Are you looking for a role that can help to boost your career path to and beyond the executive levels? The Risk and Program Assurance section is looking for an Assistant Director to play a key role in risk management to support strategic decision making across the department. You will work closely with senior executives to identify how risk can be used in a practical way to help the department deliver on its objectives, drive innovation, deliver meaningful change and promote better health outcomes for all Australians. A sophisticated understanding of the application of risk management is critical in understanding how the department plans and delivers its programs effectively, and is used in executive and senior executive decision-making processes. The key duties of the position include Assistant Directors in the risk team are involved in a broad range of activities to support the department's approach to risk management. In this role you will: maintain and implement the department's risk management framework and policy, including develop and implement risk activities in line with these lead reporting on risk management activities to key senior governance committees lead planning, organisation, coordination, review and analysis of divisional business and risk planning activities identify areas for further improvement in how risk is managed, communicated and engaged with across the department, and implement improvement initiatives, and develop and support strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders to ensure positive outcomes lead a small team to support broader capability uplift across the department, with a focus on practical and meaningful change.