An AO7 Principal Governance Officer vacancy is available in the Governance and Business Support Division of the Queensland Revenue Office (QRO). This role will be based in the Brisbane CBD.

In this role you will play a key part in ensuring that QRO meets its corporate obligations and legislative requirements. Leading a small team, you will be responsible for embedding governance, enterprise risk and complaints management frameworks, policies, and procedures to maintain high standards of integrity and regulatory compliance.

Please refer to the role description for more information and what to include in your application. You can also contact Djung La for further information on Djung.La@treasury.qld.gov.au. We welcome questions and look forward to hearing from you.

Job details

Your typical day as a Principal Governance Officer may include:
• Provide expert and practical advice on enterprise risk management and governance activities to lead a small team and support senior leaders across the organisation.
• Lead and co-ordinate the uplifting of enterprise risk management and governance activities such as internal and external audits, business continuity planning, complaints management to mature these processes across the organisation.
• Prepare comprehensive corporate reports, briefing notes and verbal briefings that offer insights and make recommendations to Senior Leaders and risk owners.
• Build and maintain strong working relationships with risk owners, senior leaders and Queensland Treasury stakeholders through regular engagements, providing guidance and promoting their responsibilities in good governance and enterprise risk management.
• Coach and mentor the team to continuously improve. Analyse and challenge the current systems, governance and enterprise risk management practices and procedures, where needed develop new processes and tools that will be embedded into the core business.

You will be supported by a positive, constructive team and divisional leaders as you do your work.

To be successful in this role, you will need to demonstrate:
• Experience and expertise in leading and managing the development and implementation of good governance and enterprise risk management practices and processes, including corporate planning processes.
• High level negotiation, consultation, and interpersonal skills and the ability to build positive and productive working relationships with staff at all levels within the organisation and Queensland Treasury.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, attention to detail and high degree of accuracy.
• Your experience as it relates to the key responsibilities of the role.

Joining QRO you will have opportunities for continued learning, growth and career development. To find out more about working for QRO please see attached candidate information pack.

Queensland Treasury is committed to building an inclusive and diverse workforce that reflects the community we serve and treating all applicants equitably. This starts with recruitment, including making reasonable adjustments to support applicants at all stages of the process. The methods used in the recruitment for a role may vary, but the sorts of processes used may include: application form, resume and cover letter, online cognitive testing, work test, written response task, assessment centre, in-person or video interview.

We welcome applicants to share with the contact officer any health condition, disability and/or cultural/linguistic background, so that we may make any necessary adjustments to enable you to equitably participate in the recruitment process.

If you are interested in this role - click “Apply” to be redirected to the full advertisement including role description and contact details.

Applications may remain current for 12 months after the closing date of the vacancy and may be used to fill identical or similar roles.

Job Ad Reference: QLD/643598/25

Closing Date: Wednesday, 02 July 2025

Further information

We are committed to building inclusive cultures in the Queensland public sector that respect and promote human rights and diversity.

Please ensure you download all attachments and follow the instructions on how to apply.

Documents

Before applying for this vacancy please ensure you read the documents below.

• Working for QRO - AO7 Principal Governance Officer (Word, 436KB)
  
  
  643598 25 Role Description v2 (Word, 597KB)