The Role
Lead and manage multidisciplinary teams, providing direction, support, and performance oversight.Foster a positive team culture, promoting collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement.Mentor and develop staff, identifying training needs, supporting career development, and building capability within the team.Coordinate and oversee base support services, ensuring alignment with Defence priorities and operational requirements.Provide strategic advice to senior stakeholders on base operations, infrastructure planning, and risk management.Manage and lead responses to critical incidents, high-risk weather events, and emergency situations, ensuring continuity of operations and protection of Defence capability.Support and represent the Base Manager, acting as delegate when required, and contributing to the development and implementation of base-level strategies and plans.Coordinate support to Defence exercises and operations, including facilitation of access to training areas and provision of essential services to deployed personnel.Build and maintain strong relationships with Defence personnel, contractors, and other government agencies to ensure seamless service delivery.
About our Team
Assistant Base Managers provide leadership and coordination across Defence bases. You will be responsible for developing and leading high performing teams who ensure the day-to-day safe and secure operations of Defence sites. They are the eyes and ears on the ground, ensuring the smooth running of base operations, managing critical incidents, supporting Defence activities and exercises, and working closely with a broad range of stakeholders, including Defence personnel, service providers, contractors, and local communities.
Assistant Base Managers are problem solvers, trusted advisors, and personnel managers who help ensure Defence sites are safe, secure, and ready to respond to any challenge, from supporting Defence exercises and operations to managing the impacts of severe weather or critical incidents.
Our Ideal Candidate
Demonstrated strong leadership capability with the ability to guide teams, influence stakeholders, and drive positive outcomes.People and team management with the ability to build team capability through coaching, feedback and mentoring in an operational or service delivery environment.Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills and the ability to build trusted relationships with Defence personnel, contractors, service providers, and community partners.Demonstrated ability to think critically and strategically, identify issues and drive continuous improvement activities.Confidently manage competing priorities while maintaining a focus on safety, security, and operational continuity.Understand the importance of customer service and delivering high-quality support to Defence personnel, with proven experience in anticipating stakeholders' needs.The ability to forward plan a workload and the agility to reprioritise at short notice.Resilient, adaptable, and comfortable working in fast-paced and complex operational environments.Confident managing risk and compliance in a large and complex estate environment.
Application Closing Date: Sunday 1 March 2026
For further information please review the job information pack, reference SEG/00810/26 on https://defencecareers.nga.net.au/?jati=7E7760D4-4757-C2AC-11D9-ECA8A737AABC