AddressThe key duties of the position include
The Role
In the Doctrine Development Manager (DDM) role, you will be accountable for supervising, managing and leading Doctrine Directorate's publication development (PD) line of effort for Capstone, Philosophical and Integration (C-P-I) level doctrine, including high profile Chief of the Defence Force priority doctrine publications. You will ensure that Doctrine Directorate PD support facilitates Sponsor delivery against the approved annual Doctrine Management Plan.
You will provide written and verbal guidance to geographically disparate internal Doctrine Directorate staff, external Sponsors and appointed representatives (cascading from 3 Star / Band 3 appointments down), as well as assigned authors (senior military leaders and/or contracted specialists). You will also be call upon to provide and coordinate Doctrine contribution to Enterprise level committees and Doctrine governance forums. You will establish, lead and deliver required assurance for identified development standardisation requirements (such as Doctrine Analysis Reports, Author's Briefs).
You will allocate specific publications to staff with consideration to workloads, abilities, experience and externally imposed priorities and for assigning human resources against secondary or non-doctrine publication tasks while balancing doctrine-specific mandated outcomes.
This position will be responsible for building capability within Directorate staff by coaching, mentoring members, fostering their development and promoting autonomy and initiative.
About our Team
The Doctrine Directorate operates within the Joint Warfare Development Branch, Force Integration Division. Our mission is to coordinate and support delivery of ADF doctrine by Sponsors in order to promote the interoperability and professional mastery of the joint force; our role is to codify ADF doctrinal constructs for the current ADF or Force in Being. We are an integrated, geographically dispersed team comprised of ADF, APS and contracted staff.
Our Ideal Candidate
Our ideal candidates will bring the following attributes to the role:
- Strong relationship-building and stakeholder management skills;
- An ability to engage and influence a broad range of stakeholders;
- Effective problem solving and critical thinking skills;
- An ability to exercise sound judgment in consideration of immediate and long-term issues;
- An ability to operate under broad direction, exercise a considerable degree of independence and perform a leadership role;
- Trustworthiness and possessing the highest levels of integrity; and
- A highly developed written and oral communication skills to engage in a clear, concise and articulate manner.
