Strategy Manager

The key duties of the position include:

The Role
Do you have excellent organisational and interpersonal skills and a flair for achieving high quality service delivery outcomes? If so, this is the job for you.

This role is a critical component in building an organisational culture where leadership, professionalism and corporate behaviour in support of One Defence are valued and rewarded. The role offers an opportunity to develop skills that will enable career progression in the APS, and to be a part in shaping an establishment from its beginning.

Our team is dedicated to continuous improvement and delivering high quality outcomes. Collectively we rely on each other’s knowledge and strengths to achieve the result. 

This position is responsible for ongoing strategic observations, reporting and contribution to strategy development and guidance for the Maintenance Requirements Branch (MRB) considering both the current fleet and future needs. 

You will coordinate stakeholder engagement to ensure Navy’s maintenance strategy is realised and implemented You will have proven experience in developing policy with the ability to interpret, monitor compliance and communicate policy needs to support branch objectives.

Your well-developed stakeholder engagement and communication skills will be key attributes in the development and implementation of appropriate strategies, policies and guidelines. 

In this role you will:

• Develop an understanding of maintenance requirements through stakeholder engagement.
• Monitor the performance of maintenance policy and requirements, to improve strategic objectives and implementation.
• Provide risk analysis on the effectiveness and efficiencies for the delivery of maintenance within the Australian Defence Force, industry and foreign navy partners.
• Translate maintenance goals into objectives, actionable plans and measurable outcomes.

About our Team
Our team provides direct support to the Assistant Secretary by building the initial foundations for the branch establishment to over time, transform into a well skilled and diverse workforce who is responsible for developing and implementing Navy’s sovereign maintenance requirements and assurance functions for all current and future platforms and systems.

Our Ideal Candidate
We are seeking a motivated team member who exemplifies professionalism, brings external ideas, diverse experience and perspectives, and enjoys working on a broad range of tasks. People who work for us will display leadership at all levels, effectively apply information literacy in order to solve problems, and work collaboratively to achieve outcomes.

You will be someone that can cultivate productive relationships, deliver quality outputs and achieve results within defined timeframes. You will have experience working in a strategic environment and reporting against strategic plans, including identifying risks and areas of improvement. 

You will have well-developed written and verbal communication skills and be comfortable engaging with a range of stakeholders as stakeholder engagement and collaboration is critical to successful research. You will be a team player and be adaptable, supportive and considerate with all staff.
 

Eligibility

Security Clearance 
Applicants must be able to obtain and maintain a security clearance at “Baseline Vetting” level.

Getting to know the Department of Defence

The Department of Defence employs around 18,000 Australian Public Service (APS) employees. Defence APS employees work in a wide variety of critical roles, Australia wide, enabling our three services Navy, Army and Air Force, to do their job. Defence has a range of Australian Public Service (APS) career opportunities that offer interesting, challenging, and unique work. Our workforce includes administrative support, accountants, intelligence analysts, engineers, policy advisors, graphic designers, lawyers, social workers, IT specialists and contract managers to name a few. We offer a rewarding career that includes professional development, work-life balance, recognition, a flexible and supportive work environment and a diverse workforce. To find out more about a career with Defence please visit https://www.defence.gov.au/jobs-careers