Microsoft & Network Infrastructure

  • Australia
  • Brisbane
  • Contract
  • Negotiable
  • 12 Month Contract
  • $900 – $1000 Per Day
  • Brisbane Based

You’ll be responsible for supporting and improving the company’s Microsoft and network infrastructure, with a strong focus on reliability, security and effective technology services.

Your responsibilities will include:

  • Administering Microsoft 365, including Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, Teams, OneDrive and Microsoft Purview.
  • Managing Microsoft Entra ID, including user and group lifecycles, RBAC, Conditional Access, MFA, identity governance and SSO.
  • Managing Microsoft 365 security, compliance, licensing and governance.
  • Developing and maintaining SharePoint Online sites, permissions, document management structures and governance standards.
  • Supporting Microsoft Fabric, including data integration, dataflows, storage and Power BI integration.
  • Supporting LAN/WAN connectivity, switches, routers and wireless infrastructure.
  • Managing IP addressing, DHCP, DNS and VLANs.
  • Configuring and supporting remote-access and site-to-site VPN solutions.
  • Monitoring network performance and troubleshooting connectivity issues.
  • Supporting Azure networking integrations with on-premises environments.
  • Maintaining network documentation, diagrams and configuration standards.
  • Working with vendors and service providers to resolve network and infrastructure issues.
  • Supporting infrastructure security controls and participating in incident, problem and change management activities.

About You

To succeed in this role, you’ll ideally bring:

  • Strong experience administering Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Entra ID.
  • Proven experience with SharePoint Online administration, governance and information architecture.
  • Experience supporting and maintaining enterprise network infrastructure.
  • Experience implementing Conditional Access, MFA and identity security controls.
  • Knowledge of Microsoft Fabric, Power BI and modern data platforms.
  • Experience working within hybrid cloud environments.
  • Strong troubleshooting, analytical, documentation and communication skills.

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SAP HR Functional Expert

  • Australia
  • Brisbane
  • Contract
  • Negotiable

The successful contractor will provide expert analysis, solution design, configuration, testing, documentation, stakeholder engagement, and support services across the SAP HR and Payroll landscape on SAP S/4HANA. Working closely with Payroll, Human Resources, and technology stakeholders, the role will deliver compliant, business-critical solutions that support operational excellence, system enhancements, upgrades, projects, and continuous improvement initiatives.

The SAP HR Functional Expert will:

  • Provide support for the SAP HR solution including SAP Payroll including support for ongoing critical HR projects. This includes Payroll Optimisation Project (POP) initiatives for HR such as Standardisation of Awards, Timesheet to Pay automation, and Automation of Pay Run as well as being a key resource for HR Support Packs implementation, ongoing BAU functional support for HCM and Payroll.
  • Lead functional and technical analysis, investigation, design and implementation of complex system enhancements and defect resolution activities.
  • Translate complex business processes and preparing documentation for rectifying defects, new or re-engineered systems or solutions.
  • Design, develop and document difficult and complex programs for HCM and Payroll SAP modules

SAP HR Functional Configuration

The contractor will:

  • Design, configure and implement SAP HR and Payroll solutions
  • Complete unit testing and support integration, regression and user acceptance testing activities.
  • Maintain all required technical and functional documentation as applicable.

Mandatory Experience and Skills

The successful contractor must demonstrate:

  • A proven track record and strong experience in Payroll support, design and configuration including rules and schemas.
  • Proven ability to analyse complex business requirements and translate them into SAP HR solutions.
  • Experience preparing required document deliverables of high quality, and supporting solution delivery.

Stakeholder Engagement

  • Excellent communication, consultation and stakeholder engagement skills.
  • Provide credible expert advice and influence outcomes across business and technical stakeholders.

Desirable Experience

  • More than 7 years extensive SAP HR / Payroll experience
  • Experience with SAP HR upgrades, enhancement packs and support pack implementations.

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EL1 Assistant Director, Cultural Safety Learning

  • Australia
  • New South Wales
  • Contract
  • Up to AU$602.55 per day

Talent International is currently recruiting for an EL1 Assistant Director, Cultural Safety Learning to work for one of our Federal Government clients at one of its multiple office locations across NSW. The position is a contract till end of Dec with the possibility of extension. The role pays $602.55 per day + Super.

