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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Provide security advice and support
   • Assist management to analyse the security environment and plan to counter potential threats.
   • Advise management on physical and procedural security measures.
   • Assist in development of the organisation’s security policy and procedures in consultation with management and staff.
   • Promote self as the first point of contact for security concerns and queries within the organisation.
   • Advise on security matters.
2. Coordinate and monitor security
   • Develop and implement protective security arrangements in conjunction with senior management to create and maintain a secure environment for official information and resources.
   • Coordinate devolved security measures to ensure organisational standards are maintained consistently and cost-effectively.
   • Monitor organisational security procedures and systems and audit as required by the organisation’s security policy and plan.
   • Monitor the awareness of employees and contractors in terms of their security responsibilities and obligations, take action or make recommendation to address any gaps.
   • Review incident reports and assess implications for security risk, procedures and awareness training.
3. Access security specialists
   • Coordinate contact between the organisation and external security authorities/organisations.
   • Seek advice, technical assistance, learning and development from specialist security organisations to ensure compliance with jurisdictional and organisational security policies, procedures and standards.
   • Report or refer incidents and other security issues to government security authorities.
4. Provide security advice and support
   • Assist management to analyse the security environment and plan to counter potential threats.
   • Advise management on physical and procedural security measures.
   • Assist in development of the organisation’s security policy and procedures in consultation with management and staff.
   • Promote self as the first point of contact for security concerns and queries within the organisation.
   • Advise on security matters.
5. Coordinate and monitor security
   • Develop and implement protective security arrangements in conjunction with senior management to create and maintain a secure environment for official information and resources.
   • Coordinate devolved security measures to ensure organisational standards are maintained consistently and cost-effectively.
   • Monitor organisational security procedures and systems and audit as required by the organisation’s security policy and plan.
   • Monitor the awareness of employees and contractors in terms of their security responsibilities and obligations, take action or make recommendation to address any gaps.
   • Review incident reports and assess implications for security risk, procedures and awareness training.
6. Access security specialists
   • Coordinate contact between the organisation and external security authorities/organisations.
   • Seek advice, technical assistance, learning and development from specialist security organisations to ensure compliance with jurisdictional and organisational security policies, procedures and standards.
   • Report or refer incidents and other security issues to government security authorities.

Performance Evidence

Evidence required to demonstrate competence must satisfy all of the requirements of the elements and performance criteria. If not otherwise specified the candidate must demonstrate evidence of performance of the following on at least two occasions.

applying legislation, regulations and policies relating to the coordination of protective security

reading and analysing complex documents

researching and critically analysing the operational environment and drawing conclusions

using communication with diverse stakeholders involving listening, questioning, paraphrasing, clarifying and summarising, to provide advice and support

writing reports and recommendations requiring formal language and structure

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Knowledge Evidence

Evidence required to demonstrate competence must satisfy all of the requirements of the elements and performance criteria. If not otherwise specified the depth of knowledge demonstrated must be appropriate to the job context of the candidate.

Operational knowledge of:

public service Acts

Crimes Act 1914 and Criminal Code 1985

Freedom of Information Act 1982

Privacy Act 1988

fraud control policy

protective security policy

the organisation’s functions, assets and security environment

Australian standards, quality assurance and certification requirements

AS/NZS ISO 31000:2009 risk management – principles and guidelines

equal employment opportunity, equity and diversity principles

public sector legislation, including WHS and environment, in the context of coordinating protective security

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