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Do you have a passion for Great Barrier Reef water quality? Are you ready to write a new chapter in your leadership story?

Everyone at our Department recognises the importance of a healthy environment. Whatever your job with us, you’ll strive and innovate to achieve a better Queensland. Our role is complex and our work can be challenging - important work usually is. But your contribution will count, and so will you.

Job details

Join our Reef Compliance and Regulation leadership team as a Compliance Delivery Manager.

Our team works with agricultural producers throughout Great Barrier Reef catchments to support the increased adoption of improved farm practice and reduce sediment and nutrient run-off to Reef waters.

As the leader of a dedicated and professional team, your responsibility is to lead a team tasked with delivering farm compliance inspections and permit assessments to ensure agricultural producers and advisors are meeting regulated practice standards for agricultural activities.
Our approach is to engage with industry partners to drive the voluntary adoption of regulated farm practice standards, and this role allows you to explore and adopt new and emerging approaches to regulatory work.

As a Compliance Delivery Manager, you will manage complex environmental issues and provide guidance and advice on compliance activities and environmental risks to key industry stakeholders and management; and lead the development of strategies to address risk management and complex environmental issues.

We are looking for someone wanting to take their leadership skills to the next level. You will bring high-level experience in implementation of compliance and assessment legislative functions, and experience in the day-to-day management of a team. You will be a skilled and motivated team player who values team culture and can work seamlessly with both their team members and broader departmental staff. Your practical approach, coupled with the capacity to mentor and train others, will enable you to work effectively alongside others to enable capability uplift.

You will be a natural problem solver, with the ability to think on your feet and a natural communicator, at ease when presented with challenging or sensitive conversations. Your knowledge of stakeholder engagement practices and mechanisms to effectively engage and work collaboratively with agricultural producers and industry will be instrumental in enabling the delivery of key projects and initiatives across the program.

Drawing on your applied knowledge, you will be able to resolve complex and contentious matters relating to environmental management and regulation, provide guidance and advice to the Reef Compliance and Regulation team, consider recommendations and make decisions, and lead the development of strategies to address risk management and complex environmental issues.

Your role will be to promote compliance with relevant legislation and policies and advocate consistency in administrative decision making.

Are you a First Nations person?
The department has designated this position as a First Nations Priority Consideration position. Refer to the Position Description for more information on the role, who we are looking for and how to apply.

Why work for us?
Our organisation values its people, respecting and embracing diversity and a balance between work and life commitments. Our staff are passionate about delivering outstanding environmental services to the communities throughout our diverse region.

Visit our website( https://www.des.qld.gov.au/ourdepartment/employment/people-stories) to learn more about working for us and meet some of our fantastic people.

The role may be undertaken from our Office locations at either Cairns, Townsville, Mackay or Rockhampton, but you'll need to be flexible to travel, including overnight.

Applications remain current for 12 months and may be used to fill a similar vacancy.

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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Documents

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• 653241 25 Role Description (Word, 172KB)
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