Benefits and Salary

We offer a wide range of benefits to our staff including:

  • Unique, challenging and rewarding work
  • Dedicated training, mentoring and development opportunities
  • Diverse career paths
  • Flexible working arrangements
  • Casual dress supported
  • Supportive work environment
  • Work-life balance
  • Family leave
  • Parental leave
  • Study assistance opportunities
  • National and international travel opportunities
  • Competitive salary and benefits package
  • Pay increases linked to regular performance reviews
  • Salary packaging available
  • Relocation assistance for successful applicants

Learning and development

Investing in our staff is one of the keys to our success. We can offer you opportunities to develop your skills and experience in different areas.

At the Australian Signals Directorate, your ongoing learning and development is essential to us. We mentor, develop and train you to be your best and provide you with opportunities to take on different challenges.

You will work in multi-disciplinary teams and learn to use a wide range of systems. We encourage you to ask questions, find solutions and look for new ways of doing things.

We will support you with on-the-job training and can provide opportunities to attend industry courses and conferences to develop your skills for a diverse and rewarding career.

Flexible working

ASD employees bring their best to work each day, and we understand that this requires a healthy work/life balance. We base our flexible working vision on a 'where, when and how' model. We actively encourage our employees and managers to design a work schedule to best support their needs and their team's workload requirements.

Employment conditions

A detailed summary of employment conditions can be found in our ASD Employment Determination 2024 (PDF) and the ASD Non-SES Salary Scales (PDF).

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Acknowledgement of Country

We acknowledge the Traditional Owners and Custodians of Country throughout Australia and their continuing connections to land, sea and communities. We pay our respects to them, their cultures and their Elders; past, present and emerging. We also recognise Australia's First Peoples' enduring contribution to Australia's national security.

Authorised by the Australian Government, Canberra