Cyber Awareness Advisor

Acknowledgement of Country 

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Role highlights

 

• Champion a strong cyber‑resilient culture across CSIRO
• Design & deliver engaging cyber awareness programmes that change behaviours
• Work closely with cyber leaders to prepare the organisation for real‑world threats

 

 

About CSIRO

As Australia's national science agency, CSIRO is solving the greatest challenges through innovative science and technology. Many of our iconic innovations were once considered impossible until someone, just like you, joined us and took on the challenge.

 

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The opportunity 

As the Cyber Awareness Advisor, you’ll play a key role in building a strong cyber‑resilient culture across the organisation. You’ll design, deliver and continuously improve a cyber security and resilience awareness programme that helps people make safer decisions every day, bridging the gap between the technical cyber security team, and business and research areas.

 

Working closely with cyber security leadership, you’ll embed practical, people‑centred behaviours, run engaging awareness activities across a mix of channels (including LMS content, webinars, campaigns and simulations), and use metrics and insights to measure what’s working and lift capability over time.

 

High-level duties include:

• Maintain and continuously improve organisational awareness and capability‑building content related to cyber security and digital resilience, ensuring it aligns with broader IMT priorities.
• Design and deliver regular (eg monthly), themed awareness and engagement initiatives in line with the Cyber for CSIRO program outcomes to support behaviour change and capability uplift across the organisation.
• Develop and manage an organisation‑wide awareness and change calendar aligned to risk themes, business priorities, IMT initiatives, including the Cyber for CSIRO program and key organisational events.
• Coordinate planning, approvals and delivery with key stakeholders (e.g., IMT teams, Communications, HR/L&D and unit representatives) to ensure messaging is consistent and timely.
• Tailor awareness content and delivery approaches for different audiences (e.g., leaders, corporate teams, and research/operational environments).
• Plan and deliver a balanced mix of awareness activities across appropriate channels (e.g., Learning Management System (LMS), presentations, webinars, campaigns, simulations and leader toolkits) to maintain engagement and minimise fatigue.
• Define success measures for campaigns and use insights (metrics, incident trends and stakeholder feedback) to continuously improve the awareness calendar and content.
• Present tailored cyber security and resilience awareness sessions to diverse business and research units.

 

Role particulars

Location and office arrangements: Sydney (Lindfield), Melbourne (Clayton), Canberra (Black Mountain), Perth (Kensington), Brisbane (St Lucia)

Salary: AU$100,103 – AU$113,251 per annum (pro rata for part-time), plus 15.4% superannuation

Tenure & work schedule: Indefinite

Reference: 101633

 

As the successful candidate, you will bring:

 

Essential criteria

1. Demonstrated experience designing, delivering and maintaining cyber security awareness programmes.
2. Experience managing or contributing to training content within an LMS.
3. Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills for diverse audiences.
4. Experience supporting phishing or social-engineering simulation programmes.
5. Ability to analyse awareness metrics and produce actionable reports.
6. Familiarity with cyber security or resilience frameworks (e.g. NIST CSF, ISO27001/02, ISM, PSPF, ASD Essential Eight).
7. Strong stakeholder engagement and project management skills.
8. Tertiary qualification in information security, communications, education, psychology or related discipline.

 

Desirable

1. Experience facilitating crisis management or tabletop exercises.
2. Experience working in research, government or highly regulated environments.
3. Knowledge of change management or behaviour change principles applied to security awareness.

 

For full details about this role, and other criteria, please review the Position Description. 

 

Not sure if you meet all the criteria?

While it is CSIRO policy that the successful candidate must meet all the essential criteria, there are many ways to demonstrate this. Don’t let the list discourage you. If you are unsure about applying, please reach out to the contact person in the Position Description.

 

Setting you up for success

We are committed to providing a recruitment process that is fair, equitable and accessible to everyone. We recognise that it may be helpful for us to adjust our process to make it equitable for your individual situation. Please contact Careers.online@csiro.au and let us know how we can support you.  

 

Life at CSIRO and flexible work arrangements

We work flexibly at CSIRO, offering a range of options for how, when and where you work. We can discuss flexible work arrangements with you during the recruitment process. CSIRO also offers a range of leave entitlements, benefits and career development opportunities. To find out more, visit Careers at CSIRO.

 

Inclusion and belonging

Solving Australia's greatest challenges takes a diversity of minds and lived experiences. We know diverse teams are more effective and deliver more innovative outcomes. As an equal employment opportunity organisation, we are committed to creating diverse and inclusive teams where people feel they belong. We recognise true diversity encompasses all ages, abilities, cultures, faiths, levels of education, genders, sexualities, diversity of thought and much more. We focus on hiring people who share our values of People First, Further Together, Making it Real and Trusted.

 

CSIRO holds Gold Status for the Australian Workplace Equality Index for LGBTQIA+ inclusion, and a Science in Australia Gender Equity Bronze Award.

 

Eligibility 

This is a security assessed position, applications for this position are open to Australian Citizens with the successful candidate being required to be able to obtain and maintain a security clearance at the Negative Vetting 1 level. Appointment to this role is subject to provision of a national police check and may be subject to other security/medical/character requirements.

 

Child safety 

CSIRO is committed to the safety and wellbeing of all children and young people involved in our activities and programs. View our Child Safe Policy. 

 

How to apply 

Please apply online and submit a cover letter (maximum 2 pages) and CV that demonstrate your motivation and ability to meet the essential requirements of this role.

 

Applications close 

21 May 2026, 11pm AEDT