The Chief of Staff is responsible for the coordination of support to the Executive Leadership Team (ELT) by:
- providing staff and secretariat support to CDF and VCDF and managing documentation and information flow within the OCDF
- overseeing the preparation of draft responses to correspondence and parliamentary questions addressed to the Minister of Defence, and written submissions to Parliament's Foreign Affairs and Defence Select Committee, and the Finance and Expenditure Select Committee
- through the CDF, resolving with the Ombudsmen complaints about Defence Force responses to requests for information made under the Official Information Act.