7.6 hours per day and 38 hours per week

About the role

As the EL1 Assistant Director, Cultural Safety Learning, you will lead the design, development and implementation of the Cultural Safety Learning Program and related workplace capability initiatives. The role has a strong focus on improving outcomes for First Nations peoples and embedding culturally safe, strengths-based approaches across the organisation.

Key responsibilities

  • Lead the design, development and implementation of cultural safety learning and workplace capability initiatives aligned to strategic objectives.
  • Provide high-level strategic, policy and cultural safety advice to senior executives, including preparing ministerial briefs, submissions and committee papers.
  • Embed cultural safety into workforce capability planning, learning and development strategies.
  • Lead stakeholder engagement, co-design and consultation with internal business areas, First Nations peoples, communities, organisations and other key partners.
  • Represent the Agency in high-level meetings, working groups and committees to progress cultural safety priorities.
  • Partner with HR, learning and development, and operational teams to ensure initiatives meet workforce and organisational needs.
  • Oversee program monitoring, evaluation, reporting, risk management and performance measures.
  • Lead, mentor and support staff while fostering a positive, safe and accountable workplace culture.
  • Champion responsive approaches that recognise and respect First Nations cultural and community contexts.

Essential criteria

  • Demonstrated ability to lead complex training, learning and workplace capability initiatives, including governance, risk management and co-design.
  • Strong project and program management capability, including planning, monitoring, reporting and stakeholder management.
  • Proven ability to build trusted, respectful and effective relationships with First Nations peoples, communities, organisations and leaders.
  • High-level instructional design capability, including applying the ADDIE model across analysis, design, development, implementation and evaluation.
  • Expertise in adult learning principles and training development.
  • Ability to analyse diverse information sources, assess policy impacts and develop evidence-based recommendations in complex environments.
  • Demonstrated experience leading high-performing teams, managing resources and delivering results in a dynamic policy setting.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including preparing high-quality reports and briefs and representing an organisation in senior forums.
  • Strong strategic thinking and the ability to identify, assess and respond to operational and strategic risks.

Desirable criteria

  • Experience working with First Nations peoples, communities and/or organisations.
  • Qualifications in education, training, human resources or a related discipline.
  • Experience designing and/or delivering training, particularly in First Nations policy or service delivery contexts.
  • Certificate IV in Training and Assessment (TAE40122 or equivalent).
  • Experience working within disability, health, Indigenous affairs or community-controlled organisation settings.
  • Tertiary qualifications in public policy, social sciences, law, Indigenous studies or a related field.

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Principal AI Engineer

  • Australia
  • Sydney
  • Contract
  • AU$1200 - AU$1300 per day

Principal AI Engineer

12 Month Contract | $1,200-$1,300/day + Super | Sydney Inner West | NSW Government

Are you an experienced AI Engineer looking to work on one of the most exciting AI-led transformation programs in the NSW Government?

We’re seeking a Principal AI Engineer to join a high-performing team delivering a large-scale enterprise modernisation initiative. This is a genuinely hands-on role where you’ll leverage AI-assisted engineering to transform decades-old legacy applications into modern cloud-native solutions.

If you’re passionate about building with AI-not just talking about it-this is an opportunity to work at the forefront of enterprise AI adoption.

The Opportunity:

You’ll play a key role in delivering an AI-driven application modernisation program, using modern engineering practices and AI tooling to accelerate the migration of critical enterprise systems into AWS.

Working within a small, highly technical team, you’ll collaborate closely with Enterprise Architects, AI specialists and subject matter experts to deliver scalable, modern applications.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Design, develop and deliver modern full-stack applications using AI-assisted engineering approaches.
  • Apply AI tools and frameworks to accelerate software development and legacy code transformation.
  • Develop scalable backend services, APIs and modern frontend applications.
  • Build cloud-native solutions within an AWS environment.
  • Collaborate with architects and technical SMEs to translate complex legacy functionality into modern applications.
  • Contribute to engineering standards, automation and best practices across the program.

You’ll bring a strong software engineering background combined with practical experience applying AI throughout the development lifecycle:

  • Extensive experience as a Full Stack Software Engineer.
  • Hands-on experience building solutions using AI engineering tools and techniques.
  • Strong backend development skills.
  • Experience with modern frontend frameworks.
  • Cloud experience, ideally AWS.
  • Experience building APIs and distributed applications.
  • Strong understanding of software architecture, DevOps and CI/CD practices.
  • Excellent stakeholder engagement and problem-solving skills.

