Job Description

About Us

IAG Defence & National Security (DNS) is part of IAG, a specialist advisory firm supporting complex infrastructure, Defence and national security programs across Australia.

Our DNS team works closely with Commonwealth agencies and industry partners to deliver specialist expertise into nationally significant programs. Our success depends on our ability to identify, engage and mobilise highly specialised talent quickly and effectively. IAG is recognised as Veteran Friendly Employer under the Veteran Employment Program.

The Role

We are seeking suitably qualified and experienced professionals to support the delivery of complex Defence capability outcomes across a range of program, project, engineering and logistics functions.

Working within integrated teams, successful candidates will contribute specialist expertise, collaborate with key stakeholders and support the achievement of critical capability objectives in a fast-paced Defence environment.

Program Planning (2 roles available - L3 Advanced Practitioners):

We are seeking experienced Program Planning and Integration Officers to support planning, integration, governance and performance management activities within a complex Defence capability environment.

In this role, you will develop, maintain and continuously improve key program and project planning artefacts, ensuring alignment across scope, schedule, cost, risk and workforce considerations. You will coordinate and integrate inputs from multiple stakeholders, delivery streams and functional disciplines to support effective program planning, decision-making and delivery outcomes.

You will also contribute to performance monitoring, executive reporting, governance activities and assurance processes, providing accurate and timely information to support senior leadership and program governance requirements.

The role location is Canberra - ACT and an NV1 clearance is required.

About You

You are an experienced program planning/ integration project professional with the ability to operate effectively within a complex Defence, government or large-scale delivery environment.

You will demonstrate experience in:

• Developing and maintaining program and project management artefacts, plans and supporting documentation
• Coordinating and integrating inputs across multiple stakeholders, workstreams and functional areas
• Supporting program planning, governance and performance management activities
  • Monitoring progress against approved plans, identifying variances and supporting corrective actions
• Preparing executive reporting, briefing materials and decision-support documentation
• Supporting governance forums, assurance activities and continuous improvement initiatives
• Analysing information to identify risks, issues, dependencies and opportunities for improved delivery outcomes
• Ensuring documentation, processes and artefacts comply with relevant governance and organisational requirements

You possess strong analytical, organisational and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities, work collaboratively across multidisciplinary teams and provide high-quality support to complex program delivery activities.

What we offer

With offices in Perth, Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney, and Canberra, we’re a tight-knit team, working across some of Australia’s most critical infrastructure and Defence projects. We come from diverse backgrounds and pride ourselves on our flexible, supportive and collaborative team culture. We can offer great work, great people, great culture, great conditions, and an all-round great time, whilst you go about developing a great career in this space.

As part of IAG, you’ll be joining a team of more than 250 professionals’ working across a range of integrated workstreams in a friendly and approachable environment.