Army Youth Coordinator - Dunlop, Australia - Australian Government Department of Defence

Description

The Role

Your role is to maintain oversight of Army's youth engagement activities, which play a central role in promoting Army's reputation and showcasing Army as an employer of choice.

This position will be responsible for:

maintaining centralised visibility of all Youth engagement activities across Army; the coordination of compliance and assurance auditing and reporting of Army youth engagement; and act as Army's Youth Policy sponsor, which includes developing a deep knowledge of both Defence Youth policy and Australian Army Cadets Policy to contribute to policy development.

You will be responsible for the supervision of the APS 6 Policy Officer.

Your responsibilities will necessitate interaction with Reserve and Cadet Support Division, which sponsors Defence Youth Policy and the Defence Work Experience Program (DWEP) and with Army commands who plan and deliver non-Army Cadet Youth engagement activities across Australia.

You will report to the Army Policy Youth Owner, Commander Australian Army Cadets.

About our Team The Australian Army Cadets is an Army youth development organisation, consisting of military, APS, adult volunteers and cadet youth. The organisation has 20,000 participants, including 18,000 cadet youth across Australia under Headquarters Australian Army Cadets and nine Regional Headquarters.

HQAAC is located in Canberra and is comprised of the Commander AAC and six Branches:
Policy, Safety, Operations, Personnel, Training and ICT.

Importantly, the Commander AAC is the Army Policy Owner for Youth Policy across Army, ie not just for the Army Cadets.

It is within this area that the Army Youth Coordinator will be focused to maintain oversight of all Army youth engagement activities to ensure that Army is achieving wider Defence directed best practice in regards to youth safety and protection.

As part of a broader team, or as an individual, success in the role will require broad engagement within both Defence and Army.

Our Ideal Candidate
Our ideal candidate will possess excellent stakeholder engagement skills, as the ability to develop and maintain effective engagement across broad stakeholder groups is critical to success in this role. The candidate should have strong leadership skills and the ability to think strategically, analyse problems, apply judgement and build a consensus toward an enduring solution. The Position provides input to Army and Defence Youth policy development and will be required to write business submissions, reports, briefs and ministerial. The candidate must be able to manage complex conflicting workloads, adapt to change and analyse critical youth safety and protection related information. They must be able to meet deadlines and achieve results. They must understand good governance and be able to coordinate compliance and assurance auditing against the Youth Policy manual, with Army Commands and units. They must be a strong communicator and networker who is comfortable with working independently within clear parameters.