We are seeking an experienced and passionate school leader to join our dynamic team as we design the department’s new Human Capital Management Solution (HCMS), which includes functions such as recruitment, onboarding, workforce analytics, and employee self-service tools. This unique role offers the opportunity to leverage your educational expertise to shape the system’s design and inform the change activities and resources that will support fellow school leaders in integrating the HCMS across our organisation. If you're a school leader with a strong interest in technology and process improvement, we'd love to hear from you. Join us in driving innovation and making a meaningful impact!

This role is ideal for someone who thrives in a collaborative, fast-paced environment, with exceptional interpersonal and communication skills, and a solution-focused mindset.

Job details

The successful candidate will be employed at the classification listed on the attached role description under EOSD provisions.

Your role:

User experience is at the heart of everything we do with HCMS and we need the expertise of school staff to help inform the design, build and implementation of our new system.

As a Principal Education Officer, your Key Responsibilities include:

• Foster high quality collaboration, communication and information sharing to enable an understanding of the complexities and challenges that exist in the targeted area.
• Engage effectively and collaboratively with a range of internal and external stakeholders to enable an integrated approach to deliver the vision of the department.
• Lead and/or participate in projects for the delivery of services and plan and manage resources within project governance operating framework requirements.
•  Identify and assess issues impacting on the implementation of projects, strategies and initiatives, develop options and recommend solutions.
• Review and analyse existing work systems, practices and procedures to ensure continual improvement.
• Provide high quality advice on school improvement services, implementation strategies, projects and services including recommendations for progressing the department's agenda.
• Represent the department, as required, at internal and external forums, meetings and conferences. 

About you:

• Experienced School Leader within Queensland State Schools
• Have excellent communication and interpersonal skills to establish and maintain positive relationships with a wide variety of internal and external stakeholders
• Strong understanding of current challenges faced in the school environment. 
• Be an innovative thinker that offers creative solutions to complex problems.  

Mandatory Requirements: 

• You must be a permanent employee of the department with a substantive teaching or classified officer role employed under Teaching in State Education Award - State 2016, have current full registration as a teacher and should be aware that temporary internal moves for the purposes of the department's payroll processes are referred to as internal secondments. 
• Employees' engaged temporarily as Education Officer - Special Duties have a requirement of 36¼ hours per week attendance and arrangements as outlined in clause 5.12 of the Department of Education State School Teachers' Certified Agreement 2022

Interested? To apply, please provide the following: 

• A brief resume/CV including contact details for 2 referees (referees should have an understanding of your relevant previous work history)
• A maximum 2-page written response outlining why you are interested in this opportunity, including the expertise and experience you will bring to the role 

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.

Further information

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

For a full list of the position responsibilities and mandatory requirements, please ensure you download the attached role description and applicant information package and follow the instructions.

Documents

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

• Applicant Information Package (PDF, 245KB)
  Information Package for Applicants
  
  EOSD factsheet (PDF, 282KB)
  Information Package for Applicants
  
  CO638889_25T - Role Description (PDF, 305KB)
  Role Description