Aps6 Adviser, Intelligence Mission Management

• $99,950 to $113,419 (plus superannuation)
• Canberra, ACT
• Ongoing/Non-ongoing

The Office of National Intelligence Advisers, Intelligence Mission Management, enable the coordination, integration and evaluation of the NIC’s efforts across the Indo-Pacific, guided by Government priorities.

ONI has current and anticipated vacancies across our Mission Management teams. We recruit staff with a wide range of backgrounds, skill levels, disciplines and working styles.

We are looking for driven and enthusiastic individuals with strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills, and a commitment to service excellence.

You will have the resilience and adaptability to work in a multidisciplinary, dynamic and busy environment.

ONI’s Mission Management Division (MMD) coordinates, integrates and evaluates the National Intelligence Community’s (NIC) activities across the Indo-Pacific, including the Pacific, Southeast Asia and East Asia regions.

ONI’s Advisers, Intelligence Mission Management, enable the coordination, integration and evaluation of the NIC’s efforts across the Indo-Pacific, guided by Government priorities. The positions work closely and collaboratively with teams across ONI and with NIC agencies, policy customers and international partners to deliver intelligence insights to stakeholders.

The responsibilities and duties of an Intelligence Mission Lead at the APS6 includes a degree of complexity, accountability and autonomy. For more information on the APS Work Level Standards, please visit the APSC website.

The typical duties of an Adviser, Intelligence Mission Management include:

• Supporting development of intelligence strategies and plans to guide the NIC with respect to the relevant Intelligence Mission.
• Supporting governance bodies to lead, coordinate and integrate the NIC to ensure alignment of the intelligence community.
• Coordinating opportunities for increased integration and alignment of mission activities undertaken by the NIC and contributing to the evaluation of the NIC's efforts against these missions.
• Engaging with key policy and intelligence partners and maintaining working relationships within the NIC and broader Australian Government.
• Identifying capability gaps and resource shortfalls impacting the Intelligence Mission and support team to develop approaches to address these gaps via ONI and broader Government processes.
• Facilitate regional intelligence diplomacy efforts by enabling, and sometime participating in, intelligence and tradecraft exchanges, verbal briefings, training and other capacity building activities with foreign partners.

Our ideal candidate would have:

• An understanding of the national security landscape and an appreciation of how the broader strategic environment can impact NIC outcomes and outputs and Government decision-making.
• Well-developed stakeholder engagement skills, including ability to anticipate and respond to stakeholder needs in line with ONI’s objectives.
• Sound judgement and cultural sensitivity when communicating with foreign officials.
• Ability to maintain collaborative relationships across ONI, the NIC and with policy agencies.
• Well-developed organisational and coordination skills, advanced problem-solving, written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to manage competing priorities.
• Ability to support implementation of new initiatives and deliver outcomes in an evolving environment.

Please refer to the Candidate Information Kit for more information about the roles, eligibility and how to apply.

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