The Role The acquisition of conventionally-armed, nuclear-powered submarines is an historic and transformative endeavour for Australia.
The whole-of-nation effort to safely and securely deliver the cutting edge nuclear-powered submarine program will transform Australia's economic and national security landscape for decades to come.
The Assistant Director Enabler Capability Analyst Coordination will manage a team that facilitates capability management support to areas within the ASA that provide critical expert inputs to the NPS program, including workforce, Information Knowledge Management, Policy and Nuclear-related disciplines.
This role will oversee a team of analysts who support the integration of these critical enablers into the Program, ensuring their work is scheduled, risks captured and costs understood and embedded in core program management artefacts.
The additional payment is a Building Capability Payment (BCP) which enables Defence to provide a premium, in addition to the rate of salary otherwise payable under the Enterprise Agreement (EA) to some or all of the jobs within a critical occupation(s) or discipline within a workplace.
Applicants engaged into a BCP position must consider the following.
BCPs provide remuneration in addition to the Defence Enterprise Agreement (EA). This arrangement is subject to meeting eligibility criteria and is subject to annual review.
Should your performance fall beyond requirements or the eligibility criteria not be met, your eligibility for the BCP may be reviewed and ceased.
It may also be ceased should you change positions or the requirement for the BCP is no longer necessary, as determined by Defence.
Should the BCP be ceased you will be advised and your BCP additional payment will cease.
About our Team The acquisition of conventionally-armed, nuclear-powered submarines is a historic and transformative endeavour for Australia.
The Program Office in the Australian Submarine Agency (ASA) plays an important role in this undertaking by providing oversight and guidance to the delivery of the AUKUS Nuclear Powered Submarine (NPS) Program. The Program Office works closely with Defence, the whole-of-Government and the AUKUS trilateral partnership across all aspects of the NPS Program to deliver Australia's most significant Defence capability in history.
The Program Office is the central program coordination function within the ASA and is comprised of three directorates, focused on Trilateral Integration, National Program Management and Program Planning & Cost Integration.
Our Ideal Candidate We are a dynamic organization seeking employees who are agile, innovative and energised by high-paced work.
We are seeking highly motivated and collaborative minded people who will have the opportunity to contribute to a once in a lifetime program.
Our ideal candidates will bring the following attributes and skills to the role: Our ideal candidate will be accountable under broad direction to manage a multidisciplinary team of program management specialists to engage with ASA's key enabling areas and ensure that their work is integrated into the Program's core program management artefacts. Leading a team of analysts, they will exercise sound decision making and judgement to ensure capability enabler integration within the NPS Program.
They must be able to organise and manage work against deadlines and proactively engage with stakeholders to support senior executive decision-making in the Program.
Candidates who can demonstrate their ability to actively manage key stakeholder relationships and lead a team of capability specialists will be strong contenders for the role.
Application Closing Date: Sunday 10 November, 2024 For further information please review the job information pack, reference ASA/08856/24 on https://defencecareers.nga.net.au/?jati=F404FFAB-78DF-0EBC-DB64-DB3466705545