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About the Role

The Digital Transformation Program of the Northern Territory Police Force (NTPF) underpins the NT Government's goals to reduce crime and enhance community safety. This program provides strategic leadership and coordination for projects aimed at improving policing capabilities and organizational effectiveness across multiple agencies. It encompasses a range of initiatives, both directly managed by NTPF and led externally, covering various stages from inception to implementation, while ensuring governance frameworks efficiently monitor budget, dependencies, and alignment towards successful outcomes.

The Senior Program Director role provides high-level strategic direction for significant national reform projects, including firearms legislation, criminal intelligence data integration, regulatory improvements, screening enhancements, and related legislative and digital initiatives. The role demands oversight of cross-cutting projects involving digital infrastructure, policies, legislation, workforce, and operational reforms tailored to local policing contexts. It requires managing strong governance practices and cultivating a high-performing team to secure the embedding of reforms and achievement of tangible operational benefits.

Key Responsibilities

Lead strategic program delivery for national reforms in firearms, criminal intelligence, regulatory processes, and related areas within NTPF.
Coordinate interdependent projects spanning digital platforms, policy, legislation, staffing structures, and operational processes.
Adapt national reform mandates and Commonwealth expectations into practical and context-appropriate solutions for NT policing.
Incorporate findings from organizational reviews and broader reform agendas to shape program plans and project sequencing.
Implement rigorous governance with transparent reporting to executive leadership, ministers, national boards, and partner agencies, ensuring scope, risk, funding, and dependencies are managed effectively.
Adjust project timelines and delivery sequencing in response to changing national priorities, funding, and operational demands, while safeguarding risk and benefits realization.
Collaborate closely with operational teams to ensure reforms are integrated, functional, and deliver measurable improvements in frontline and intelligence capacities.
Represent NTPF at national and inter-jurisdictional forums to advocate for Northern Territory interests in reform discussions.
Build and mentor a highly capable program team adept at navigating a politically sensitive, complex, and highly scrutinized environment.

Essential Skills and Experience

Proven senior leadership managing large-scale enterprise programs or reforms with strategic delivery and cross-agency coordination, backed by at least 10 years in government roles, ideally in the NT public sector.
Experience participating in significant organizational reforms, including governance, capability, and structural changes.
Skilled in managing multiple complex projects concurrently involving digital systems, policy changes, and operational reforms.
In-depth knowledge of operational policing, including risk management, statutory obligations, workforce challenges, and executive governance.
Experienced in national reform settings including Commonwealth agency collaboration and inter-jurisdictional governance frameworks.
Proficiency in aligning digital upgrades with legislative reforms, data integrity, and workforce capability enhancements.
Familiarity with Northern Territory Government governance, funding agreement processes, and multi-agency reform environments.
Strong executive communication skills for preparing ministerial briefs, Cabinet documents, and national board reports.
Ability to deliver programs amidst ambiguity, tight timeframes, and shifting national policies and governance.

Desirable Qualifications and Experience

Formal certifications in program or project management.
Demonstrated capability to achieve reform milestones and measurable outcomes.
Experience contributing to major structural or governance reform implementations.
Background in national policing, intelligence, firearms, or regulatory reform initiatives.

Personal Attributes

Trusted by senior leaders with deep appreciation for policing culture and reform challenges.
Pragmatic and structured in balancing reform ambitions with operational feasibility.
Composed under political and high-profile scrutiny.
With high personal integrity and governance awareness.
Skillful in simplifying complex reform environments without adding unnecessary bureaucracy.
Focused on sustainable change adoption and operational impact rather than merely delivering outputs.
Resilient and accountable under executive oversight and public scrutiny.

Senior Program Director