EL1 Assistant Director (People Strategy & Workforce Planning Opportunities) Ongoing & Non-Ongoing 12+12 - Full Time Currently, there are around 4.3 million Australians with a disability. The National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) implements the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), which is one of the biggest social reforms in the country since Medicare. As an Agency, we support more than 600,000 participants with a significant and permanent disability, and the families and carers of those living with disability. The NDIA is designed to enhance the quality of life and increase economic and social participation for people with disability.
A new role awaits Are you enthusiastic about leading a highly skilled and diverse team? We have multiple leadership opportunities available in the People Strategy and Workforce Planning Branch. The Chief People Strategy Officer Division is responsible for people strategies that enhance employee experience and outcomes for participants, families and community, by using real-time data insights to apply person-centred and evidence-based methods.
Where you can add value Innovation and Improvement
Leading and developing strategic improvement process design and development. Coordinating responses regarding issues of strategic risk and significance. Identifying opportunities for continuous improvement and increasing efficiencies using quantitative and qualitative analysis. Providing technical support to resolve business-specific issues. Strategy Design and Implementation
Supporting and developing structured insights, identifying priorities, defining scope and providing recommendations for strategic projects. Developing and interpreting policy and strategy while maintaining an understanding of sensitive organisational and political issues. Contributing and creating materials for senior internal and external stakeholders, including the Minister, Board and Executive Leadership Team. Engaging with a range of key stakeholders, ensuring that policy and strategy development is contemporary, relevant and evidence-informed. Enough about us, let's talk about you This role will draw on candidates' passion for continuous improvement and collaboration as well as co-design & strategic thinking skills to focus on strategies to support people to bring their best selves to ready the workforce to support participants and the scheme. Our ideal candidates will bring a high level of knowledge in improvement science methodology and people strategy and culture. The successful candidate will have prior leadership experience leading a team to achieve Agency goals and objectives.
Your NDIA Experience We work as one team. We are accepting, diverse and driven. We take a shared approach to making progress. We welcome and support each other and encourage different ideas, insights and opinions. We empower and enable each other to be our best.
You will work for a socially inclusive and culturally diverse workplace, that is making a meaningful impact to the lives of more than 600,000 Australians. Access to higher superannuation and above market leave entitlements. Competitive remuneration and working conditions that support a positive work-life balance. Access to ongoing professional development and learning. This role is available at various offices across the nation (please see application form for locations), remote working arrangements may be considered. Successful candidates will be required to undergo a pre-employment National Police History check, Worker Screening check and/or Working with Children Check (where required) and provide evidence of Australian Citizenship.
Applications for this role close on Sunday 13th October at 11:30PM (AEST)
If you have any questions, please contact Nick Coxon on 0457276020 or email
With the exception of personal details, applications can NOT be edited or updated once submitted for consideration. Please make sure you are completely satisfied with your entire application before submitting.
NDIA is committed to supporting an inclusive and diverse workforce and welcomes and encourages applications from People with Disability (PwD), First Nations peoples, LGBTIQA+ people, people from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse backgrounds, Mature age workers, as well as young workers and supporting an inter-generational workforce and supporting gender equity and families.
RecruitAbility applies to this position: The RecruitAbility scheme supports people with disability applying for jobs in the Australian Public Service (APS) by giving you a better opportunity to put forward your skills and experience during the selection process.
The health and safety of workers, Participants and other visitors in our offices is our highest priority. Some roles within the National Disability Insurance Agency are covered by government Health Orders or Directives that require mandatory vaccinations.
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