Address About the Department of Education:About Us:
The North Queensland Region of the Department of Education is committed to delivering responsive services, focused on equity and excellence, to support students, schools, and families. We are a family-friendly and inclusive employer.
We offer rewarding work with an attractive salary and entitlements, flexible work arrangements, secure employment, opportunities for work travel, a collegiate leadership group, and well-supported development opportunities.
About the Role:
The role supports the Executive Director and members of the executive management by providing authoritative strategic and operational advice to regional leaders on a wide range of legislative, policy, and procedural issues to ensure quality executive decision making.
Responsibilities include, but not limited to;
Directly support the Executive Director by leading Regional Operations and Corporate Governance functions, and will work closely with other senior leaders to continually drive quality, efficiency and improvement in service delivery across the region.
Work closely with the leadership team, and communicate frequently with internal and external stakeholders, as well as managing sensitive and varied subject matter.
Be skilled in driving accountability and outcomes in a team environment, while building a culture of capability, continuous growth, and precision.
Initiate, lead and manage the Regional Operations and Corporate Governance Team who provide high-level regional operations, governance and services within the region.
Provide authoritative strategic and operational advice to regional, leaders on a wide range of legislative, policy and procedural issues.
Oversee governance processes that manage the regions enquiries and complaints in line with the Department's Customer Complaints Management policy and procedure, including reporting and records management.
Provide authoritative advice and support regional staff to ensure the regional office has quality systems and governance processes for the management of complaints, internal and external communications, community engagement and regional operations.
Manage, on behalf of the Executive Director, the preparation of complex reports, submissions, presentations, and briefs, in accordance with the Department's processes.
Highly desirable skills and experience;
We're looking for a professional and personable leader who is comfortable in a fast-paced environment, and experienced in translating strategic priorities into action.
Be comfortable leading a broad range of corporate services, navigating state government agency networks, and will be an excellent communicator.
Please refer to the attached role description for any mandatory requirements for this position.
How to apply:
Please attach a brief resume including contact details for 2 referees (referees should have an understanding of your relevant previous work history); and
A 2-pg written statement in response to the attached role description.
We welcome all applicants to share any support needed to ensure our recruitment process is inclusive.
Applications remain current for 12 months from the closing date and may be considered for appointment to identical or similar vacancies within the Department.
Applications from recruitment agencies will not be accepted.
When working in regulated employment an employee must have a current Working with Children Clearance (blue card) issued by Blue Card Services.
Salary rate shown is reflective of full-time (1.0 FTE).
The Department of Education is a family inclusive workplace. Click here to find out more about our Inclusion and Diversity strategies.
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