Intelligence Officer – Australian Secret Intelligence Service
📌 Vacancy Fact Sheet
- Reference Number: VN-0770778
- Agency: Australian Secret Intelligence Service
- Job Title: Intelligence Officer
- Position Number: .
- Classification: APS Level 4
- Closing Date: Wednesday 30 September 2026
- Job Type: Full-Time, Ongoing
- Location: Canberra ACT
- Future Merit Locations: Canberra
- Salary: $100,451 – $138,523
- Office Arrangement: On Site (.)
About Australian Secret Intelligence Service
ASIS is Australia’s overseas secret intelligence collection agency. Its mission is to protect and promote Australia’s vital interests
through the provision of intelligence services as directed by the Government. Its work can involve collecting intelligence relating to
national security, international relations and economic issues. It also contributes to Australia’s coordinated national efforts against
terrorism, proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, and trans-national issues such as people smuggling.
Duties
- Intelligence Officers,
- Plan and conduct intelligence operations using good operational judgement
- Liaise with foreign intelligence or security services
- Identify and manage risk
- Solve complex problems
- Interact with people from diverse cultures and backgrounds
- Intelligence Officers undergo comprehensive training prior to commencing any role.
- To succeed as an Intelligence Officer, you will need to demonstrate:
- exceptional interpersonal skills in order to build strong relationships with people;
- personal presence and impact, with a proven ability to interact effectively with people from
- diverse cultures and backgrounds;
- excellent written communication skills;
- high levels of maturity and self-management skills, with excellent judgement and the ability
- to assess risk;
- resilience and self-motivation, with a determination to achieve results in difficult and high
- –pressure environments; and
- the highest levels of personal integrity and professionalism, which ASIS will continue to
- support through comprehensive training and development programs.
Eligibility / Notes
- The following education, qualifications and/or experience is essential prior to applying:
- · a minimum three-year tertiary degree; AND
- · 2+ years’ professional work experience (post tertiary study or concurrent relevant work
- experience in your field of study); OR
- · significant relevant work experience (7+ years) in lieu of a tertiary degree.
- To be eligible for a role you must:
- · Be an Australian citizen
- · Be assessed as suitable to hold and maintain a TOP SECRET-Privileged Access security
- clearance
- · A current driver’s licence is a mandatory requirement.
- For more information on eligibility please see the Protective Security Policy Framework which is
- publicly accessible at protectivesecurity.gov.au, section 12 provides information on Eligibility and
- suitability.
How to Apply
Position Contact Not Provided, Not Provided
Agency Recruitment Site https://www.asis.gov.au/
Applicants to vacancies notified in all formats of the electronic Public Service Gazette should be aware:
that the names of successful applicants will also be notified in all formats of the electronic Public Service Gazette
applicants found suitable may be offered similar employment opportunities by other Australian Public Service agencies
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