Director Of Governance, Risk And Parliamentary

About the Governance, Risk and Parliamentary team
The Governance, Risk and Parliamentary team works across the Commission, ensuring our work is planned, monitored and reported on in a coordinated and cohesive way, while supporting the Commission to meet requirements of the Commonwealth Performance Framework. The Team also facilitates the flow of information from the Commission to our Ministers Office, coordinating ministerial correspondence and key parliamentary bodies.
Key functions of the Team include, but are not limited to:

• providing secretariat and coordination support to key governance forums, including:
  
  • Audit and Risk Management Committee.
  • Executive Committee.
  • Workplace Relations, Health and Safety Committee.
• policy stewardship for Risk, Assurance, Planning and Performance
• enhancing and coordinating:
  
  • The Commission's internal audit program.
  • The Commissions approach to business planning, including the Corporate Plan
  • Corporate reporting across the Commission, including the Annual Report .
  • Risk management and reporting.
• Performing the administrator role for PDMS and uplifting the Commission's PDMS capability.
• Providing advice and guidance with preparing ministerial correspondence, including Current Issues Briefs, and attendance at parliamentary committees, including Senate Estimates.
• Performing the role of Cabinet Liaison Officer.

The key duties of the position include
This position leads a small team that is responsible for overseeing the Commission's risk, assurance, internal audit, corporate planning and reporting, cabinet liaison, and ministerial and parliamentary support services. Ensuring the Commission has effective policies, frameworks and procedures in place to meet its governance and accountability requirements as set out in the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013, Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Rule 2014 and Commonwealth Performance Framework is an essential part of the role.
Key responsibilities include:

• Lead, mentor and develop a small team to provide and enhance the Commission's governance, risk and parliamentary service offering.
• Work collaboratively with other leaders to ensure the Commission meets its obligations under the Commonwealth Performance Framework, including to develop the Portfolio Budget Statement, Corporate Plan, Annual Report and Annual Performance Statements.
• Maintain and improve key governance and risk policies, procedures, guidelines, tools, templates and frameworks.
• Together with the Commission's Chief Audit Executive, coordinate the Commission's internal audit program.
• Lead the Commission's secretariat function, including forward work planning, development of papers, committee administration and task tracking.
• Lead the relationship with the Minister's office and Departmental Liaison Officers, and coordinate the Commission's provision of briefs and submissions to the Minister, Parliamentary Committees and Inquiries, as well as other external bodies from time to time.
• Administer the Parliamentary Document Management System (PDMS).
• Manage, and perform the role of, the Commission's Cabinet Liaison Officer(s), including use of Cabinet.
• Maintain a contemporary understanding of relevant legislation, policies and better practices, and use this understanding to improve Commission performance and compliance.
• Exercise discretion and judgement, including to action tasks within established work practices and priorities and identify priority and sensitive tasks for escalation.
• Liaise and build strong working relationships working closely with the APSC teams and other external stakeholders as required.
• Develop and implement robust corporate procedures and assist staff and managers within the APSC to understand and follow these procedures.
• Support the Assistant Commissioner Enabling Services to exercise their role, including contributing to Branch planning and performance activities, and supporting other Directors in the Branch with their responsibilities.
• Adhere to the APS Values, Code of Conduct and demonstrating capability in line with the APS Integrated Leadership System and Work Level Standards.