* Enjoy a safe, respectful workplace with a friendly, inclusive culture
* Work flexibly with the NDIA and be supported with a range of employee benefits
* $124,628 - $136,404 (plus 15.4% superannuation)
Our participants, Our people, Our purpose
Currently, there are around 5.5 million Australians with a disability. The National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) implements the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), which is one of the biggest social reforms in the country since Medicare. As an Agency, we support more than 717,000 participants with a significant and permanent disability, and the families and carers of those living with disability. For many Australians, this will be the first time they receive the disability support they need. The NDIA is designed to enhance the quality of life and increase economic and social participation for people with disability and will mean a peace of mind for every Australian.
A new role awaits
The Performance and Talent team is part of the Recruitment and Staff Development Branch, which delivers integrated people services that strengthen the capability and performance of the NDIA.
The branch provides strategic leadership across performance and talent, learning and development, and recruitment to ensure the agency attracts, develops, and retains a highly capable and diverse workforce.
This role is ideal for an experienced HR professional who is passionate about transformation and thrives on leading teams through new and complex work. You will play a key role in building a high performing and engaged workforce by driving and embedding an enhanced talent management approach across the agency. A core focus of the role is to develop, support and grow our talent, strengthening capability now and into the future.
Where you can add value
Under broad direction, the EL1 Assistant Director Performance & Talent, leads the NDIA’s talent architecture and programs to build a sustainable pipeline of capability.
Duties include:
* Lead the design, maintenance and implementation of the NDIA’s Talent Framework, ensuring it supports workforce planning, critical role pipelines, and consistent talent assessment practices across the agency.
* Manage the end to end delivery of the Graduate and Entry Level Programs, including workforce demand intake, attraction and recruitment, assessment processes, onboarding, rotations, cohort learning pathways, and program evaluation.
* Coordinate enterprise-wide talent programs and initiatives to build a strong internal talent pipeline for priority roles and future capability needs.
* Oversee the agency’s mentoring program at scale, including participant onboarding, matching processes, mentor/mentee support, resources, and program evaluation to improve development outcomes.
* Provide strategic, evidence-based advice to executives on talent, workforce capability, and pipeline risks/opportunities, including preparation of briefs, reports, guidance and recommendations.
* Lead program governance, planning and delivery, including project schedules, reporting, risk and issue management, budget oversight, and procurement of vendors.
* Engage and influence internal and external stakeholders, including business leaders, HR/L&D/DEI partners, universities, APS talent networks, and external suppliers to ensure high quality program outcomes.
* Ensure inclusive, culturally safe and accessible program design, consistent with APS values, accessibility standards and best practice talent management.
* Lead, develop and support a high performing team, providing coaching, feedback, workload prioritisation and capability development aligned to team and organisational goals.
* Drive continuous improvement in all talent programs by embedding feedback loops, participant insights, evaluation data, and lessons learned to enhance program quality and participant experience.
* Represent the agency in internal and external forums, promoting best practice in talent, early career programs and capability development.
Enough about us, let’s talk about you
You will be an experienced HR professional who is a confident, capable leader with strong drive and initiative. The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in human resources, paired with the ability to unlock new perspectives that drive innovation, productivity and continuous improvement.
You will bring strong, inclusive leadership and a proven ability to take teams on a change journey, including in areas where the work is new or evolving. As a proactive self?starter and strong collaborator, you will work confidently beyond your immediate team and branch, building effective networks and partnerships across the organisation.
You will exhibit a positive, future?focused mindset to change and play a key role in shaping strategic HR outcomes. Experience in workforce planning, talent management, and HR strategy will be highly regarded.
Your NDIA Experience
We work as one team. We are accepting, diverse and driven. We take a shared approach to making progress. We welcome and support each other and encourage different ideas, insights and opinions. We empower and enable each other to be our best. We collaborate, connect and work together to create a workplace that makes us proud. And while we're based far and wide across the country, we make sure nobody feels they are out on their own.
* You will work for a socially inclusive and culturally diverse workplace, that is making a meaningful impact to the lives of more than 717,000 Australians.
* Access to higher superannuation and above market leave entitlements
* Competitive remuneration and working conditions that support a positive work life balance
* Access to ongoing professional development and learning
While this role is ideally performed from Geelong - VIC, Richmond – VIC, Brisbane - Qld or Canberra – ACT, we are open to accepting applications from other locations as flexible working arrangements can be considered. We intend to fill this role in an ongoing capacity, however non-ongoing roles up to 12 months with the possibility of extension up to 2 years may be offered.
Successful candidates will be required to undergo a pre-employment National Police History check, Worker Screening check and/or Working with Children Check (where required) and provide evidence of Australian Citizenship.
Applications for this role close: Sunday 22 March 2026 @ 11:00pm AEST
If you have any questions, please contact Casey Simpson on 0447 540 *** or via email: *************@ndis.gov.au
With the exception of personal details, applications can NOT be edited or updated once submitted for consideration. Please make sure you are completely satisfied with your entire application before submitting.
NDIA is committed to supporting an inclusive and diverse workforce and welcomes and encourages applications from People with Disability (PwD), First Nations peoples, LGBTIQA+ people, people from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse backgrounds, Mature age workers, as well as young workers and supporting an inter-generational workforce and supporting gender equity and families. NDIA will provide reasonable adjustments for candidates to participate equitably in the recruitment process and discuss workplace adjustments to fulfil the inherent requirements of the role. If you require an adjustment to be made during the recruitment process (including alternate formats of the application form) or have an enquiry about the support provided, please contact DFP Recruitment on 1300 138 *** ****@dfp.com.au.
RecruitAbility applies to this position: The RecruitAbility scheme supports people with disability applying for jobs in the Australian Public Service (APS) by giving you a better opportunity to put forward your skills and experience during the selection process.
There are certain roles within the National Disability Insurance Agency that may require mandatory vaccination, subject to government order or directive. Evidence may be required prior to commencement.
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