Cyber Security Assessor, Right Fit For Risk (RFFR)

About this role

• APS Level 6
• Adelaide, SA; Brisbane, QLD; Canberra, ACT; Darwin, NT; Hobart, TAS; Melbourne, VIC; Perth, WA; Sydney, NSW; Alice Springs, NT; Bendigo, VIC; Mackay, QLD; Newcastle, NSW; Orange, NSW; Rockhampton, QLD; Townsville, QLD
• $105,295 - $115,786

About The Department Of Employment And Workplace Relations

We are committed to empowering futures, ensuring rights and enriching lives. We support people to have safe, secure and well-paid work with the skills for a sustainable future as we ourselves strive to be a model employer.

We provide the framework for fair and productive relationships between employers and employees. We also oversee skills development and training initiatives to support those entering the workforce or re-training to take advantage of emerging employment opportunities.

With us, your work directly contributes to shaping the employment landscape. Whether you are engaging in policy development, program implementation, or direct support services, your efforts will have a tangible impact on job seekers, employees and the economy by giving them a framework to build a future anchored and realised through employment.

It is our ambition to do things differently, to create the ‘department of great jobs’– where our people reflect our purpose.

The Role

The Right Fit For Risk (RFFR) team is collaborative, supportive and highly engaged. We work closely with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders including third-party service providers, IT professionals and program areas to deliver accurate, high-quality outcomes in a fast-paced and friendly environment.

Your role is to conduct cyber security assurance assessments of third-party employment and skills service provider IT environments and requires attention to detail, professionalism, clear communication and a positive, solutions focused mindset.

Duties and Responsibilities

Reporting to an EL1 cyber security assessor, the APS6 cyber security assessor is responsible for:

• Performing cyber security assurance assessments of third-party employment and skills service provider IT environments.
• Reporting assurance assessment outcomes to senior executives and relevant program areas.
• Providing cyber security assurance guidance and direction to internal and external stakeholders.
• Working collaboratively with other RFFR team members to drive continual improvements to assessment processes and culture, and
• Undertake additional responsibilities or tasks as required.

Qualifications and Education

• Minimum 2 years in a cyber security role (Governance, Risk and Compliance, technical analyst, or similar) OR
• Minimum 4 years in an IT administration role (or similar).

How to Apply

Applicants are required to provide a summary (no more than *500*words) that outlines skills, knowledge, and experience and why you should be considered for this vacancy. You should take into consideration the position overview (including any detailed position specific requirements) when drafting your response. Where possible include specific relevant examples of your work.

The APS work level standards accommodate the diversity of roles across the APS and are structured to clearly differentiate between the work expected (i.e. responsibilities and duties) at each classification level.

In the eRecruit (the department’s online recruitment system) you will also need to:

• upload a Curriculum Vitae
• provide contact details for 2 Referees.

Eligibility

Don’t meet all the role requirements?

At DEWR we are dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive workforce and seek to recruit staff with a wide range of backgrounds, skill levels, disciplines and working styles. If this role resonates with you and you are excited about making an impact, but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly, we encourage you to apply anyway.

Citizenship - to be eligible for employment with the Department, you must be an Australian Citizen or, in limited circumstances, in the process of obtaining it.

Security Clearance - our successful candidate is required to hold, or have the ability to obtain, and maintain a *Baseline*security clearance.

Please refer to the Job Information Pack for more information about the role.

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