Assistant Director – Multiple Positions – Department of Defence
📌 Vacancy Fact Sheet
- Reference Number: VN-0770700
- Agency: Department of Defence
- Job Title: Assistant Director – Multiple Positions
- Position Number: DIG/03663/26
- Classification: Executive Level 1
- Closing Date: Sunday 19 July 2026
- Job Type: Full-Time, Ongoing
- Location: Bungendore NSW, Russell ACT
- Future Merit Locations: Bungendore, Russell
- Salary: $124,393 – $140,315
- Office Arrangement: On Site (Defence is committed to supporting workplace)
About Department of Defence
AGO produces intelligence that informs operational, tactical and strategic decision making across
Defence and government. Our teams apply specialised tradecraft, advanced technology and
strong partner collaboration to deliver insights that support:
ADF operations and training
Whole-of-government intelligence and security activities
Natural disaster responses
Strategic policy development
Safety of navigation and national resilience activities
AGO operates across Canberra, Bungendore, Wollongong and Bendigo, offering a unique career
path within Australia’s national intelligence community.
Our Ideal Candidate
You will direct complex GEOINT work in a way that emphasises the ultimate objectives for
Defence and Australia behind individual tasks or lines of effort. You will also ensure team
compliance with relevant tradecraft, legislative frameworks, government decisions and mission
requirements.
You will bring:
An ability to align team efforts with strategic priorities.
Strong communication and leadership skills with the ability to motivate and drive team
performance.
The ability to build influence and negotiate with key stakeholders including senior
decision-makers and external partners.
Flexibility, resilience and sound judgement demonstrated through the ability to triage
competing priorities and make decisions under pressure.
A commitment to continuous learning, professional development and the GEOINT tradecraft.
The ability to work independently or collaboratively as needed.
Demonstrated professionalism, integrity and accountability, and the ability to lead by
example.
Duties
- The Role
- The Australian Geospatial-Intelligence Organisation (AGO) is seeking highly motivated candidates
- to fill Executive Level 1 assistant director positions within the Intelligence & Insights Branch and
- the Targeting, Mission and Engagement Branch.
- In this role, you will lead complex intelligence analysis and production efforts, shaping the efforts
- of analysts to align with Defence and Australian Government priorities.
- In any given week, you will:
- Work across teams to lead the delivery of complex GEOINT and imagery analysis,
- developing new and improved tradecraft, mentoring staff and overseeing delivery of high
- quality intelligence.
- Develop and leverage your own subject-matter expertise to advise colleagues and lead
- cross-directorate initiatives.
- Through leadership, guidance and mentoring, drive accountability, capability uplift and
- professional growth within the analytical cadre.
- Ensure analytical products meet legislative, policy, tradecraft/quality and governance
- requirements.
- Deliver written and verbal briefs and advice to a wide range of stakeholders, including senior
- decision-makers.
- Build, maintain and leverage productive relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
- This role is eligible for an additional remuneration benefit known in Defence as a Building Defence
- Capability Payment (BDCP). This enables Defence to provide a premium, in addition to the base
- salary otherwise payable under the Defence Enterprise Collective Agreement (DECA), for
- positions in occupational disciplines/classifications that are critical to Defence capability. For
- further information, please contact the contact officer.
Eligibility / Notes
- Security Clearance
- Applicants must be able to obtain and maintain a security clearance at “Positive Vetting”.
How to Apply
Position Contact Name Withheld, 02 6265 1028
Agency Recruitment Site https://defencecareers.nga.net.au/?jati=1628D562-FA08-9979-DA6C-ED1B6E84E
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