Assistant Director Information Releases

About this role

The role of the Assistant Director - Information Releases is to lead a specialist team delivering high quality information services in the Open Arms Division. The primary function of this role is to oversee a team in the management and processing of all client Releases of Information (ROI) and legal notices such as subpoenas, court orders, Freedom of Information (FOI) requests and APP 12 applications. The position requires careful adherence to legislative requirements and organisational protocols in the handling and disclosure of protected, sensitive client information. The Assistant Director manages competing priorities to ensure lawful, timely, and defensible information release decisions, while providing authoritative advice to senior leaders on legal, privacy, and information governance risks. It operates within a complex APS environment involving high risk, sensitive clinical information. This role involves team management and multiple competing priorities to enable timely, effective and coordinated service delivery whilst exercising sound professional and clinical judgement. • Oversee decision-making for FOI, Privacy Act access, subpoenas, and other legal notices. • Oversee and manage the Information Releases team as part of the broader Open Arms Division. • Manage complex, sensitive, and high-risk information release matters, including engagement with legal services and regulators where required. • Coordinate legal advice, escalate high-risk matters and ensure compliance with APS legislation, policy, and governance frameworks. • Lead staff performance, capability development, and effectively manage performance and encourage professional growth. • Support and provide strategic and operational information and advice to the Director Clinical Information Management. • Liaise with internal and external stakeholders and coordinate the acquisition of legal advice in relation to clinical services and ensuring that high-risk cases are referred in accordance with business processes in a timely and efficient manner. • Contribute to the development of policy advice, governance arrangements and continuous quality improvement activities. • Support an environment that encourages a willingness to adopt participative work practices in line with policies of WHS, Workplace Diversity and the Australian Public Service values, Employment Principles and the APS Code of Conduct.