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Are you a strategic governance professional ready to lead, influence and drive improvement? QLeave is seeking a Manager Governance and Planning to join our high performing Governance and Planning team in Brisbane’s North.

This flexible, full-time, permanent position offers a fantastic opportunity for a skilled governance leader to contribute to QLeave’s success by driving planning and performance practices across the organisation.

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About QLeave

QLeave is a statutory authority administering portable long service leave schemes for workers in the building and construction, contract cleaning, and community services industries. With over $2 billion in funds under management, we ensure that Queensland's workers receive the benefits they've earned. Our commitment to strong governance, accountability, and service excellence underpins everything we do.

About the Role

As Manager Governance and Planning, you will lead an integrated function encompassing governance, strategic and operational planning, performance reporting, including delivery of QLeave's Annual Reports, policy management, complaints management, and records management to support QLeave in meeting its statutory, regulatory and organisational obligations.

Your immediate priority will be to strengthen QLeave's enterprise governance, planning and performance frameworks, drive the organisation's annual planning and reporting cycles, and embed robust, consistent approaches to policy development, complaints management and records management practices.

Your Responsibilities

In this role, you will:

• Lead QLeave's governance, strategic and operational planning, and performance reporting functions.
• Strengthen and embed enterprise governance, planning and performance frameworks.
• Drive annual planning, monitoring and reporting cycles across the organisation, including Annual Report delivery.
• Oversee consistent approaches to policy, complaints, records management and governance.
• Support QLeave to meet its statutory, regulatory and organisational obligations.

For a complete list of the role responsibilities, please refer to the role description.

What We're Looking For

QLeave appointments are based on selecting the eligible applicant best suited to the position. We will assess your application based on your experience, potential for development, and your personal qualities.

For this role, we will consider how well you:

• Lead strategic and operational planning, performance reporting or corporate governance in a complex environment.
• Demonstrate a strong understanding of public sector governance, accountability, policy, complaints and records management.
• Lead multidisciplinary teams, manage competing priorities and deliver quality outcomes.
• Apply high-level communication and influencing skills, including providing clear advice to senior stakeholders.
• Exercise sound judgement, discretion and professionalism, with a collaborative approach to sensitive and time-critical matters.

There are no mandatory qualifications for this role. However, practical experience in corporate governance, planning, performance reporting, policy, records management or complaints management will be highly regarded. Relevant qualifications in business, governance, public sector management, policy or a related discipline will also be favourably regarded.

How to Apply

If you're ready to make an impact and contribute to QLeave's success, we'd love to hear from you.

Your application must include:

• A brief letter (1-2 pages) demonstrating your experience leading strategic and operational planning cycles and coordinating Annual Report delivery in a complex organisation. Explain what you hope to gain from this opportunity and the contribution you would bring to QLeave.
• A detailed resume outlining your qualifications, experience and achievements.

For more information or to discuss the role confidentially, please contact Pamela Healy at Pamela.healy@qleave.qld.gov.au.

QLeave values diversity and is committed to being an equal opportunity employer. Adjustments to the recruitment process are available upon request to ensure all candidates can showcase their abilities.

Further information

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

Documents

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

• Why you should work at QLeave - EVP 1125 (PDF, 4.19MB)
  Employee Value Proposition
  
  AO8 Manager Governance and Planning RD (PDF, 345KB)
  Role Description