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Director, International and Commonwealth Engagement

Applications close: Sunday, 4 August 2024

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Careers
  • Join an organisation that has been proudly recognised certified as a 2024 Great Place to Work for four years
  • Join us at an exciting time of growth in supporting Australian businesses  
  • Play an impactful role in financing Australian exports and interests

Your New Role 

Location: Sydney or Canberra
Role Type: Full-time, Temporary (2 years)

Reporting to the Head of International and Commonwealth Engagement, this role will help strengthen our relationships with Ministerial and Government stakeholders, international export credit agency counterparts and other financiers, industry associations, media and other key external stakeholders. A key focus of the International and Commonwealth Engagement (ICE) team is to support transactions completed under Export Finance Australia’s (EFA) critical minerals, infrastructure, Southeast Asia and defence mandates, including those completed in the national interest. As part of onboarding, the successful candidate will work across all areas of National Interest transactions, and will gain specific expertise in priority mandates over time. As a Director in the ICE team, you will represent EFA in a range of Government and Industry settings, help execute EFA’s input into Commonwealth Government policy and parliamentary processes and work with the Head of ICE to develop and execute strategies to grow our organisation’s international engagement, enhance its reputation and mitigate risk.

  • Ability to lead and plan strategically, leveraging geo-political understanding to provide context and insights to activities that are aligned to our corporate plan.
  • Play a leading role in supporting the organisation to deliver on key Government policy objectives and reforms.
  • Display superior analytical skills to articulate complex issues, enabling the organisation’s understanding and response.
  • Build strong working relationships with key government stakeholders including the office of the Minister for Trade, Toursim and Investment, portfolio agencies including DFAT and  Austrade, the Department of Finance, Commonwealth entities including AIFFP, NAIF and Tourism Australia, as well as other policy and central agencies.
  • Identify and respond to risks and opportunities in the domestic and international trade landscape through internal and external consultation in a timely manner.
  • Monitor media activity, working closely with the Head of ICE and Executive to prepare media talking points and briefing documents as required.
  • Drive positive reputational outcomes to protect and grow our brand.
  • Support execution, monitoring and measurement of Export Finance Australia’s Partnerships Strategy, including the CEO’s international and domestic engagement programm including the preparation of speeches, media releases and briefings.
  • Build effective working relationships with international ECA partners,  foreign officials and private sector stakeholders including financing and development institutions to deliver on our expanded powers and to build our brand awareness and referral network.
  • Partner with the Director of Marketing to develop and execute marketing collateral to support key mandates: infrastructure and Southeast Asia

About you

  • Experience in international and/or domestic policy, economics and finance, and corporate affairs with minimum 8+years experience in a similar role

  • Good understanding of the machinery of government and parliamentary institutions and policy frameworks which could include direct experience liaising at senior ministerial, Parliamentary and/or Departmental level

  • Advanced verbal and written communication skills

  • Ability to work as part of a small collaborative team in a dynamic environment

  • Work effectively across functions juggling competing priorities from different stakeholders based on business needs

  • Ability to lead, coach and develop direct reports, including embedding consistently high standards of briefings, reports and general communication for diverse stakeholders.

  • Ability to effectively manage budgets and external vendors to optimise value, working within our risk and compliance framework

  • Tertiary qualifications in government, economics,  political science or international relations or equivalent experience gained in complex public or private sector organisations.

Even if you haven’t ticked every box but this role resonates with you, don't rule yourself out just yet, we'd love to hear from you!

Our Benefits and Culture 

We are small enough to have an impact, BIG enough to make a world of difference and it starts with our people.

We support flexible working and pride ourselves in fostering a culturally diverse, honest, collaborative and supportive team environment. We are proud to be recognised certified as a 2024 Great Place to Work for the fourth year (including 2023, 2022 and 2020), recognised on the 2023 AFR BOSS Best Places to Work list, as one of Australia’s Best Workplaces for Women 2022, and the Australian HR Awards 2021 Employer of Choice (NFP & Public Sector).

In line with our commitment to our people, we have a comprehensive array of benefits available to our employees:

  • Generous leave provisions (e.g. Annual Wellbeing day) & leave purchase opportunities

  • 14 weeks paid parental leave for primary care givers

  • Thorough induction onboarding program

  • Health & Wellbeing initiatives

  • Gender affirmation leave

  • Income Protection Insurance

  • Community volunteering & donation matching programs

  • and many more! 

Our headquarters is based in Sydney CBD, and we have a national presence across Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Canberra and Adelaide.

Eligibility

Australian Citizenship - To be eligible to apply for this position, applicants must hold Australian Citizenship at the time of application.

Security Clearance - To be eligible to apply for this position, applicants must be able to obtain and maintain a Negative Vetting level 2 security clearance.

Sound like you? Apply!

Applications close: Sunday, 4 August 2024
Interviews will occur in parallel, so please apply ASAP. 
Enquiries: Careers@exportfinance.gov.au

   
To apply, please email your CV to Careers@exportfinance.gov.au 
 
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We invite and welcome applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from diverse cultural backgrounds, people with disability and members of the LGBTQIA+ community.  
 
If you are a candidate with a disability, let us know how we can provide you with additional support. 

Applications from recruitment agencies will not be considered on this occasion.

About Export Finance Australia

Export Finance Australia is Australia’s export credit agency.  

We provide finance to support Australian export trade and overseas infrastructure development across the Pacific and Indo-Pacific. Through our loans, bonds and guarantees, we support businesses – from small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to large corporates – foreign governments and infrastructure projects, to take on the world. 

Working with banks, other government agencies and our partners, together we are helping drive international success for Australian businesses.

The reason our people join us, stay with us and grow with us is because they wholeheartedly believe in our purpose. They can see the impact we create for our customers.