• Full time ongoing Senior Executive Band 1 role TRP from $233,641 per annum including superannuation  
• Location Sydney or Regionally based in NSW – Hybrid working

 About the role

This role provides strategic direction and leadership across a range of corporate enabling functions, including governance, finance, and reporting. You will be responsible for managing the financial performance of the Agriculture & Biosecurity Group, ensuring alignment with best practice integrity, governance, and risk frameworks. Additionally, you will lead the delivery of a portfolio of key programs of work within the Agriculture & Biosecurity sector, making a significant impact on the organization's success and contributing to the advancement of these critical industries.

About you

As the Director Business Operations and Governance, you will provide strategic direction and leadership across a diverse range of corporate enabling functions, including governance, finance, and reporting. You will play a crucial role in managing the financial performance of the Agriculture & Biosecurity Group, ensuring that the Group adheres to best practice integrity, governance, and risk frameworks. Your expertise will be instrumental in steering the organization towards achieving its strategic objectives.

In addition to financial oversight, you will lead the delivery of a portfolio of key programs of work within the Agriculture & Biosecurity sector. This multifaceted role requires a proactive approach to leadership and a commitment to excellence, as you work to enhance the impact and effectiveness of our initiatives.

You will be a person who will

• Ensure a consistent and timely management response to organizational challenges across the Group and Department, aligning these responses with executive decision-making processes. Your ability to navigate complex situations will be key to maintaining organisational integrity and effectiveness.
• You will thrive in a high-pressure environment able to work towards tight timeframes, where you can deliver a coordinated and considered strategic advice and solutions in a politically sensitive framework.
• You will have high level stakeholder management skills able to consistently deliver a cohesive problem-solving approach ensuring alignment with Departmental requirements, helping to effectively advance the goals of the Agriculture & Biosecurity Group.

For further information about the role, please contact  the hiring manager peter.day@dpird.nsw.gov.au or mobile 0419 616 378  or Felicity Gillard, Manager Talent Acquisition email felicity.j.gillard@dpird.nsw.gov.au or 0410 318 002. Alternatively, view the role description for Director Business Operations and Governance

 Why us? 

The Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) is the department dedicated to growing primary industries and supporting regional economic development to deliver long term benefits to the state. Our focus is to protect, support and develop our primary industries, mining sector, and regions.  

DPIRD brings together Agriculture and Biosecurity; Forestry and Fishing; Local Land Services; Mining, Exploration and Geoscience; Regional Development and Delivery; the Regional Growth NSW Development Corporation; NSW Public Works and Soil Conservation Service. We have nearly 5,000 employees, with almost 80 per cent of us living and working in regional NSW. 

Sounds interesting -want to Apply? 

If you are a forward-thinking leader, we invite you to apply to join us in shaping the future of agriculture and biosecurity through effective leadership and strategic management. Please submit your curriculum vitae and a cover letter addressing your suitability for this position.  

Applications Closing Date:   11 December at 11:55pm 

If you require adjustments in completing your application, interviewing, completing any pre- employment testing, or otherwise participating in the recruitment process, please let us know so we can assist. Send an email to capability.talent@regional.nsw.gov.au and a member of the team will contact you for a confidential discussion.  

 Additional Information: 
A talent pool may be created from this recruitment action for ongoing and temporary roles of the same standard that may become available for filling over the next eighteen months. The successful applicant in this role may be required to undergo a police check, health assessment and other assessments as required. 

 Diversity and inclusion are core values of the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development. The Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development is a workplace where everyone is able to contribute and participate to their full potential, and we are proud to have a team that reflects the richness and complexity of the regional NSW communities we serve.