Are you interested in supporting the delivery of the Free Kindy initiative, providing funding to more than 2,200 kindergarten services and 64,000 children. We are looking for someone who is a dynamic team leader, eager to learn, and has a strong stakeholder focused service delivery background.

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About Us:

Grants Management and Funding, within the Early Childhood Division, manages the end to end grants process, including the creation of Service Agreements, assessing funded organisations' financial performance reports, and provision of funding to more than 2,300 organisations. 

The Kindy Funding team provides quarterly payments to more than 2,200 funded kindergarten providers, enabling more than 64,000 children to access Free Kindy in Queensland.  Funding is administered through the Department's grants system, QGrants.

About the Role:

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As the Senior Program Officer in the Kindy Funding team, you will:

• Support the delivery of early childhood programs including funding program development, and implementation and performance management of funded services.
• Support the development of strategic initiatives and provide advice on policy development, operational planning and programs.

Responsibilities include, but not limited to;

• Research, plan, implement, analyse and evaluate projects and programs.
• Support the management of a suite of programs, including management of high-volume administration of claims, contract management and providing strong customer service to internal and external clients.
• Perform data analytics and financial reporting, to ensure the strategic aims and objectives of the Government are achieved.
• Provide advice on operational policies, programs and legislative issues relating to early childhood programs and services.
• Develop and maintain effective linkages with:
  • regional staff, to ensure policies and programs reflect the identified needs and issues and that programs and services are delivered effectively.
  • other work areas to ensure policies and program proposals are consistent with departmental objectives.
  • other departments and non-government organisations to ensure policies and departmental proposals are consistent with program objectives and a whole of government approach to early childhood.

Please refer to the attached role description for any mandatory requirements for this position. 

How to apply:

• Please submit a brief resume including contact details for 2 referees one of whom should be your current supervisor (referees should have an understanding of your relevant work history); and
• A two-page written response on how your experience, abilities, knowledge and attributes would enable you to achieve the key responsibilities and meet the skill requirement of this 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. 

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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 candidate information fact sheet and follow the instructions.

Documents

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

• CO637800_25P - Role Description (PDF, 156KB)
  Role Description
  
  Applicant Information Package (PDF, 245KB)
  Information Package for Applicants