EL1 Specialist Advisor

Are you an experienced workforce integrity or personnel security professional seeking an opportunity to contribute to meaningful outcomes within a federal government environment? A federal government agency is seeking an EL1 Specialist Advisor - Employment Suitability and Workforce Integrity to lead the design, implementation and ongoing management of contemporary workforce suitability and integrity frameworks across the employment lifecycle.

Role Details:

• Job Title: EL1 Specialist Advisor - Employment Suitability and Workforce Integrity
• Type: Full-Time hours, Temporary Labour Hire Assignment
• Location: Brisbane CBD
• Rate: $602.55 per day + superannuation

About the Role:
The EL1 Specialist Advisor provides authoritative advice and leadership on workforce suitability, personnel security and integrity risk management. The role leads the development and implementation of a risk-based employee suitability framework aligned with the Protective Security Policy Framework (PSPF) and APS integrity requirements. Operating with a high degree of autonomy, the role supports defensible decision-making in complex and sensitive workforce matters, strengthens pre-employment screening and ongoing suitability processes, and partners closely with integrity, security and governance stakeholders across the agency.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the design, consultation and implementation of a contemporary employee suitability framework covering the full employment lifecycle.
• Ensure workforce suitability settings align with protective security, APS integrity and personnel security policies and standards.
• Provide expert analysis and advice on complex suitability matters, including identification of risks, concerns and appropriate mitigations.
• Apply vetting and suitability assessment principles to complex workforce cases, producing clear, structured and defensible documentation.
• Strengthen pre-employment screening arrangements, ensuring checks are proportionate to role risk and integrated into recruitment processes and systems.
• Review pre-employment and workforce information to identify potential suitability indicators and provide evidence-based recommendations.
• Develop and embed practical, risk-informed approaches to ongoing suitability and workforce monitoring, including clear triggers for review.
• Assist in identifying roles with elevated integrity, access or security requirements, including worker screening considerations.
• Support governance tools and registers that link roles to suitability and screening expectations.
• Refresh and maintain policies, procedures, guidance materials and assessment tools relating to workforce suitability and integrity.
• Strengthen linkages across personnel security, integrity, fraud, audit, risk and governance functions.
• Prepare high-quality written briefs, assessments and advice for senior executives on sensitive and complex matters.
• Build strong, collaborative relationships with stakeholders across Cyber, Fraud, Legal, Audit, Risk, People and operational areas.
• Lead complex workstreams, manage priorities and risks, and provide mentoring and guidance to staff in related integrity or security functions.
• Other duties as required.

Mandatory Requirements:

• Full Australian citizenship
• Significant experience in personnel security, vetting, suitability assessment or workforce integrity roles
• Demonstrated experience applying the Protective Security Policy Framework (PSPF) to workforce lifecycle processes
• Proven ability to interpret complex and sensitive personal information against defined suitability standards
• Strong experience developing or applying structured frameworks, risk criteria or assessment methodologies
• Highly developed written and verbal communication skills, including preparation of suitability assessments, decision records and executive briefs
• Demonstrated ability to manage sensitive information with discretion, professionalism and sound judgement
• Proven capability to lead complex work programs, manage competing priorities and deliver outcomes with limited supervision

Highly Regarded:

• Experience working within a federal or state government environment
• Experience leading integrity, governance or workforce risk uplift activities
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills across multidisciplinary and geographically dispersed teams
• Experience supporting or advising senior executives on sensitive integrity or personnel security matters

Apply now! This is an excellent opportunity to provide expert workforce integrity leadership, influence organisational suitability and security outcomes, and contribute to a professional and collaborative federal government environment.

At HOBAN we encourage applications from people with disability, people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, people of all genders, LGBTI people, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

We provide reasonable adjustments; including alternate formats to the recruitment process for individuals with disability. If you require an adjustment to be made during the recruitment process, please email our Adjustments Coordinator at adjustments@hoban.com.au or visit hoban.com.au/adjustments for additional contact details.