The key duties of the position include:
The Role
You will lead, plan and execute complex logistics compliance and or assurance activities. Provide technical and process leadership across regional teams, ensuring audit readiness, compliance and specific asset serviceability verification that supports the capability, financial statements and integrity of Defence's inventory and asset management systems.
Provide Logistics Compliance and Assurance advice, and Technical expertise in supply chain management, warehouse, stocktaking and assurance policy, process, data management and audit readiness. Support the Compliance and Assurance Network roles and responsibilities where directed.
Lead inventory and asset compliance and assurance, audit over logistics programs in Defence, APS or equivalent complex contexts. Lead and review responses to directed Australian National Audit Office and other audit body's requirements, ensuring robust evidence provision and support audit finding remediation across the logistics network. A merit pool will be created.
Defence roles cover a diverse range of workplace environment requirements. These may include physical tasks or working in conditions that are not typical of an office environment. Candidates should consider these requirements when assessing their suitability for the role. For more information, please contact the nominated contact officer.
Computer Use, Generic screen based, Sitting at desk, Standing for long periods, Lifting 0-15kg, Sequential Repetitive Movements in short period of time, Works in isolation from other staff (remote supervision), Requirement to wear personal protective equipment (PPE), Frequent travel - Vehicle, Frequent travel - Aero plane, Cyclic Workload, Peaks & Troughs.
About our Team
The Directorate of Logistics Assurance Programs (DLAP) provides Commander Joint Logistics with capability to influence logistics performance across Defence. To do this, DLAP measures the health of the overall Defence inventory at the organisational level. DLAP is responsible to enabling technical control over Defence Logistics Compliance and Assurance. This is enabled through compliance and assurance processes, systems, training and awareness, stakeholder engagement, leadership, reporting and logistics performance analysis.
The Logistics and Assurance Team is responsible for a range of logistics stocktaking, compliance and assurance functions, with a primary focus across Joint Logistics Command's Units, Clothing and Defence Retail Stores. Other responsibilities include oversight of fuel inventory Business Process Testing functions. This team helps to coordinate and execute the National Inventory Asset and Inventory Sample, and coordination of the National Vehicle Sample liability.
It also assists with the Inventory Price Assurance sample provision and other evidence driven Defence asset and inventory compliance activities. The work of this team is trusted to support Defence's annual reporting to the Australian National Audit Office and underpins the department's Financial Statements.
Our Ideal Candidate
Our ideal candidate will have sound team leadership experience and demonstrated success working in ambiguous environments with changing priorities. We seek a 'can do' attitude and confident career acumen, balanced with sound judgement and analytical capability: you know when to elevate a risk and when to seek assistance.
You will have excellent verbal and written communication skills and be comfortable producing products suitable for senior decision makers. You will also have a track record of building and maintaining positive and productive stakeholder relationships.
You will bring well developed skills in data literacy, business intelligence, and financial and economic acumen, enabling you to draw insights, interpret trends, and support evidence based decision making. You will also demonstrate strong compliance and assurance capability, supporting governance and oversight requirements across a complex operating environment.
You will be comfortable planning, leading and managing a range of complex and competing human, physical and financial resources to achieve compliance and assurance business outcomes. This includes undertaking activities on inventory and asset holdings utilising mandated policies, procedures and systems.
You will lean in to building capability and continuous improvement for your team and the broader Branch, supporting a culture of service excellence, data driven insight, and organisational maturity.
Eligibility
Security Clearance:
Applicants must be able to obtain and maintain a security clearance at "Negative Vetting Level 1".
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