Your role within Housing and Homelessness Services will support the department to develop and implement housing and homelessness strategies and policies to support service delivery and drive reform across the housing assistance sector. The work you will do helps someone every day, and that means the world to us.

We are seeking to fill a number of temporary roles in Sector Services, Housing and Homelessness Services from this process.

Job details

What you will be doing:
• Leading and coordinating the design, implementation and evaluation of housing and homelessness programs and initiatives, using a human centred design approach and co-design processes. This includes improving housing access and pathways for customers, while also ensuring that programs and initiatives deliver effective outcomes, represent value for money and address broader social and economic objectives. 
• Establishing effective partnerships and influencing others in the development and implementation of programs and initiatives that improve the department's capacity to
respond to the housing needs of vulnerable customers.
• Work flexibly in a fast-paced, diverse environment, embracing agile methodology to oversee and provide guidance to develop and implement project plans, deliver timely, high quality project outcomes, manage risks and emerging issues, and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Oversee and prepare high quality project documentation, reports, correspondence, briefing notes, submissions and other documentation.
• Develop and maintain effective networks and relationships with internal and external stakeholders including government and non-government agencies to deliver project outcomes.
• Oversee and provide guidance to the team to undertake accurate research and maintain contemporary knowledge of person-centred service delivery policy and practice. 
• Provide strategic leadership and direction for the team, identifying clear objectives and deadlines, provide support and guidance to team members.
• Manage staff, physical and financial resources in accordance with relevant legislation, strategic objectives, Queensland Government and departmental policies and contemporary best practice standards. 
• Support and help maintain a workplace safety culture by ensuring that all policies and practices concerning Workplace Health and Safety are applied and a part of day to day operations.

The skills you will need include being able to: 
• Lead change, act on opportunities for integration across boundaries and champion human centred design and innovative ideas and solutions by being future-orientated in analysis, thought and action.
• Ability to organise resources to achieve results, build group capability and measure and monitor the performance of your team.
• Build and maintain productive relationships with internal and external stakeholders, communicate in a way that promotes trust, respect and integrity, and negotiate successful outcomes without compromising relationships.
• Superior written and interpersonal skills with the ability to build and maintain productive relationships, communicate, negotiate, influence, network and consult at all levels within Government and with external stakeholders.

How to apply
Find out more about what we offer our employees and the recruitment and selection process, including pre-employment checks, in the Applicant Guide.
You can apply for this role by providing your current resume and one-page cover letter addressing your suitability for the role via the Smart jobs and careers website
www.smartjobs.qld.gov.au.

Further information

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

There are 3 positions available
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Documents

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• applicant-guideHPW (PDF, 248KB)
  
  
  672031 25 Role description (Word, 1,011KB)