EL 1 (Legal 1) – Deputy Director Indo-Pacific Centre for Military Law

Job Description

The Role
The Deputy Director, ADF Indo-Pacific Centre for Military Law (IPCML) works with limited direction to promote respect for the rule of law and compliance with international law in military operations through training, international engagement and related activities with partners from the Indo-Pacific region.

The Deputy Director works within a complex stakeholder environment to coordinate and deliver legal training courses and capacity-building activities for military officers from the Indo-Pacific region so that they are trained to conduct operations in accordance with the law. The Deputy Director sources trainers from the ADF Military Legal Service, Commonwealth agencies, academia and the humanitarian sector, ensuring appropriate representation and the maintenance of quality training standards at all times.

In addition, the Deputy Director assists the Director in ensuring the maintenance of high standards of governance and reporting in line with Australian Government practices, in particular those specified by Defence Legal. An evolving area of work for the Deputy Director is in the development of collaborative partnerships by fostering and maintaining a broad range of contacts in this field in order to encourage the mutual exchange of ideas and experiences and to benchmark best practice in military law training. The Deputy Director will be responsible for managing the design, delivery and evaluation of the suite of courses run in-house and by Mobile Training Teams, as well as managing staff, resources, workloads and priorities of the IPCML to deliver timely, cost-effective and quality legal training.

The IPCML operates a high tempo legal training environment with a full program of training year-round, which will require on-site support and possible domestic and international travel. This is an opportunity for someone with a keen interest in international relations and international law to be involved with legal training and defence cooperation with partners from the Indo-Pacific region in order to shape Australia’s strategic environment.

About our Team
The ADF Indo-Pacific Centre for Military Law (IPCML) is a small, integrated team of civilian personnel and permanent and reserve military legal officers which trains over 500 international military officers annually, both in Australia, and through Mobile Training Teams deployed to the Indo-Pacific region.

The IPCML forms part of the Military Law Branch, and reports to the Director-General Military Legal Service. The team is co-located with the Military Legal Training Centre at Victoria Barracks Sydney in Paddington, NSW. The two centres share an administrative team (1 x APS6 Business Manager, 1 x APS5 Paralegal, 2 x APS4 Business Support Officers, 1 x APS1 Admin Officer), which performs critical administrative support and enabling functions to support training and capacity-building activities to military officers from the Indo-Pacific region.

The IPCML is committed to a diverse workforce underpinned by an inclusive culture that respects, values and utilises the contributions of people of different backgrounds, experiences and perspectives. The IPCML is committed to implementing the Defence Reconciliation Action Plan, and to mainstream gender perspectives, as part of the Gender, Peace and Security agenda.

Defence is committed to creating a fair and equitable workforce that encourages personnel to reach their full potential and positively contribute to organisational goals.

Our Ideal Candidate
The IPCML is seeking a professional, experienced in legal training with a passion for international law, defence cooperation, and engagement with the Indo-Pacific region.

Our ideal candidate will have the ability to communicate in a clear, concise and articulate manner, both in writing and orally. Additionally, the successful candidate will need to work well autonomously, have a good sense of initiative, and be a self-starter, whilst also working closely with a team and in support of the Director IPCML.

The Deputy Director is expected to have excellent stakeholder management skills, with the ability to liaise and work collaboratively with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders and negotiate in a persuasive manner to achieve business outcomes.

The role of Deputy Director requires well-developed management skills, proficiency in training design and delivery (familiarity with the Systems Approach to Defence Learning is an advantage) and proficiency in the fields of International Relations, International Human Rights Law and International Humanitarian Law. This position contributes to Australia’s security and stability in the region by promoting respect for the rule of law and compliance with international law, and the successful candidate will be expected to contribute to strategic initiatives and high-level matters in support of senior staff.

Application Closing Date: Monday 27 February 2023

For further information please review the job information pack, reference DESG/06441/22 on https://defencecareers.nga.net.au/?jati=3F448DB7-1E4C-16B9-3E17-D14BF3526AFE