Specialist

Specialists at Germane provide expert advice on topics within our service areas. This role makes a difference for our clients and helps grow Germane Advisory's capabilities and impact on our clients and the community. This role is best suited to people who have 5-12 years of relevant experience.

Why Germane?

At Germane, we have the privilege of confronting some of the most significant and meaningful challenges that our community will face in the next decade. We share the rewards of our work and prioritise people as our most important asset - and structure our investments in you accordingly. 

We're building a high-quality team of people who share our desire to make a difference and want to learn from each other. We offer a focused experience with limited administrative overhead. We're agile and lacking in valueless red tape, so the barriers to making change are low. 

We’re focused on providing a great tech-enabled productivity experience to make it easier to focus on your craft. You’ll be able to access emerging tools and experiment with AI capabilities, ensuring you’re developing skills that keep pace with rapidly evolving tech.

We believe continuous training and professional development are essential for successful consultants. We will support investment in formal certifications, conference participation and cyber sector engagement through our learning and development budget. We also offer an annual wellness benefit.

About You

We’re looking for someone who is curious, adaptable, and is invested in their career. Each engagement is different, and the work you do won’t be restricted to a single industry or narrow capability. We will ask you to make an impact by applying your passion for the subject matter, skills and experience to problems you know, and those you don’t. You’ll need to be comfortable with uncertainty, and tackling problems that don’t always have a defined solution. 

Building automation and new capability is important to us, so any familiarity with, or willingness to learn some software development skills is a plus, as is appetite to learn AI-enabled ways of working. 

Responsibilities

• Assess client cyber security, privacy, crisis management, or data/AI governance needs and develop tailored solutions.
• Directly support clients through leading the day-to-day delivery of our service offerings.
• Develop internal capability, service offerings, accelerators, and other IP to aid Germane Advisory in its support of clients.
• Stay updated on the latest trends and threats in cyber security, privacy, crisis management, or data/AI governance.
• Prepare high quality reports and recommendations for clients.
• Participate in research and knowledge sharing internally and externally.

Selection Criteria

1. Five or more years active work experience in a full time cyber security, privacy, or data/AI governance roles.
2. Proactivity and engagement with your capability community.
3. Experience leading teams of other people.
4. Exceptional written and verbal communications skills.
5. Ability to collaborate in a team, both in-person and remotely, and communicate effectively with co-workers and clients from cross-disciplinary skillsets.
6. Strong analytical and reasoning capability, including considering issues from diverse perspectives and respectful engagement with differing viewpoints.
7. Experience using or implementing relevant tools and technologies.
8. Knowledge of compliance and regulatory requirements relevant to your capability.
9. Capacity to develop or apply new technology to delivering your capability services.
10. Relevant certifications (CISSP, CIPM, CIPT, AIGP, SANS, CSP certifications etc.).