Address Your DivisionThe Tourism Division within DTS: Drives a whole-of-government approach to grow the tourism industry and address its immediate and future challenges through implementation of the Towards Tourism 2032 strategy, championing thought leadership and policy development, and leading industry engagement.Shapes new ideas on how government can support the economic development of the industry, delivering targeted project responses, providing advice on tourism planning, and ensuring strong governance of public investment in the tourism portfolio. This helps to develop government policies and initiatives that better support our tourism industry.Provides strategic policy advice and leadership across government to ensure tourism interests are well represented in major Queensland and Australian Government initiatives Leads cross agency policy initiatives to progress key tourism industry issues, including via Cabinet and Ministerial consideration.Influences the planning system and other regulation to create a favorable business environment for tourism.Works across the department to ensure tourism enterprises and especially small businesses have the capability they need for the future growth of the industry, and to benefit from major opportunities such as the major events.Attracts and facilitates more investment in tourism infrastructure including access, accommodation, and attractions.Works in partnership with Tourism and Events Queensland (TEQ) and other government agencies to grow tourism and make Queensland the destination of choice for visitors.Your contributionReporting to the Director, Funding Programs you will: - Through best practice grant management, manage the delivery and implementation of a diverse suite of funding programs across a broad range of strategic delivery areas aligned with the Towards Tourism 2032 strategy, including the Attracting Aviation Investment Fund as a priority program for delivery.- Manage your own portfolio of grant funding recipients through the negotiation and management of funding agreements to ensure the delivery of approved funding proposals and the associated project activities and outcomes.- Apply project management methodology to deliver timely, high quality project outcomes, managing budgets, risks and emerging issues and preparing documentation.- Contribute to the building of evidence and options that underpin how the government will intervene to support the tourism industry.- Prepare papers, submissions, reports, briefs, articles and letters of reply on complex tourism industry development matters (e.g. senior management, Minister and external stakeholders).- Liaise, negotiate and develop effective networks with internal and external stakeholders (including all levels of government and industry) to deliver tourism industry related outputs within appropriate frameworks.- Represent the department at interagency meetings and industry forums as required.
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