Assistant Director, Ict Business Management

**Job Description**:
**Title**:Assistant Director, ICT Business Management

**Classification**: EL1

**Opportunity Employment Type**:Ongoing

**Security Clearance**: Baseline

**Location**: Canberra ACT

The National Blood Authority (NBA) is an Australian Government statutory agency whose role is to work
in a collaborative manner with all Australian governments and blood sector stakeholders to ensure
Australia's blood supply is safe, secure, adequate, and affordable.

**Job Context**

You will be part of an agile and flexible Information Technology Services (ITS) team and responsible for

providing leadership, management, and coordination of a range of activities across the section.

The role will work closely with the Chief Information Officer (CIO) and senior internal business

stakeholders to build a shared understanding of outcomes. By leveraging your expertise in business

planning, financial and resource planning, procurement and operational reporting, you will provide

support to the CIO, as well as other team leaders and their respective teams to achieve outcomes.

The role also involves liaison with a range of external stakeholders, particularly ICT suppliers. In delivering

the ICT Business Management function within the NBA, you will be expected to work both autonomously

and collaboratively providing leadership and support to management, your team and the broader NBA.

We are seeking a highly motivated and driven team player, who is keen to lead and enjoys working in a

exercising initiative, critical thinking and judgement; in providing detailed professional and/or policy

and with excellent oral and written communication skills. The successful applicant will receive a range of

formal training and be part of a collaborative and supportive team.

**Primary Job Purpose**

As the Assistant Director, ICT Business Management, you will be responsible for but not limited to:
1. Provide high level finance, procurement, operational and business management advice across the

ITS functions to the NBA executive, CIO, and senior ICT staff.

2. Contribute to the strategic direction and leadership of the team, in support of organisational goals.

3. Develop and manage project, program and section budgets in consultation with the CIO and senior

ICT staff.

4. Manage resources within the team responsible for information management.

5. Support procurement processes, contract and invoice management for the ITS team.

6. Contribute to NBA organisational strategy and culture, and

7. Perform other duties and functions to support NBA priorities as required.

**Working in the NBA**

All NBA officers are expected to participate in high level, organisation-wide responsibilities, and
administrative support activities actively and willingly. Officers are required to operate flexibly and
exercise higher order leadership skills as well as directly undertake lower order independent work when
necessary to get the job done. This reflects the nature of the NBA as a relatively small, specialist Agency
and our need to always operate with maximum flexibility and agility.

Having regard to the flexible work requirements outlined above, the duties and responsibilities in this

**Selection Criteria**

The NBA applies a standard approach to the selection criteria for all positions. The suitability of
applicants is assessed on the Australian Public Service Integrated Leadership System (ILS), current and
potential ability to perform the duties of a particular position at the level required, and likely
contribution to the work team and NBA.

In preparing your response to this vacancy, you are encouraged to address the three primary selection
criteria in 1000 words maximum as follows:
**_1. Outline how you demonstrate the capabilities and behaviours of the EL1 level Integrated _**
**_Leadership System. In writing your response to this criteria, consider the capabilities and _**
**_behaviours set out in the ILS EL1 profile. _**

**_Supports strategic thinking: _**
- _Support shared purpose and direction _
- _Think strategically _
- _Harness information and opportunities_
- _Show judgement, intelligence and common sense_

**_Displays personal drive and integrity: _**
- _Demonstrate public service professionalism and probity_
- _Engage with risk and showing personal courage_
- _Commit to action_
- _Promote and adopt a positive and balanced approach to work_
- _Demonstrate self-awareness and a commitment to personal development _

**_Achieves results: _**
- _Identify and use resources wisely_
- _Respond positively to change_
- _Take responsibility for managing work projects to achieve results_

**_Communicates with influence: _**
- _Communicate clearly_
- _Listen, understand and adapt to the audience_
- _Negotiate confidently_**_
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National Blood Authority

**_Support productive working relationships: _**
- _Nurture internal and external relationships_
- _Listen to, understand and recognise the needs of others_
- _Value individual dif