HOBAN Recruitment is seeking an experienced EL1 Specialist Advisor, Employment Suitability and Workforce Integrity to support a large government agency located in DEAKIN ACT. This is a unique opportunity to lead the development and continuous improvement of employee suitability frameworks and integrity processes across the organisation.
About the Role
In this pivotal role, you will lead specialist work focused on strengthening workforce integrity, personnel security, and suitability management across the full employment lifecycle. Key responsibilities include:
* Leading the design, consultation, and implementation of contemporary employee suitability frameworks covering pre-employment through to ongoing monitoring
* Ensuring alignment with protective security, personnel security, APS integrity, and risk‑based
* Providing authoritative advice on complex suitability and workforce integrity cases, including risk assessment and mitigation strategies
* Strengthening pre‑employment screening settings and integrating screening requirements into recruitment workflows
* Developing structured approaches to ongoing suitability monitoring and supporting the management of integrity‑related workforce risks
* Assisting with governance processes relating to high‑risk roles and workforce role risk frameworks
* Refreshing policies, procedures, and guidance materials to improve consistency across personnel security, workplace integrity, fraud, audit, and governance functions
* Leading complex workstreams, providing mentoring, and championing a culture of integrity and ethical behaviour across the organisation
Benefits
* Competitive pay rate of $602.55 per day at EL1 Level, including casual loading, providing you with financial stability and recognition for your expertise.
* 12% superannuation to secure your future and support your retirement planning.
* ASAP start date, allowing you to embark on this exciting opportunity without delay.
* Full-time position, offering 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday, enabling a healthy work-life balance and time.
* Join a high‑profile government organisation making a meaningful impact
* Lead workforce integrity and security reforms across a national environment
* Opportunity to influence organisational policy and governance
* Work with diverse stakeholders across People, Culture, Fraud, Cyber, Legal, Audit and Risk teams
About You
You will bring specialist expertise in personnel security, workforce integrity, and suitability assessment, ideally within a government or high‑compliance environment. The ideal candidate will have:
* Strong experience applying PSPF requirements to workforce lifecycle processes
* Significant background in vetting, suitability assessment, or personnel security roles
* Proven ability to analyse complex personal information and make defensible suitability recommendations
* Experience developing or applying structured assessment methodologies or risk
* Excellent written skills, including preparing suitability assessments, briefs, and decision documents
* High discretion when handling sensitive information
* Demonstrated capability to lead reforms, governance processes or uplift activities
If you're a subject‑matter expert in employee suitability and integrity frameworks and want to play a key role in strengthening public sector workforce integrity, we'd love to hear from you.
Please note you do need to be an AUSTRALIAN CITIZEN for this Federal Government role.
Positions close for submissions at COB TUESDAY 3rd FEBRUARY 2026.
At HOBAN we encourage applications from people with disability, people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, people of all genders, LGBTI people, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
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