About our team The Australian Border Force (ABF) protects Australia's national interests by generating and synthesising awareness of activity in Australia's maritime jurisdiction and responding to mitigate, or eliminate, the risks posed by civil maritime security threats.
To deliver this objective, the ABF works across Government, including States and Territories, and internationally to advance and protect Australia's interests through strong, integrated and adaptive national civil maritime security.
The Civil Maritime Strategy and Policy Branch is responsible for the delivery of the ABF's civil maritime strategy, policy and capability planning, including Cabinet Program.
The Branch engages with diverse stakeholders across the Commonwealth government, international partners, industry and civil society to address risks by planning ahead and delivering future-focussed civil maritime security strategy, policy and capability.
The Branch undertakes strategic engagement, provides advice and develops strategic communications, and ensures the prioritisation of civil maritime security issues for consideration by Government.
The Branch leads whole-of-government analysis on emerging civil maritime security threats, risks and capability.
Civil Maritime Strategic Policy Section The Civil Maritime Strategic Policy Section is responsible for the design and delivery of civil maritime security strategy and policy to advance and protect Australia's strategic interests in the maritime domain.
The Section works across Government to implement the Australian Government Civil Maritime Security Strategy, including with the intelligence community to undertake environmental horizon scans to inform future strategy.
The Section also maintains the Guide to Australian Maritime Security Arrangements which sets out responsibilities for Commonwealth agencies.
The Section leads the civil maritime Cabinet program and development of New Policy Proposals on ABF civil maritime capability.
Civil Maritime Capability Force Design Section The Civil Maritime Capability Force Design Section integrates policy and capability to translate Government strategic priorities into a comprehensive approach to manage and uplift ABF civil maritime security capabilities.
The Force Design section is responsible for the development and implementation of the ABF Capability Plan that integrates strategy, policy and capability planning to ensure civil maritime security capabilities meet current and evolving civil maritime security challenges.
The Force Design section works across Government, including with Department of Defence, to develop and test ideas and concepts to position ABF to confront the future civil maritime operating environment.
Strategic Engagement Section The Strategic Engagement Section leads civil maritime security engagement domestically and internationally to advance and protect Australia's interests through strong, integrated and adaptive national civil maritime security policy positions.
The Section pursues Australia's interests in international fora to foster international cooperation and support the rules-based order in the maritime environment.
The Section also provides secretariat support to whole-of-Government senior official civil maritime security governance bodies.
About the role: As an Assistant Director, you will lead a small team to contribute to whole-of-government efforts to strengthen Australia's civil maritime security arrangements to advance and protect Australia's strategic interests.
You will develop and implement complex policies to advocate for strong civil maritime security arrangements.
You will identify issues, undertake research and analysis, and consult with a range of stakeholders to develop and implement civil maritime security strategy, policy and capability.
Officers in this role will deliver complex policy advice in alignment with clearly established strategic priorities and procedures.
You will contribute to complex requests for advice and emerging issues, with thoroughly researched evidence-based recommendations.
Our ideal candidate: We are looking for enthusiastic leaders to support the work of the Branch to deliver future-focussed civil maritime security strategy, policy and capability.
Our ideal candidate will have strong leadership skills, good judgement, the ability to solve complex policy and strategic problems; and capability development and implementation skills.
They will also have strong communication skills, be adept at managing competing priorities and be comfortable managing daily team duties.
They will be confident and able communicators, with an ability to establish enduring partnerships internally and more broadly across Government.
A range of diverse positions are available within the Branch, which will provide successful candidates with opportunities to challenge themselves, learn and apply new skills, and contribute to the delivery of strong, integrated and adaptive national civil maritime security.
Confident leaders: Applicants need to be effective managers, skilled at managing workloads and team members, and capable of taking staff on a journey where they grow, develop and learn.
Forward Thinkers: The Branch is looking for people who enjoy working in a rapidly evolving and forward thinking environment.
With a focus on innovation and progression, our ideal candidate will help to maintain and further develop our innovative processes to deliver strong, integrated and adaptive national civil maritime security.
Problem solvers: The Branch operates in a complex regulatory and policy space and needs officers capable of matching big, complex and long-term problems with effective solutions.
Applicants need to be problem solvers, skilled at navigating issues, thinking outside of the box, and providing innovative solutions.
Eager learners: We don't expect you to know everything about Australia's civil maritime security arrangements; however, applicants need to be enthusiastic and open to new learning opportunities and experiences.
We are after people who have a demonstrated ability to learn quickly and develop links across Government to deliver positive outcomes.
Strong communicators: The Branch operates in a unique stakeholder space and engages, and negotiates, with a diverse range of stakeholders.
Applicants are required to be persuasive communicators, with the ability to connect to a broad range of audiences and build and maintain strong networks and relationships, across government, industry and internationally.
Specific duties/responsibilities: Develop and deliver civil maritime security strategy, policy and capability, including through new policy proposals for Government consideration.Develop and implement the ABF Capability Plan to integrate strategy, policy and capability to uplift civil maritime security capabilities.Establish enduring partnerships with stakeholders, domestically and internationally, to advance and protect Australia's interests through strong, integrated and adaptive national civil maritime security.Apply strong secretariat, governance and project management skills to support the effective function of enterprise governance committees and industry forums.Provide strategic advice on a range of issues to support the Director, and Senior Executive as required.Apply subject knowledge to identify emerging issues and risks, including their implications for policy direction and capability development.Applicant Response document instructions As part of your application, please prepare a one page response document (minimum 11pt font in MSWord or PDF format), in addition to your CV.
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