Highly Regarded:

  • Experience modernising legacy applications.
  • Exposure to AI-assisted code migration or software transformation.
  • Experience working in large enterprise or government environments.

What’s on Offer

  • 12-month contract
  • $1,200-$1,300 per day + Super
  • Hybrid working arrangement (Eveleigh office)
  • Work on one of NSW Government’s most innovative AI transformation programs.
  • Join a collaborative, highly technical engineering team.
  • Opportunity to shape how AI is used to modernise enterprise technology at scale.

If you’re an experienced engineer ready to work on meaningful AI transformation, we’d love to hear from you.

Apply now or contact Zane Khan at Talent International for a confidential discussion.

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Senior Business Analyst

  • New Zealand
  • Auckland
  • Contract
  • Negotiable

Senior Business Analyst – CRM / CCaaS

6-month contract | Hybrid working

We’re looking for an experienced Senior Business Analyst to support the implementation of a new CRM and Contact Centre as a Service (CCaaS) solution.

The role

You’ll play a key role throughout the implementation phase, working with business stakeholders and implementation partners to define requirements, shape the future-state operating model and translate business needs into clear, actionable deliverables.

Key responsibilities will include:

  • Designing and leading discovery workshops

  • Facilitating structured discussions to clarify requirements and desired outcomes

  • Developing target-state process views and business rules

  • Identifying data and integration impacts

  • Maintaining assumptions, dependencies and decision logs

  • Creating user stories and outcome-focused acceptance criteria

  • Producing clear artefacts that implementation partners can use for solution design and delivery

  • Supporting stakeholders throughout the design and implementation life cycle

What we’re looking for

  • Strong Senior Business Analyst experience within CRM and contact centre solution implementations

  • Demonstrated experience working through the implementation phase of complex technology programmes

  • Experience with Salesforce, Microsoft Dynamics or a comparable enterprise CRM platform

  • Strong workshop design, facilitation and stakeholder engagement skills

  • The ability to translate complex business requirements into practical implementation artefacts

  • Experience working within FMA compliance requirements or a regulated financial services environment

  • Excellent communication, analytical and documentation skills

This is an excellent opportunity to contribute to a significant customer and technology transformation programme.

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Solutions Architect

  • New Zealand
  • Auckland
  • Permanent
  • Negotiable

Solution Architect

Full Time | Auckland | Hybrid

The Opportunity

Join a high-performing technology team undergoing significant transformation and growth within the financial services sector.

This is a hands-on architecture role with a strong digital focus. You will help design and deliver modern, customer-centred solutions across mobile and web platforms, APIs, cloud services and enterprise integration’s.

Working across a broad and evolving technology landscape, you will shape how digital experiences and supporting systems connect end to end. You’ll partner with product, engineering, delivery and business teams to translate customer and organisational needs into scalable, secure and practical technology solutions.

About You

You are a collaborative architect who enjoys remaining close to delivery. You can move comfortably between high-level solution design and detailed technical conversations, while keeping customer and business outcomes at the centre of your decisions.

You communicate clearly with both technical and non-technical stakeholders and are confident influencing teams across product, design, engineering and the wider business. You will bring curiosity, sound judgement and a genuine interest in creating connected digital experiences that are intuitive, reliable and built for the future.

You will play an important role in:

  • Defining solution architecture for customer-facing digital products and platforms
  • Supporting the delivery of seamless mobile and web experiences
  • Designing APIs and integration patterns that connect digital channels with complex enterprise systems
  • Ensuring solutions are scalable, secure, resilient and aligned with broader technology strategy
  • Providing hands-on technical guidance throughout the delivery lifecycle
  • Helping establish architecture practices and frameworks in an evolving environment
  • Balancing customer experience, commercial objectives and technical considerations

What You’ll Bring

  • At least five years’ experience in solution architecture
  • Strong experience designing modern digital platforms and customer-facing solutions
  • Proven capability in API design, management and integration
  • Experience integrating digital applications with complex enterprise or legacy systems
  • Practical knowledge of React Native mobile applications and Angular web applications
  • Experience with cloud platforms, ideally Microsoft Azure
  • A strong understanding of microservices and modern architecture patterns
  • Knowledge of security, privacy, performance and accessibility considerations across digital platforms
  • A sound understanding of software development lifecycle best practices
  • The ability to navigate ambiguity and operate effectively where frameworks and processes are still developing

Previous experience within financial services, insurance, wealth management is preferred.

