EL1 Assistant Director, Service Delivery - Adelaide

EL1 Assistant Director, Service Delivery with a Major Federal Government Agency in Geelong

Reasons to Apply - At a Glance

Australian Citizenship is required.

• An opportunity to lead a specialist team supporting participant safeguarding and risk response.
• Contribute to meaningful service delivery outcomes within a major Federal Government agency.
• Join a growing Federal Government agency with a strong focus on operational excellence and career development.
• Enjoy flexibility and stability with a hybrid working model, competitive daily rate, and potential for extension or permanency.

Your New Company

This Federal Government agency delivers a national support system for Australians living with disability, funding essential services tailored to individual needs and supporting participants to achieve their goals. This opportunity sits within a specialist safeguarding function focused on strengthening the agency's response to participant risk and delivering consistent, participant-centred outcomes.

Your New Role

You will be responsible for:

• Lead a high-performing safeguarding team, overseeing workflow, capacity, performance and the prioritisation of advice and risk assessment requests.
• Provide strategic advice and guidance on complex safeguarding matters, emerging participant risks and sensitive or high-risk cases.
• Build strong relationships across operational teams, senior executives and key stakeholders, escalating critical issues and providing clear, considered advice where required.
• Use data, reporting and management insights to monitor performance, identify emerging risks and support informed decision-making.
• Lead continuous improvement across safeguarding operations, including strengthening guidance, procedures, governance frameworks and overall organisational capability.

What You Will Need to Succeed

The successful applicant will demonstrate:

• Strong leadership experience delivering complex operational or service delivery outcomes, including workforce planning, workflow allocation, performance management and prioritisation.
• Proven ability to provide direction and exercise sound judgement across complex, sensitive or high-risk matters, working independently to drive outcomes.
• Strong stakeholder engagement, influencing and negotiation skills, with experience working effectively across operational, senior management and executive levels.
• Demonstrated experience leading continuous improvement, business improvement or organisational change within complex environments.
• Excellent written and analytical capability, with experience using data and reporting to monitor performance, identify improvement opportunities and prepare strategic advice, guidance and executive-level materials.

The Logistics

• Contract initially through to December 31st, 2027
• Hybrid working arrangement.
• Daily rate of $602.55 per day + super.
• Opportunities in Geelong, Wollongong, Robina, Parramatta and Adelaide.
• Australian Citizenship is required.

What You'll Get in Return

• An opportunity to progress your career with a large Federal Government agency.
• Work-from-home flexibility.
• A positive and open working culture.
• Weekly pay cycle.
• Online timesheet submission and approval.
• Nominated superannuation fund.

What You Need to Do Now

If this role sounds like something you'd be interested in pursuing, click 'Apply Now' or forward your current CV to noah.keeley@hays.com.au. Please include a short summary outlining your suitability for the role.

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