ABOUT THE BRANCH Legal & Assurance Branch (LAB) partners with business areas in the Department of Finance to provide high quality legal, governance and assurance services. LAB comprises four core teams: Assurance & Risk is responsible for enterprise risk management, internal and external audit liaison, assurance monitoring and business continuity. The team the Performance and Risk Committee of Executive Board and the independent Audit and Risk Committee. Public Law is responsible for providing strategic legal advice on statutory interpretation; administrative law; employment law matters; FOI; strategic legal advice on information requests (including responding to third-party information requests and Royal Commissions); coordinating the privacy function; and legislation liaison. Commercial Law is responsible for providing strategic commercial and corporate legal advice, drafting negotiating, dispute resolution across a wide range of activities of the department, including procurement, contracts (and memoranda of understanding), real property, intellectual property, and management of some commercial litigation. Integrity is responsible for integrity framework and reporting, enterprise fraud and corruption control policies, public interest disclosures, conflict of interest management, and the Insider Threat Program. The key duties of the position include THE OPPORTUNITY The Assistant Director, Assurance has responsibility for supporting the Head of Internal Audit to maintain the internal audit program, including targeted assurance reviews and other management-commissioned internal reviews. The Assistant Director also maintains close relationships with the Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) and business areas across the Department as they relate to performance audits and related pieces of external audit activities. The Assistant Director, Assurance leads the development, implementation, and ongoing refinement of the Department's Assurance Framework and related policies, processes, systems, and capability building. In consultation with the Director, Assurance and Risk - Providing discipline-specific advice on: Enabling the Accountable Authority to meet their responsibilities under the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 and related regulations, legislation, frameworks, and policies. The Assurance Framework, and related policies and program of work. Better practice methodologies, building capability and appreciation for what good looks like in assurance processes and business insights. Developing and delivering a work program covering: Planning for and testing controls and treatments for risks to business continuity, as well as other facets of systems of internal control. Continuous improvement of frameworks, processes, products, and guidance in use, ensuring they meet Department needs and obligations. Maintenance of feedback loops and the flow of insights (and escalation) across all three lines of defence in the Department's assurance model. Building a high-performance assurance culture through: Developing and delivering training activities, internal guidance material, and external capability building opportunities. Facilitating workshops, small group, and directly learning opportunities for teams and leaders across the Department to implement the Assurance Framework and related systems and processes. Integrating assurance activities with related processes, including the embedding of the Enterprise Risk Management Framework and performance reporting. Building partnerships with stakeholders by: Initiating and building relationships within and outside the Department. Establishing a reputation as a credible, trusted advisor, maintaining a responsive service that meets the needs of a range of stakeholders. Maintaining a strong working relationship with external service providers. Developing high quality written and verbal advice to a range of audiences. Delivering a balance of proactive and reactive communications, ensuring stakeholders have access to the information and guidance they need. Influencing others to take an enterprise-wide approach to assurance, audit, and systems of performance feedback and risk management. Navigating ambiguity and remaining resilient in the face of setbacks. Undertaking research and reporting for a range of audiences by developing: High quality reporting products and tools for extracting compelling business insights, translating this to clear advice and practical solutions. Knowledge libraries and internal guidance that builds capability and engagement with assurance processes across the Department. Technically robust materials, easy to understand for different users. Developing guidance that translate better practice principles into useful, applied instructions materials that can be adapted by different users. Utilising judgement and critical reasoning to identify what matters most to senior decision makers and risk owners across the Department. Supervising junior staff to deliver routine and emergent priorities, building capability through coaching and mentoring, and leading change initiatives. DETAILED VACANCY INFORMATION For detailed information about this role, including the job specific capabilities, please refer to the downloadable vacancy pack, which can be accessed by clicking the hyperlink at the bottom of this page.