12-month contract with two possible 12-month extensions
- Located in Canberra, ACT
- Must have Negative Vetting Level 1 security clearance
**Business Relationship Manager**
- **12-month contract with two possible 12-month extensions**:
- **Located in Canberra, ACT**:
- **Must have Negative Vetting Level 1 security clearance**
Our Federal Government client is seeking a
**Business Relationship Manager** to be responsible for frontline stakeholder engagement and consultation activities.
**Roles and responsibilities**:
- Engagement of Chief Information Security Officers (CISO's), Information Technology Security Adviser (ITSA's) and technical specialists of eligible entities in relation to the department's products and services, leading to successful engagement and signed agreements
- Building and maintain a pipeline of engagement interactions with target agencies, aligned to the department's priorities
- Capturing issues, concerns, objections or resistance associated with engagement or products
- Escalating appropriately if additional high level engagement is required to overcome inertia
- Informing the tailoring of the department's initiatives, products, services and engagement material to achieve take up
- Maintaining a range of metrics associated with engagement activity to report to internal governance boards on a monthly basis
**Ideally, you will have**
- Outstanding people skills and broad experience in building and maintaining pipelines of engagement activity through to the successful delivery of a product or service
- Self-motivation and initiative to work with broad direction as a part of a larger team
- Ability to operate as a hands-on relationship manager, engaging in communications up to senior levels in eligible entities
- Effective negotiation skills to achieve mutually beneficial outcomes in the minimum amount of time
- Significant experience in a like-role within government or industry and experience in developing and using stakeholder engagement strategies to build productive relationships
- Ability to bring an established network of contacts across government that will contribute to your success
**Desirable, but not essential criteria**
- Previous experience in an engagement role in the development, procurement, or deployment of a large ICT system in the Australian Government
- Experience with Australian Government cyber security practices, including the standards, documentation and processes that are typically engaged within an ICT environment
**How to apply**:
Applications received after submission may be considered for similar roles.
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**Reference: 1359614