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Principal Consultant (People and Engagement)
Capability and Culture; Corporate Services; Office of The Public Guardian; Brisbane
The role of the Principal Consultant, People and Engagement (P&E) is to deliver high-quality, strategically focussed human resource management business advice, consultancy and support services including delivery of contemporary health, safety and wellbeing, injury management and rehabilitation services.
Job details
| Position status | Permanent |
|---|---|
| Position type | Flexible full-time |
| Occupational group | HR & Industrial Relations |
| Classification | AO6 |
| Workplace Location | Brisbane Inner City |
| Job ad reference | QLD/662203/25 |
| Closing date | 08-Oct-2025 |
| Job duration | |
| Contact person | Melissa Ridgway |
| Contact details | Phone: 3738 9333 Access the National Relay Service |
The Office of the Public Guardian (OPG) is an independent statutory office established to protect the rights and interests of adults with impaired decisionmaking capacity, and children and young people in the child protection system and other visitable sites.
Join us as we protect, support, advocate, educate and empower, to build a Queensland where our most vulnerable community members can live with dignity.
Key Responsibilities:
- Provide professional advice in the management of complex HR and industrial issues by advising on relevant legislation, enterprise agreements, awards, policies and practices.
- Provide expert case management support and guidance to OPG employees and leaders, promoting best practice approaches to health, safety, and injury management.
- Foster a collaborative and high-performing work environment through the analysis of data and insights that will contribute to achieving organisational objectives and delivering key outcomes.
- Support the team leader in managing the performance and development of team members through formal and informal channels, including providing constructive feedback, coaching, and mentoring to enhance individual and team capability.
- Build partnerships and engagement with stakeholders to understand business requirements, drive operational performance and improved outcomes.
- Support, advise and enable leaders in their ongoing responsibility for effective, proactive and inclusive people management.
- Provide concise, high quality and timely correspondence and submissions of a complex nature on a full range of people management, health and safety issues.
- Support the Team Leader (P&E) in the delivery of strategic outcomes for the OPG.
While there are no mandatory qualifications for this role, practical experience in human resources and/or a health, safety and wellbeing related field will be favourably regarded.
Applications to remain current for 12 months.
Further information
We are committed to building inclusive cultures in the Queensland public sector that respect and promote human rights and diversity.
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