Job description

EL1 Specialist Advisor, Employment Suitability and Workforce Integrity
Are you an experienced personnel security and integrity expert looking to play a critical, high-impact role in shaping workforce suitability frameworks? Step into a key advisory position where your expertise in risk-based controls, personnel vetting, and integrity policy will directly protect and strengthen organisational governance.
The Details:

Start: ASAP
Role Type: Full Time (08:30am till 5:00pm)
Contract: Until 31 December 2026, with potential for extension
Locations: Regional NSW - Newcastle, Charlestown, Grafton, Lismore, Coffs
Pay Rate: $602.55 Daily + super
Work Rights: Australian Citizen required

Key Responsibilities:

Framework Development: Lead the design, consultation, and implementation of a contemporary employee suitability framework covering the entire employment lifecycle, ensuring alignment with protective security and personnel security policies.
Suitability Assessment & Expert Advisory: Apply vetting and suitability assessment principles to complex workforce cases; provide authoritative advice on potential risks, suitability concerns, and appropriate mitigations.
Pre-Employment Screening: Strengthen pre-employment screening settings by ensuring proportional checks are aligned to role risk, and integrate screening into recruitment workflows.
Ongoing Monitoring & Risk Management: Develop practical, risk-informed approaches to ongoing suitability, establish triggers for review, and support the management of integrity-related workforce risks.
Governance & Workstream Leadership: Assist in identifying positions with elevated integrity or access requirements, lead complex workstreams, mentor staff, and build strong collaborative relationships across Cyber, Legal, Fraud, and Risk teams.
Policy & Briefings: Refresh and maintain relevant policies and procedures while preparing high-quality papers, decision records, and executive briefings.

Skills & Experience Required:

Demonstrated experience with the Personnel Security Lifecycle.
Experience applying PSPF requirements to workforce lifecycle processes (recruitment, onboarding, suitability assessments, ongoing monitoring, cessation).
Significant experience in vetting, suitability assessment, personnel security, or equivalent integrity-based roles.
Demonstrated ability to interpret complex personal information and determine suitability against defined standards.
Proven experience developing or applying structured frameworks, risk criteria, or assessment methodologies.
Strong written analysis skills, including preparing suitability assessments, decision records, or briefs.
Demonstrated ability to work with sensitive information with discretion and professionalism.
Qualification of Certificate IV in Government Security (Personnel Vetting).
Highly developed judgement and decision-making skills, balancing risk, procedural fairness, and operational requirements.

Apply Now:
Ready to make an impact? Apply online now with your CV and Cover letter or reach out to Maddy Hellawell at with any questions.
Please Note: Applications close 10 AM Monday 10th August 2026. Any application received after this date will be considered as an Expression of Interest in case other similar opportunities become available.

At Randstad, we are passionate about providing equal employment opportunities and embracing diversity to the benefit of all. We actively encourage applications from any background.

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