If you’re interested in this opportunity, APPLY now or send your CV directly to amber.shaw@talentinternational.com

Please note: To be considered, you must already be living in New Zealand and hold valid New Zealand working rights. Overseas applicants will not be considered.

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HSE Business Partner - Logistics

  • Australia
  • Melbourne
  • Permanent
  • + Tool of trade

Our client is seeking a proactive Health, Safety & Wellbeing Business Partner to support their growing logistics business. This newly created role offers the opportunity to partner closely with operational leaders across warehousing and transport operations, helping shape safety culture and establish best-practice HSE processes as the business continues to expand.

This is an ideal opportunity for a hands-on safety professional who enjoys being out in the field, building strong relationships with frontline teams and providing practical safety solutions.

Key Responsibilities

  • Partner with operational leaders across warehousing and transport operations to drive a proactive safety culture.
  • Conduct regular site visits, safety inspections and risk assessments across multiple operational locations.
  • Coach and support leaders in implementing safe work practices and improving HSE performance.
  • Lead incident investigations and support the implementation of effective corrective actions.
  • Provide practical advice on operational risks, including heavy vehicle compliance, traffic management and high-risk activities.
  • Support contractor management and ensure compliance with relevant HSE legislation and company standards.
  • Assist with the development and continuous improvement of HSE systems, processes and documentation.

Key Requirements

  • Experience in a HSE, WHS or Safety Advisor/Business Partner role within logistics, transport, warehousing or another high-risk operational environment.
  • Strong understanding of operational risk management and safety compliance.
  • Experience working directly with frontline operational teams and site leadership.
  • Heavy vehicle or Chain of Responsibility (CoR) experience will be highly regarded.
  • Excellent communication and relationship-building skills with the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels.
  • Self-motivated and comfortable working autonomously across multiple sites.
  • A practical, solutions-focused approach with a genuine passion for improving safety outcomes.

Benefits

  • Newly created role with the opportunity to help shape HSE processes and ways of working.
  • Join a growing logistics business backed by a well-established national organisation.
  • High level of autonomy with the flexibility to manage your own schedule.
  • Supportive leadership team that empowers people and encourages ownership.
  • Tool of trade vehicle provided.

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Technical Advisory

  • Australia
  • Adelaide
  • Contract
  • Negotiable
  • Technical Advisory
  • Initial contract up until December 2026 with possibility of extension
  • Adelaide Based Position with Hybrid working arrangement

Join a specialist team providing expert advice on complex disability support matters. We’re seeking qualified healthcare or allied health professionals to apply their clinical expertise, support evidence-based decisions, collaborate with stakeholders, and mentor colleagues to achieve positive outcomes for people with disability.

Skills and Experience:

  • Strong written and verbal communication skills to interact with internal and external stakeholders.
  • Demonstrated critical thinking and decision-making abilities.
  • Ability to work collaboratively with team members both within and external to the Branch, provide guidance to junior staff, and build positive relationships with stakeholders.
  • Flexibility to adapt to changing priorities and work environments, and to support various functions as needed.
  • Efficient time management skills under pressure.
  • Ability to manage multiple tasks, prioritize effectively, and maintain a high level of accuracy and attention to detail.
  • Ability to handle sensitive information with the utmost discretion and always maintain confidentiality.
  • Competence in using office software (e.g., Microsoft Office Suite) and other relevant tools for scheduling, document preparation, and communication.

Desirable Experience:

  • Demonstrated disability, hospital or aged care experience
  • Demonstrated clinical experience
  • Proven experience in providing high quality Health and Allied Health clinical and technical expertise at an individual and systemic level
  • Proven experience providing professional leadership, mentoring and guidance to employees ensuring high quality and consistency in decision making and professional advisory practices.
  • Demonstrated experience managing team-specific key deliverables
  • Must be eligible for AHPRA or AHPA registration.

