EL1 Specialist Advisor - Employment Suitability and Workforce Integrity

  • Australia
  • Sydney
  • Contract
  • Up to AU$602.55 per day

Talent International is currently recruiting for an EL1 Specialist Advisor, Employment Suitability and Workforce Integrity to work for one of our Federal Government clients based in Surry Hills. The position is a 10-month contract role with the possibility of extension. The role pays $602.55 per day + Super.

7.6 hours per day and 38 hours per week

Personnel Security & Suitability Framework Development

  • Lead the design, consultation and implementation of a contemporary employee suitability framework covering the employment lifecycle.
  • Ensure alignment with protective security, APS integrity and personnel security policies.
  • Provide expert analysis and advice to guide the Agency’s approach to workforce suitability and risk-based controls.

Suitability Assessment & Expert Advisory

  • Apply vetting and suitability assessment principles to complex workforce cases.
  • Provide authoritative advice on potential risks, suitability concerns, and appropriate mitigations.
  • Support consistent, defensible decision-making through clear documentation, structured analysis and sound judgement.

Pre-Employment Screening

  • Strengthen pre-employment screening settings, ensuring proportional checks aligned to the risk of the role.
  • Support the integration of screening requirements into recruitment processes and system workflows.
  • Review pre-employment information to identify potential suitability indicators and provide appropriate recommendations.

Ongoing Suitability & Workforce Monitoring

  • Develop practical, risk-informed approaches to ongoing suitability.
  • Establish clear triggers for review and apply structured assessment methods where concerns arise.
  • Support the organisation in managing integrity-related workforce risks.

Workforce Role Risk & Governance

  • Assist in identifying positions with elevated integrity or access requirements. This includes worker screening checking processes.
  • Work with partners across People, Culture and Wellbeing to maintain supporting registers or tools that link positions to suitability expectations.
  • Provide guidance to business areas on suitability considerations during job design, recruitment and workforce management.

Policy, Documentation & Continuous Improvement

  • Refresh and maintain relevant policies, procedures and guidance materials with clear, consistent and accessible content that covers the employment lifecycle.
  • Strengthen linkages across personnel security, workplace integrity, fraud, audit and governance functions.

Stakeholder Engagement & Representation

  • Build collaborative relationships and partner with Cyber, Fraud, Legal, Audit and Risk and operational teams.
  • Engage confidently with stakeholders on all levels of the organisation in relation to sensitive issues.
  • Prepare high-quality papers, advice and briefings for executives.

Leadership & Program Delivery

  • Lead complex workstreams, managing priorities, risks and interdependencies.
  • Provide mentoring and guidance to staff working in related personnel security or integrity areas to enable knowledge transfers
  • Promote cultural uplift in integrity awareness, ethical behaviour and suitability expectations.

Desirable skills to have for the role/s:

  • Experience applying PSPF requirements to workforce lifecycle processes, including recruitment, onboarding, suitability assessments, ongoing monitoring, and cessation.
  • Significant experience in vetting, suitability assessment, personnel security or equivalent integrity-based roles.
  • Demonstrated ability to interpret complex personal information and determine suitability against defined standards.
  • Proven experience developing or applying structured frameworks, risk criteria or assessment methodologies.
  • Strong written analysis skills, including preparing suitability assessments, decision records or briefs.
  • Demonstrated ability to work with sensitive information with discretion and professionalism.
  • Experience leading reforms, governance processes or uplift activities.

If you are interested in this role, please APPLY NOW by submitting your resume in MS Word Format. For further information, you may contact Uvez Ahmed on 0480 806 154 / uvez.ahmed@talentinternational.com for a confidential discussion.

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