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SalaryEligibility/Security Requirement: Baseline Security Clearance or be able to obtain and maintain a baseline security clearance.Job overviewThe Legal Services Division provides strategic legal advice and assistance to the agency's executive and the Minister. The division is responsible for the delivery of Legal Services within and on behalf of the agency.Assistant Directors work under the broad direction of senior staff to deliver quality outcomes. They exercise a considerable degree of independence, with decision making substantially dependent on their high level of professional judgment and consideration of wider agency implications. In performing a leadership role, an Assistant Director drives innovation, changes in workplace practices and organizes work in the context of competing priorities and strategic direction.Duties may include some or all of the following:
- lead and manage staff and manage performance, attendance, and health and well-being
- develop staff capability through coaching, mentoring and succession planning to increase performance, engagement and retention
- determine strategic direction for the work area aligned to agency goals and objectives
- manage, deliver and monitor projects and programs that may have an organization-wide impact
- undertake budget management, monitor expenditure and oversee procurement and contract management
- identify, monitor and report on risks, issues and benefits, developing mitigation strategies and escalating issues to management
- resolve and/or escalate sensitive issues that adversely impact on the agency
- provide expert advice and feedback to the agency's executive
- prepare relevant human resource reporting and coordinate recruitment, staff movements, staff rosters and schedules
- develop and implement work area plans and contribute to strategic planning for longer term initiatives and resources
- manage the implementation of policy review and development of new policies and guidelines
- monitor and manage compliance in work area with established agency procedures and relevant frameworks
- prepare and review written material including business cases, reports and executive briefs and corporate documentation
- develop and manage key stakeholder relationships and expectations to deliver work area outputs
- support innovation and manage and lead change
- exercise delegations appropriate to role in accordance with legislation and guidelines.
- legislation, policies, procedures and information management requirements relevant to the work area
- the agency’s privacy, ethics, workplace health and safety and security protocols
- relevant business systems and tools.
- lead and motivate staff to achieve quality outcomes
- understand the audience and context and effectively tailor communication and communication styles
- lead change initiatives and support staff through uncertainty and the change process
- build relationships and engage with diverse groups of people
- make decisions based on professional judgment, risk evaluation and in the context of the environment.
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