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Junior SOC Analyst

  • New Zealand
  • Auckland
  • Permanent
  • Negotiable

Opportunity knocks:

This is an excellent opportunity to build your cybersecurity career within a supportive Security Operations Centre. You’ll gain hands-on experience responding to real security incidents while learning from experienced analysts and following a clear development pathway.

What you’ll be doing:

  • Monitor, assess, and triage security alerts
  • Investigate potential threats and escalate incidents
  • Support security incident response activities
  • Maintain operational documentation and runbooks
  • Participate in a supported on-call roster

What we’re looking for:

  • At least 2-3 years experience in cybersecurity, IT operations, or a SOC environment.
  • A sound understanding of security fundamentals and incident response
  • Exposure to SIEM, EDR, or cloud security tools
  • A curious and proactive mindset
  • The ability to remain calm under pressure and a genuine willingness to learn

Please note: Applicants must be based in Auckland to be considered for this opportunity.

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Procurement Officer/ Sourcing Specialist - Grade 6

  • Australia
  • Sydney
  • Contract
  • AU$55 - AU$60 per hour

Talent International is currently recruiting Procurement Officer/ Sourcing Specialist – Grade 6 to work for the NSW Government, based in Burwood (Hybrid). This is a contract until the 30th of Dec, with the possibility of extension, paying between $55 and $60/day plus Super.

8 hours per day/ 40 hours per week (excluding break, no overtime will be paid – less than 6 hours will be half day)

About the role

As a Procurement Officer / Sourcing Specialist, you will support operational sourcing activities by managing goods and services sourcing events, processing purchase orders and providing procurement advice to internal stakeholders.

You will work closely with teams across Finance, Procurement Services, the Solution Centre and Centre of Excellence to deliver high-quality customer service, support process improvements and achieve timely procurement outcomes.

Key responsibilities

  • Manage end-to-end sourcing activities for goods and services.
  • Prepare, draft and manage RFQs, RFPs and associated sourcing documentation.
  • Assist with drafting procurement contracts and supporting documentation.
  • Process purchase orders accurately and within required timeframes.
  • Conduct sourcing activities using systems such as Beeline, Guided Buy and ARIBA.
  • Provide procurement advice and support to internal business stakeholders.
  • Work with suppliers and internal stakeholders to resolve sourcing, system and process issues.
  • Support customers with procurement system and process adoption.
  • Maintain a high-volume workload while delivering accurate, responsive and professional service.
  • Identify opportunities for continuous improvement and contribute effectively within an agile team environment.

About you

To be successful in this role, you will have:

  • Demonstrated experience managing goods and services sourcing events.
  • Experience preparing RFQs, RFPs and procurement contracts.
  • Knowledge of procure-to-pay processes.
  • Strong stakeholder management, customer service and communication skills.
  • A high level of integrity, attention to detail and problem-solving ability.
  • A proactive, flexible and positive approach to working in a changing environment.
  • Experience with ARIBA and/or SAP is preferred, but not essential.
  • Previous NSW Government or broader government experience is desirable.

Experience in supply chain, inventory, materials planning or warehousing is not required for this role.

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Assistant Procurement Officer

  • Australia
  • Sydney
  • Contract
  • AU$40 - AU$50 per hour

Talent International is currently recruiting Assistant Procurement Officer to work for the NSW Government, based in Burwood (Hybrid). This is a contract until the 30th of Dec, with the possibility of extension, paying between $40 and $50/day plus Super.

8 hours per day/ 40 hours per week (excluding break, no overtime will be paid – less than 6 hours will be half day)

Start Date: 17/08/2026

About the role

As an Assistant Procurement Officer, you will support operational sourcing activities by ensuring the accurate and timely processing of purchase orders, conducting sourcing activities and providing procurement advice to internal stakeholders.

Working closely with Finance, Procurement Services, the Solution Centre and Centre of Excellence teams, you will help deliver a high standard of customer service, contribute to process improvements and support efficient procurement outcomes.

Key responsibilities

  • Process purchase orders accurately and within required timeframes.
  • Conduct sourcing and request-for-quotation activities using procurement systems.
  • Provide general procurement advice and support to internal stakeholders.
  • Work with external suppliers and a broad range of internal business areas.
  • Assist in resolving customer enquiries, system issues and procurement-related concerns.
  • Support customers to understand and adopt procurement systems and processes.
  • Maintain a high-volume workload while delivering accurate, responsive service.
  • Identify opportunities for process improvement and contribute positively to an agile team environment.

