First Assistant Director-General Cyber Security Resilience

at  Australian Signals Directorate ASD

• Salary may be negotiated with the successful candidate
• Location Canberra, ACT
  The Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) is the Australian Government’s foreign signals intelligence, offensive cyber and cyber security agency.
  The ASD motto, Reveal their secrets - Protect our own, summarises our roles: we collect foreign intelligence; we provide advice and assistance on information and cyber security; and we conduct offensive cyber operations.
  ASD’s success is founded on the ingenuity of its workforce, mastery of technology, and collaborative partnerships. To achieve its mission, ASD requires people with strong integrity and a mix of specialist skills, adaptability, imagination, resilience and creativity. These abilities are needed to out-think and out-imagine some of the most testing adversaries and problems imaginable.
  Our Ideal Candidate

To be successful in this role you will need to meet the specified criteria. In addition to this you will have the following attributes:

• An exceptional results orientation, resilience and a positive approach to issues resolution;
• Skilful communicator with personal presence;
• Outstanding stakeholder engagement skills;
• Excellent strategic management and leadership skills;
• A strong commitment to customer service;
• A commitment to quality processes and outcomes;
• Forward-looking;
• Self-motivated;
• The ability to manage several high profile issues simultaneously;
• The ability to identify and assess emerging issues;
• Strong people management skills;
• The ability to provide strong leadership to a technical workforce;
• The ability to manage complex technical programs and projects; and
• Excellent judgement and the ability to manage complex technical and operational risk.

• An exceptional results orientation, resilience and a positive approach to issues resolution;
• Skilful communicator with personal presence;
• Outstanding stakeholder engagement skills;
• Excellent strategic management and leadership skills;
• A strong commitment to customer service;
• A commitment to quality processes and outcomes;
• Forward-looking;
• Self-motivated;
• The ability to manage several high profile issues simultaneously;
• The ability to identify and assess emerging issues;
• Strong people management skills;
• The ability to provide strong leadership to a technical workforce;
• The ability to manage complex technical programs and projects; and
• Excellent judgement and the ability to manage complex technical and operational risk