakeholders on behalf of the CEO.
• Represent the CEO's interests when liaising with internal and external stakeholders to ensure effective, professional, and timely communication.
• Manage alignment of Commissioner and CEO engagements in collaboration with the EA to Commissioners.
• Oversee high-level executive meetings and engagements to ensure appropriate attendees and facilities.
• Coordinate high-quality correspondence, reports, presentations, agendas, and briefs for meetings and external engagements.

Leadership and Office Operations

• Lead, coach, and develop the Executive and Organisational support team to foster a high-performance culture.
• Manage performance reviews and development plans for direct reports to build team capability.
• Oversee and optimise processes, procedures, and systems for the CEO's office to ensure efficiency and effectiveness.

Essential Requirements:

• Substantial experience gained in a similar role working directly for a CEO or Senior Executive.
• Strong planning, time management and organisational skills and a demonstrated ability to consistently deliver work to a high professional standard.
• Exemplary administrative skills, including advanced Microsoft Office.
• Strong interpersonal skills, including an ability to engage with senior stakeholders regarding confidential or sensitive matters.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate across functions to achieve shared goals.

Benefits of working at Infrastructure Australia:

• We are committed to supporting employee health and wellbeing and offer a range of initiatives including genuine hybrid and flexible working arrangements to help you balance your professional and personal life.
• Attractive leave provisions including 20 days paid annual leave, 15 days of paid Personal Leave, 18 weeks of Parental Leave for parents at full pay or 36 weeks at half pay (for eligible employees) and up to 3 additional days of paid leave when our offices close over the Christmas period.
• Professional Development support offered through extensive in-house training and external training/education support.
• We have a positive, collaborative, respectful, innovative and inclusive culture evidenced by staff surveys which show that our employees feel empowered, autonomous and proud to work here.
• At IA we foster a safe an inclusive workplace where every individual can participate, learn and develop and be their authentic self, regardless of age, cultural background, First Nations status, disability, ethnicity, gender identity, marital or family status, religious belief or sexual orientation.
• IA is currently in the second phase, "Innovate" of our Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP), in this stage we are implementing systemic change in our organisation to support the mission of reconciliation for First Nations people. We are passionate about change and making progress towards better outcomes for First Nations people.

How to apply

• For a copy of the Position Description or any questions regarding the recruitment please reach out to Jacob Young at
  
• Upload ONE document (
  Covering letter + Resume
  ) via LinkedIn
• Closing Date:
  Monday 27 October 2025, 11:59am

We welcome and encourage applications from diverse backgrounds, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, LGBTQI+, people with disability, people with caring responsibilities, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.

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