About you

To be successful in this role, you will have:

  • Experience across procure-to-pay processes.
  • Strong customer service and stakeholder engagement skills.
  • Clear and effective written and verbal communication skills.
  • A proactive, positive and flexible approach to changing priorities.
  • Strong attention to detail, integrity and problem-solving ability.
  • Experience with ARIBA and/or SAP is preferred, but not essential.
  • Previous NSW Government or broader government experience is desirable.

Experience in supply chain, inventory, materials planning or warehousing is not required for this position.

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EL1 Specialist Advisor, Employment Suitability and Workforce Integrity

  • Australia
  • New South Wales
  • 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 one of its multiple office locations across NSW. The position is a contract till end of Dec with the possibility of extension. The role pays $602.55 per day + Super.

7.6 hours per day and 38 hours per week

This senior advisory role will lead the development and implementation of contemporary employment suitability, personnel security and workforce integrity frameworks. You will provide expert advice on complex suitability matters, strengthen workforce screening practices and support defensible, risk-based decision-making across the employment lifecycle.

Key responsibilities:

Personnel security and suitability frameworks

  • Lead the design, consultation and implementation of an employee suitability framework covering the full employment lifecycle.
  • Ensure alignment with the Protective Security Policy Framework (PSPF), APS integrity requirements and personnel security policies.
  • Provide expert analysis and advice on workforce suitability and risk-based controls.

Suitability assessment and advisory

  • Apply vetting and suitability assessment principles to complex workforce cases.
  • Identify suitability concerns and recommend appropriate risk treatments and mitigations.
  • Support consistent and defensible decisions through structured analysis, clear documentation and sound judgement.

Pre-employment screening

  • Strengthen pre-employment screening processes by aligning checks with the risk profile of each role.
  • Integrate screening requirements into recruitment processes and system workflows.
  • Review pre-employment information, identify suitability indicators and provide recommendations.

Ongoing workforce suitability

  • Develop practical, risk-informed approaches to ongoing employee suitability.
  • Establish clear triggers for review and apply structured assessment methods when concerns arise.
  • Help the organisation manage integrity-related workforce risks.

Role risk and governance

  • Identify roles with elevated integrity, access or worker-screening requirements.
  • Maintain registers or tools connecting positions with relevant suitability expectations.
  • Advise business areas on suitability considerations during position design, recruitment and workforce management.

Policy and continuous improvement

  • Review and maintain policies, procedures and guidance materials covering the employment lifecycle.
  • Improve connections between personnel security, workplace integrity, fraud, audit, risk and governance functions.
  • Ensure documentation is clear, consistent and accessible.

Stakeholder engagement

  • Build collaborative relationships with Cyber Security, Fraud, Legal, Audit, Risk and operational teams.
  • Engage confidently with stakeholders at all organisational levels regarding complex and sensitive matters.
  • Prepare high-quality executive papers, briefings and written advice.

Leadership and program delivery

  • Lead complex workstreams while managing priorities, risks and interdependencies.
  • Mentor staff working in personnel security and workforce integrity functions.
  • Facilitate knowledge transfer and promote stronger awareness of integrity, ethical behaviour and suitability expectations.

About you

The ideal candidate will demonstrate:

  • Significant experience across the personnel security lifecycle.
  • Experience applying PSPF requirements to recruitment, onboarding, suitability assessments, ongoing monitoring and cessation processes.
  • Strong experience in vetting, personnel security, suitability assessment or comparable integrity-based roles.
  • The ability to interpret complex personal information and assess suitability against defined standards.
  • Experience developing or applying structured frameworks, assessment methodologies and risk criteria.
  • Excellent written analysis skills, including preparing suitability assessments, decision records, executive papers and briefings.
  • The ability to manage sensitive and confidential information with discretion and professionalism.
  • Highly developed judgement and decision-making skills, including the ability to balance risk with operational requirements.
  • Strong stakeholder engagement and senior advisory capabilities.

A Certificate IV in Government Security (Personnel Vetting) will be highly regarded.

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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